四级听力原文

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BandFour

听力原文：

ListeningComprehension

Scripts:

SectionA:

Directions:Inthisction,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2long

ndofeachconversation,oneormorequestionswillbe

econversationsandthequestionswillbe

thepau,

youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichis

rkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2witha

singlelinethroughthecentre.

ShortConversation

11.W:YoursisterJanedidn’trecognizemeatfirst.

M:I’arthdon’tyoulosomeweight?

Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?

12.M:Whatwastheweatherlikeduringyourholidays?

W:Notbad,butitwouldbebetterifithadbeenalittlebitwarmer.

Q:Whatwastheweatherlikeduringthewoman’sholidays?

13.W:Hi,John,how’syourprojectgoing?

M:Oh,justsoso,Youknow,itemsmuchmoredifficulttogetfinancial

supportthanweexpected.

Q:Whatdoweknowabouttheman’sproject?

14.M:Howdidyouenjoyyourthree-dayholidayinEurope?

W:Ijustlovedeveryminuteofit.

Q:Whatdoyouknowaboutthewoman?

15.M:What’swrongwithyournewMP3player?LetmeeifIcanfixit.

W:Oh,Ihadtheshopreplaceitwithanewonethismorning.

Q:Whatdidthewomandothismorning?

16.W:DoyouknowthatMarkturneddownthatjobofferbyanadvertising

company?

M:Yeah,thehourswereconvenient,buthewouldn’thavebeenableto

makeendsmeet.

Q:WhydidMarkrefutotakethejob?

17.W:Hi,’you’vebeen

sick.

Howareyoufeelingnow?

M:,he’sfeeling

betternow.

Q:Whatdoweknowfromtheconversation?

18.W:Thenewfilmonspaceexplorationisprettyinteresting.

M:Prettyinteresting?Itmakesmedozeoffattimes.

Q:Whatdoesthemanthinkaboutthefilm?

Nowyouwillheartwolongconversations.

Conversationone:

M:Whatkindofmoviesdoyoulikebest,Carol?

W:kedramaandromancetoo.

M:Don’tyoulikesuspenandhorror?

W:SuspenisOkwithme,butcertainlynothorror.

M:Idon’penstoriesareexciting.

W:Yeah,theyarereallygood,especiallytheonesdirectedbyHitchcock.

M:Theyareterrific.

W:Whattypeofmoviesdoyoulikebest,Alan?

M:Asamatteroffact,Ilikeactionandadventurebest.

W:Ilikethemaswell.

M:HaveyouenMissionImpossible,starringTomCrui?

W:rtainlypopular.

M:Shallwegoandeit?

W:Whynot?

Questions19to21arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

ndofmoviesdoesthemanlikebest?

ndofmoviesdoesthewomanlikebest?

pesoffilmappealtoboththespeakers?

Conversationtwo:

M:Hi，Jenny,youdon’’swrong?

W:Well,Roger,I’vegotaproblem.

M:Whatisit?

W:’vebeguntalking

sshewantstogo,butshe’slethergradesslipandno

matterhowIurgehertostudy,allsheemsinterestedinareclothesand

’renotwealthy,on’tbeeasyforustoaffordthe

tuitionifshecan’gtocollegethebestchoicefor

herrightnow?

M:Doyoumeanthatshedoesn’temreadyforcollege?

W:You’reright.

M:Thenyou’dbetterhavearioustalkwithJaneaboutcollege.

W:Arioustalkwithher?

M:Yes,mymindit’squitenormalforgirlsofheragetobewrappedupin(倾

注全部注意力于…)fashionanddating,butasamotheryouhavearightto

expecthertopayattentiontoherstudiestoo.

W:Yes,buthow?

M:Askherhowrioussheisaboutcollegeandhowhardshe’swillingtowork

ybemorecommitted(坚定的)ot,

uld

giveherthepushsheneedstotakehereducationriously.

W:Soundslikeagoodidea.

Questions22to25arebadontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

sthewoman’sdaughterinterestedin？

esthewomanexpectherdaughtertodo？

’sthemostprobablerelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

esRogersuggestthewomandoaccordingtothepassage?

SectionB

Directions:Inthisction,ndofeach

passage,epassagesandthequestionswill

ouhearaquestion,youmustchoothebest

answerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Thenmarkthe

correspondingletteronAnswersheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Passageone

InHongKongthedays,youwilloftenepeopleridingskatescootersin

ingonwhichwayyoulookatthem,theycanbegreatfor

oneof

themoreexperiencedskatescooterriders,ashehasbeenpracticinghis

lyhairandbaggyjeansshowhisdevotionto

deeppassionforand

understandingofthissport.

―Istartedridingskatescootersayearago,butatthattimetherewasnoone

tosharetheexperiencewithorlearnnewtricksfrom,‖heexplained.―Nowthat

ithascaughtonandmorepeopletakepartinit,itismoreenjoyable.‖

MostofthebestbrandsofskatescootersaremadeinSwitzerlandandbegan

ookmuchnoticeofthem,

oplesawskatescootersin

quicklyHongKonghaditsowngroupofskatescooterridersandthenumberis

stillgrowing.

However,notallwhoenjoyskatescootersregardridingthemasasport.

Forsomepeopletheyaresimplyaquickwaytogetfromhometothe

canbefoldedupwithout

difficultyandareeasytocarryabout,theyhavebecomepopularwithavariety

ofpeoplefromschoolstudentstobusinesxecutives.

Questions26to29arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

rethebestbrandsofskatescootermade?

retheskatescootersimportedtoHongKong?

tescootercanbeudinthefollowingcaxcept________.

lowingareadvantagesofskatescooterxcept_______?

PassageTwo

Childlabor–theemploymentofchildreninindustry,oftenagainsttheir

will,–

undredyearsago,CharlesDickens

shockedmanyofhisreaderswhenhedescribedtheconditionsunderwhich

ditionDickensdescribed

y

differenceisthattodayemploymentofchildrenisconfinedtosmallindustries

andfamilybusiness,suchashotels,restaurantsandparticularlyfarms,rather

thanlargefactories.

themare

ghtheworkthey

aregiventodoisoftenlight,ly,children

asyoungassixyearswerefoundtobeworkinginAsianfactories,andthe

childrenwereworkingfromeighttofourteenhoursadayinovercrowdedand

mesawholefamilygroupimployed,

ldrennotonly

receivenothingorverylittlefortheirlonghoursofwork,butalsotheyare

ore,whentheybecomeoldertheyare

unabletodoanyotherkindofwork.

Solutionstotheproblemofchildlaborareclearbetterlawstoprotect

youngchildren,greatersupervisionofindustryandheavierfinesforthowho

thewayscanyoungboysandgirlsbeallowedto

enjoythemostvaluabletimeoftheirlives—childhood.

Questions30to32arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

etheconditionsunderwhichyoungchildrenwork?

emstobethereasonthatyoungchildrengotowork?

esthewritersuggesttosolvetheproblemofchildlabor?

PassageThree

Afewyearsagomylandlord,aventy-fiveyear-oldwoman,askedmeto

d,andoffwewent.

OnthewayweranintoateacherthatIhadafondfeelingtowardinhigh

rpriherecognizedmeandstoppedtosay

havethoughtmylandlordwasmymother,andhesaidhelloto

abouttograbhishandandsay

hello,whenallofasuddenherteethfellout!

Yes,allofthem…thewholeworks!Shehadabridgewithfalteethand

eyslippedout,theyalmostfell

intomyex-teacher’xtendedhand.

Andtoaddtomyhorror,shecouldnotbenddowntopickthemup,soshe

grosdout,Ijustcouldn’tbringmylf

totouchthem.

Whenmyex-teachersawIhesitated,hepickedupherteethandhanded

thembacktoher!Ilookedather,lookedathim,andjustwantedtorunaway.

Questions32to35arebadonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

wasmylandlord?

dmyteachermakemylandlordouttobe?

ppenedtomylandlordwhenshewastalking?

SectionC

SpotDictation:

Directions:Inthisction,e

passageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.

Whenthepassageisreadforthecondtime,youarerequiredtofillinthe

blanksnumberedfrom44to46youarerequiredtofillinthemissing

blanks,youcaneitherutheexactwordsyouhavejust

y,whenthe

passageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Foracountrymuch(36)attachedtonationalsymbols,Francetookthe

sifan(37)ancientgreat-greatuncle

wereabouttopassaway:atimefornostalgia(怀旧)andregret,ratherthan

grief.

UnliketheGermanmark,thefranchadneverbeena(38)symbolof

enthistorywasrelativelystablebutithadtobe

(39)1950s,itsvalueand(40)reputation

weresoweakthatFrench(41)politiciansconsideredabolishingitandreplacing

itwithsomethingel,badonthevalueofthepound.

urprisingthat

sucha(42)conrvativepeopledidnotexpressanofaesthetic(美的)loss,

forthefranchadalwaysbeenoneoftheworld’smostbeautiful(43)currencies.

Thenamefrancwasfirstudin1360,tocelebrateandhelptopayfor

releaofKingJeanⅡ,(44)whowascapturedbythestillpoundlessEnglish.

Hecreatedthe―franc‖or―free‖tocelebratetheoccasion.(45)Overthenext

400yearsthenamecameandwentbutwasfinallyrestoredbytheRevolutionin

uary17th,2002,(46)theFrenchfrancdisappearedcompletely

fromthefinancialscene.