2010年6月英语四级听力

6月大学英语四级听力真题原文（卷一）

一.新闻听力

【NewsReport1】

OneofGoogle’slf-drivingcarscrashedintoabusinCalifornia

erenoinjuries.

ItisnotthefirsttimeoneofGoogle’sfamedlf-drivingcarshas

beeninvolvedinacrash,butitmaybethefirsttimeithascaud

one.

OnFebruary14ththelf-drivingcar,travellingat2mph

(3km/h),pulledoutinfrontofapublicbusgoing15mph(24km/h).

ThemanintheGooglevehiclereportedthatheassumedthebus

wouldslowdowntoletthecarout,andsohedidnotswitchtothe

manualmode.

Inastatement,Googlesaid:“Weclearlybearsomeresponsibility,

becauifourcarhadn’tmoved,therewouldn’thavebeenacrash.”

Thatsaid,ourtestdriverbelievedthebuswasgoingtoslowor

stoptoallowustomergeintothetraffic,andthattherewouldbe

sufficientspacetodothat.”

Thecompany’slf-drivingcarshavedonewelloveramillion

milesacrossvariousstatesintheUS,anduntilnowhaveonly

reportedminoraccidents.

Q1:AccordingtoGoogle,whatwasthecauoftheaccident?

BThetestdrivermadeawrongjudgement

Q2:HowhaveGoogle’slf-drivingcarsperformedsofar?

DTheyhavegenerallydonequitewell.

【NewsReport2】

Thousandsofbeesleftatownafterlandingonthebackofacar

eswhoworksata

nearbynationalpark,noticeda“brownpatch”onthebackofthecar

looked

clorherealizeditwasahugegroupofbees.

Mossaid:“

reveryclotogetherandtherewasalot

ofnoiandmovements,itwasinterestingtoesuchastrange

rewerealotofpeoplearoundandIwasabitworried

htthat

someonemightdosomethingstupid.

Moscalledtwolocalbeesspecialistswhohelpedremovedthe

beesbyattractingthemintoabox.

Mosspentthreehourslookingafterthebeesandwasstung

fivetimes,hesaidmystingsareabitpainfulbutIampleadthat

allworkedoutandIcouldhelp,peopleneedtorealizethatbeesare

valuableandtheyshouldbelookedafter.

welearnaboutTomMos?

AHeworksatanationalpark.

weknowaboutthebeesonthebackofthecar?

BTheyweremakingalotofnoi.

【Newsreport3】

Anewspeciesofsnakehasbeendiscoveredonaremoteisland

intheBahamas.

Scientistsidentified20oftheonemeter-longsnakesduringtwo

ondtripwasmadeinOctober

lastyear.

Oneofthecreaturesmadeadramaticappearancebymovingon

totheheadoftheteamleaderasheslept.

Thesnakehasbeennamedsilverboabecauitismetallic

coloredandthefirstspecimenfoundwasclimbingasilverpalmtree.

Reynolds,fromHarvard

University,thescientistconfirmedthesnakewasapreviously

unknownspeciesafterconductingageneticanalysisoftissue

samples.

Commentingonthefind,snakeexpertRobertHendersonfrom

theMuumofNaturalHistory,said:“Worldwidenewspeciesof

speciesofsnakes,however,aremuchrarer.

thenewsreportmainlyabout?

AThediscoveryofanewspeciesofsnake.

welearnaboutthescientificteamleader?

CAsnakecrawledontohisheadinhissleep.

thenewlydiscoveredcreaturegetitsname?

DFromitscolour.

二.对话听力

【Conversation1】

W:Didyouenjoyyourstaywithus,?

M:Yes,’mgoing

,couldyou

tellme,what’sthequickestwaytogetthere?

W:Well,haveafreeairport

shuttlervice.

M:Thatsoundsgreat,butwilltheshuttlegetmetotheairportin

time?

W:Yes,

takessome25minutestogettotheairport.

M:Fantastic!I’uplealetme

knowwhenit’sleaving?

W:Ofcour,sir.

M:his

that?

W:Let’sto$ldyouliketopayfor

it?

M:I’’llneedareceipt,

soIcanchargeittomycompany.

W:Absolutely!Hereyouare,ike,Icanleaveyour

anloadthemontotheshuttleforyou

whenitarrives.

M:ou.

W:Wouldyouliketoleaveacommentonourwebpagewhen

youhavetime?

M:eallygoodstayhere,andI’dliketorecommend

yourhoteltomyfriendsandcolleagues.

W:That’ouagainforstayingat

SheratonHotel.

sthemanaskaboutthequickestwaytotheairport?

AThecuritychecktakestime.

hemangoingtopayhisbill?

BBycreditcard.

dthemanaskthewomantodo?

AGivehimareceipt.

vordoesthewomanaskoftheman?

DPostingacommentonthehotel’swebpage.

【Conversation2】

M:Youknow,Ben’sgivenupmakingthoterriblefaceshe

erday,hecamehomefromschoolalmostin

chersaidifhewentonlikethat,hisfacewouldget

stuckwhenthewindschanged.

W:Andhebelievedher?

M:Yeah,he’’tyourememberalltho

thingsweudtobelievewhenwewerelittle?Iremembermyaunt

Maryudtosayifyouswallowacherrystone,atreewouldgrow

’mstillterrifiedtoday,sortof

w,ifIswallowonebymistake…

W:Yeah,Isuppoyou’thatudtogetmewas

thatswanscouldbreakyourlegwhentheyblowofthewing.

M:Theycan,can’tthey?Ialwaysthoughttheycould.

W:No,re’sanotheroneeven

,ifyouputapoststamponupsidedown,you

willgotoprison.

M:No,randmotherwasaterrorfor

mple,shewouldsay,youwillgetaspoton

atstalebread,yourhairwillcurl.

Andhere’onacampaigntriponceinItaly,and

mywifespentthewholetimeworryingaboutbatsgettingintoher

dhergrandmotherreckonedyouhadtoshaveyourhead

wasreallyterrified.

W:Silly,isn’tit?Butthat’showsomeparentstrytokeeptheir

kidsfromdoingthewrongthingorgettingintotrouble.

Q12:WhatdoesthemansayaboutBen?

CHehasstoppedmakingterriblefaces.

Q13:WhatdidauntMarryudtodowhenthemanwasachild?

DWarnhimofdangerbymakingupastory.

Q14:Whatdoesthewomanbelieveswanscoulddo?

Theycouldbreakpp’slegs.

Q15:Whatdidthegrandmotheroftheman’swifesay?

BOnewouldhavetoshavetheirheadtoremoveabatintheir

hair.

三.短文听力

【Passage1】

IfIcouldgobackinhistoryandlivewhenIliked,Iwouldn’tgo

,I’dliketoreliveaperiodI’vealreadylived–

the1960s.

Iwasinmytwenties,

wouldcomeinoutofaformalandalmostVictorianattitude,andyou

gpeoplewasthething,and

youwenttocoffeebarswhereyoumetfriendsandspenttheevening.

Thecinema,thetheater,allthatwaveryexcitingwithnewthings

,weemedtobeout,allthetime!Idon’treally

rememberworking–ofcour,Iwasastudent–orsittingaroundat

stwasn’twherethescenewas,eveneating!

Itwasthefirsttime,

werebeginningtobeadventurousaboutfood,butweweremore

ss,

yes,,girlswentaroundinreallyshort

skirts,wereinjeans,and

ike

livinginanageyoucouldneverhaveimagined,andthatneverhas

’thavemuchmoney,butitdidn’

therewasplentyofopportunitytodowhateveryoufeltlikedoing.

Question16–18arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard:

sthespeakersayhewouldliketorelivethe1960s?

CEverythingemedtobechanging.

esthespeakersaywasthemostpopularthingtodo

atthattime?

AMeetingpeople.

welearnaboutthespeaker?

DHewasayoungstudentinthe1960s.

【Passage2】

Dogs,man’sbestfriends,haveaclearstrategyfordealingwith

angryowners—theylookaway.

Newrearchshowsthatdogslimittheireyecontactwithangry

entistssuggestthismaybeanattempttocalm

haviormayhaveevolvedasdogsgradually

learnedtheycouldbenefitfromavoidingconflictswithhumans.

Toconductthetests,theUniversityofHelsinkirearchers

photosof

showedthreatening,

camerastrackedthedogs’eyemovements.

Dogsinthestudylookedmostattheeyesofhumansandother

gslookedatexpressionsof

angrydogs,theireyesrestedmoreonthemouth,perhapstointerpret

nlookingatangryhumans,

theytendedtoturnawaytheirgaze.

Dogsmayhavelearnedtodetectthreatsignsfromhumansand

respondbytryingtomakepeace,accordingtorearcherSanni

ngconflictsmayhavehelpeddogsdevelopbetter

bondswithhumans.

Therearchersalsonotethatdogsscanfacesasawholeto

nhowpeoplearefeeling,insteadoffocusingonagivenfeature.

Theysuggestthisindicatesthatdogsaren’tnsingemotionsfroma

singlefeature,butpiecingtogetherinformationfromallfacial

featuresjustashumansdo.

dogsdowhentheyarefacedwithangryhumans?

BTheyavoidlookingatthem.

esadogdowhenitestheexpressionsofangry

dogs?

CItfocusityesontheirmouths.

sadognpeople’sfeelings?

BBytakingintheirfacialexpressionsasawhole.

【Passage3】

slotsofsnowaround,

andthegroundfreezes,whichcanmakelifedifficultforanimals.

Peopleincoldplacesliveinwarmhousandhavelearnedtoadapt.

Whatdoanimalsdo?Therearethreemainwaysthatanimalssurvive

thecoldinwinter:sleep,adaptormigrate.

Someanimals,suchasbears,frogsandsnakes,sleepallwinter.

leeping,

theirbodytemperaturedrops,

prepareforthisbeforewinter,theanimalatextrafoodto

becomefat,whichgivesthemtheenergytheyneedwhiletheysleep.

mple,

animals,suchasmice,

collectextrafoodbeforewinter,ntercomes,

imalsgrow

thickerfur,orliveintreeholesorundergroundtostaywarm.

Somebirdsmigratebyflyingtoawarmerplaceforthewinter,

yverylongdistances,

includingonekindofbirdthatfliesfromtheremotenorthofthe

world,rdsflyingroupsfor

safety,whileothersflyalone.

Questions22-25arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

esthespeakersayaboutanimalsinwinter?

DTheyresorttodifferentmeanstosurvivethebittercold.

welearnaboutanimalsthatsleepthroughwinter?

CTheyconsumetheenergystoredbeforethelongsleep.

nimalslikemiceadapttotheverewinter?

ABystori

一.新闻听力

【NewsReport1】

OneofGoogle’slf-drivingcarscrashedintoabusinCalifornia

erenoinjuries.

ItisnotthefirsttimeoneofGoogle’sfamedlf-drivingcarshas

beeninvolvedinacrash,butitmaybethefirsttimeithascaud

one.

OnFebruary14ththelf-drivingcar,travellingat2mph

(3km/h),pulledoutinfrontofapublicbusgoing15mph(24km/h).

ThemanintheGooglevehiclereportedthatheassumedthebus

wouldslowdowntoletthecarout,andsohedidnotswitchtothe

manualmode.

Inastatement,Googlesaid:“Weclearlybearsomeresponsibility,

becauifourcarhadn’tmoved,therewouldn’thavebeenacrash.”

Thatsaid,ourtestdriverbelievedthebuswasgoingtoslowor

stoptoallowustomergeintothetraffic,andthattherewouldbe

sufficientspacetodothat.”

Thecompany’slf-drivingcarshavedonewelloveramillion

milesacrossvariousstatesintheUS,anduntilnowhaveonly

reportedminoraccidents.

Q1:AccordingtoGoogle,whatwasthecauoftheaccident?

BThetestdrivermadeawrongjudgement

Q2:HowhaveGoogle’slf-drivingcarsperformedsofar?

DTheyhavegenerallydonequitewell.

【NewsReport2】

Thousandsofbeesleftatownafterlandingonthebackofacar

eswhoworksata

nearbynationalpark,noticeda“brownpatch”onthebackofthecar

looked

clorherealizeditwasahugegroupofbees.

Mossaid:“

reveryclotogetherandtherewasalot

ofnoiandmovements,itwasinterestingtoesuchastrange

rewerealotofpeoplearoundandIwasabitworried

htthat

someonemightdosomethingstupid.

Moscalledtwolocalbeesspecialistswhohelpedremovedthe

beesbyattractingthemintoabox.

Mosspentthreehourslookingafterthebeesandwasstung

fivetimes,hesaidmystingsareabitpainfulbutIampleadthat

allworkedoutandIcouldhelp,peopleneedtorealizethatbeesare

valuableandtheyshouldbelookedafter.

welearnaboutTomMos?

AHeworksatanationalpark.

weknowaboutthebeesonthebackofthecar?

BTheyweremakingalotofnoi.

【Newsreport3】

Anewspeciesofsnakehasbeendiscoveredonaremoteisland

intheBahamas.

Scientistsidentified20oftheonemeter-longsnakesduringtwo

ondtripwasmadeinOctober

lastyear.

Oneofthecreaturesmadeadramaticappearancebymovingon

totheheadoftheteamleaderasheslept.

Thesnakehasbeennamedsilverboabecauitismetallic

coloredandthefirstspecimenfoundwasclimbingasilverpalmtree.

Reynolds,fromHarvard

University,thescientistconfirmedthesnakewasapreviously

unknownspeciesafterconductingageneticanalysisoftissue

samples.

Commentingonthefind,snakeexpertRobertHendersonfrom

theMuumofNaturalHistory,said:“Worldwidenewspeciesof

speciesofsnakes,however,aremuchrarer.

thenewsreportmainlyabout?

AThediscoveryofanewspeciesofsnake.

welearnaboutthescientificteamleader?

CAsnakecrawledontohisheadinhissleep.

thenewlydiscoveredcreaturegetitsname?

DFromitscolour.

二.对话听力

【Conversation1】

W:Didyouenjoyyourstaywithus,?

M:Yes,’mgoing

,couldyou

tellme,what’sthequickestwaytogetthere?

W:Well,haveafreeairport

shuttlervice.

M:Thatsoundsgreat,butwilltheshuttlegetmetotheairportin

time?

W:Yes,

takessome25minutestogettotheairport.

M:Fantastic!I’uplealetme

knowwhenit’sleaving?

W:Ofcour,sir.

M:his

that?

W:Let’sto$ldyouliketopayfor

it?

M:I’’llneedareceipt,

soIcanchargeittomycompany.

W:Absolutely!Hereyouare,ike,Icanleaveyour

anloadthemontotheshuttleforyou

whenitarrives.

M:ou.

W:Wouldyouliketoleaveacommentonourwebpagewhen

youhavetime?

M:eallygoodstayhere,andI’dliketorecommend

yourhoteltomyfriendsandcolleagues.

W:That’ouagainforstayingat

SheratonHotel.

sthemanaskaboutthequickestwaytotheairport?

AThecuritychecktakestime.

hemangoingtopayhisbill?

BBycreditcard.

dthemanaskthewomantodo?

AGivehimareceipt.

vordoesthewomanaskoftheman?

DPostingacommentonthehotel’swebpage.

【Conversation2】

M:Youknow,Ben’sgivenupmakingthoterriblefaceshe

erday,hecamehomefromschoolalmostin

chersaidifhewentonlikethat,hisfacewouldget

stuckwhenthewindschanged.

W:Andhebelievedher?

M:Yeah,he’’tyourememberalltho

thingsweudtobelievewhenwewerelittle?Iremembermyaunt

Maryudtosayifyouswallowacherrystone,atreewouldgrow

’mstillterrifiedtoday,sortof

w,ifIswallowonebymistake…

W:Yeah,Isuppoyou’thatudtogetmewas

thatswanscouldbreakyourlegwhentheyblowofthewing.

M:Theycan,can’tthey?Ialwaysthoughttheycould.

W:No,re’sanotheroneeven

,ifyouputapoststamponupsidedown,you

willgotoprison.

M:No,randmotherwasaterrorfor

mple,shewouldsay,youwillgetaspoton

atstalebread,yourhairwillcurl.

Andhere’onacampaigntriponceinItaly,and

mywifespentthewholetimeworryingaboutbatsgettingintoher

dhergrandmotherreckonedyouhadtoshaveyourhead

wasreallyterrified.

W:Silly,isn’tit?Butthat’showsomeparentstrytokeeptheir

kidsfromdoingthewrongthingorgettingintotrouble.

Q12:WhatdoesthemansayaboutBen?

CHehasstoppedmakingterriblefaces.

Q13:WhatdidauntMarryudtodowhenthemanwasachild?

DWarnhimofdangerbymakingupastory.

Q14:Whatdoesthewomanbelieveswanscoulddo?

Theycouldbreakpp’slegs.

Q15:Whatdidthegrandmotheroftheman’swifesay?

BOnewouldhavetoshavetheirheadtoremoveabatintheir

hair.

三.短文听力

【Passage1】

IfIcouldgobackinhistoryandlivewhenIliked,Iwouldn’tgo

,I’dliketoreliveaperiodI’vealreadylived–

the1960s.

Iwasinmytwenties,

wouldcomeinoutofaformalandalmostVictorianattitude,andyou

gpeoplewasthething,and

youwenttocoffeebarswhereyoumetfriendsandspenttheevening.

Thecinema,thetheater,allthatwaveryexcitingwithnewthings

,weemedtobeout,allthetime!Idon’treally

rememberworking–ofcour,Iwasastudent–orsittingaroundat

stwasn’twherethescenewas,eveneating!

Itwasthefirsttime,

werebeginningtobeadventurousaboutfood,butweweremore

ss,

yes,,girlswentaroundinreallyshort

skirts,wereinjeans,and

ike

livinginanageyoucouldneverhaveimagined,andthatneverhas

’thavemuchmoney,butitdidn’

therewasplentyofopportunitytodowhateveryoufeltlikedoing.

Question16–18arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard:

sthespeakersayhewouldliketorelivethe1960s?

CEverythingemedtobechanging.

esthespeakersaywasthemostpopularthingtodo

atthattime?

AMeetingpeople.

welearnaboutthespeaker?

DHewasayoungstudentinthe1960s.

【Passage2】

Dogs,man’sbestfriends,haveaclearstrategyfordealingwith

angryowners—theylookaway.

Newrearchshowsthatdogslimittheireyecontactwithangry

entistssuggestthismaybeanattempttocalm

haviormayhaveevolvedasdogsgradually

learnedtheycouldbenefitfromavoidingconflictswithhumans.

Toconductthetests,theUniversityofHelsinkirearchers

photosof

showedthreatening,

camerastrackedthedogs’eyemovements.

Dogsinthestudylookedmostattheeyesofhumansandother

gslookedatexpressionsof

angrydogs,theireyesrestedmoreonthemouth,perhapstointerpret

nlookingatangryhumans,

theytendedtoturnawaytheirgaze.

Dogsmayhavelearnedtodetectthreatsignsfromhumansand

respondbytryingtomakepeace,accordingtorearcherSanni

ngconflictsmayhavehelpeddogsdevelopbetter

bondswithhumans.

Therearchersalsonotethatdogsscanfacesasawholeto

nhowpeoplearefeeling,insteadoffocusingonagivenfeature.

Theysuggestthisindicatesthatdogsaren’tnsingemotionsfroma

singlefeature,butpiecingtogetherinformationfromallfacial

featuresjustashumansdo.

dogsdowhentheyarefacedwithangryhumans?

BTheyavoidlookingatthem.

esadogdowhenitestheexpressionsofangry

dogs?

CItfocusityesontheirmouths.

sadognpeople’sfeelings?

BBytakingintheirfacialexpressionsasawhole.

【Passage3】

slotsofsnowaround,

andthegroundfreezes,whichcanmakelifedifficultforanimals.

Peopleincoldplacesliveinwarmhousandhavelearnedtoadapt.

Whatdoanimalsdo?Therearethreemainwaysthatanimalssurvive

thecoldinwinter:sleep,adaptormigrate.

Someanimals,suchasbears,frogsandsnakes,sleepallwinter.

leeping,

theirbodytemperaturedrops,

prepareforthisbeforewinter,theanimalatextrafoodto

becomefat,whichgivesthemtheenergytheyneedwhiletheysleep.

mple,

animals,suchasmice,

collectextrafoodbeforewinter,ntercomes,

imalsgrow

thickerfur,orliveintreeholesorundergroundtostaywarm.

Somebirdsmigratebyflyingtoawarmerplaceforthewinter,

yverylongdistances,

includingonekindofbirdthatfliesfromtheremotenorthofthe

world,rdsflyingroupsfor

safety,whileothersflyalone.

Questions22-25arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

esthespeakersayaboutanimalsinwinter?

DTheyresorttodifferentmeanstosurvivethebittercold.

welearnaboutanimalsthatsleepthroughwinter?

CTheyconsumetheenergystoredbeforethelongsleep.

nimalslikemiceadapttotheverewinter?

ABystoringenoughfoodbeforehand

omebirdsflyingroupswhenmigrating,according

tothespeaker?

CTostaysafe

ngenoughfoodbeforehand

omebirdsflyingroupswhenmigrating,according

tothespeaker?

CTostaysafe