第一篇：2003年9月大學英語四級(CET-4)真題聽力原文

2003年9月四級考試聽力原文與翻譯

Section A

1.M: I can't understand why Bob isn't here yet? Do you think we should try to call him or go look for him?

 W: He probably just got held up in traffic.Let’s give him a few minutes. [Q] What are the speakers probably going to do?

 男：真不知道鮑伯怎么搞的，到現在還沒有到？你覺得我們是打電話給他還是去找他？ 女：可能堵車耽擱了，要不我們再多等他幾分鐘？

 問：談話者可能會做什么？

2.M: Hi, Susan!Have you decided where to live when you get married?

 W: I'd like to live in the downtown area near my work but Nelson wants to live in suburbs to save our expenses. [Q] Why does Susan want to live in the city?

男：嗨，蘇珊，你決定婚后住哪了嗎？

女：我想住城里，上班近，但尼爾森想住在郊區因為可以省錢。

問：為什么蘇珊想住在城里？

3.M: I'd like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin's book on American culture.

 W: I'm sorry.The book has been out of print for sometime now. [Q] Where does the conversation probably take place.

 男：我想買一本弗蘭克林教授撰寫的關于美國文化的書。

 女：抱歉。這本書早就脫銷了。

 問：對話可能發生在哪里？

4.W: I've just locked my keys in my room.Now what should I do?

 M: I can't believe it.You are always so careless.Anyhow let's calm down and try to figure things out. [Q] What does the man suggest?

 女：我把鑰匙鎖在屋子里了，現在該怎么辦？

 男：我都不敢相信。你怎么老是這么丟三落四。但不管怎樣我們還得冷靜地想個辦法。 問：男人如何建議？

5.W: Can you give us your e-mail address, so we can get back to you as soon as possible? M: I'll send you an e-mail so we don't have to do the spellings on the phone.Okay? [Q] What are the speakers doing?

 女：你能告訴我你的電子郵件地址嗎？這樣我們就可以很快和你聯系。

 男：我可以先給你發一封郵件，這樣我們就不必在電話上拼寫地址了？好嗎？ 問：談話人正在做什么？

6.W: Hi, George!Could you give me a ride? I want to buy some food for the picnic. M: Okay.I'm going home but I can drop you at the supermarket. [Q] What does the woman want to do?

 女：嗨，喬治，能送我一程嗎？我想去買點野餐的食物。

 男：當然，我正要回家，我可以送你到超市。

 問：女人想要做什么？

7.W: My name is Helen WARE.W-A-R-E.Can I get a class permit for biology?

 M: Oh, no.Not now.Registration for students whose last names begin with W doesn't start

until tomorrow. [Q] What does the man mean?

 女：我叫海倫 威爾，W-A-R-E,能給我生物課的聽課證嗎？

 男：哦，不能，現在不行，姓以W開頭的學生登記得到明天才開始。

 問：男人什么意思？

8.M: What was the weather like when you were in New York last week?

 W: It was very much like the weather here in Beijing.So you needn't take much clothes if you

don't plan to stay there long. [Q] What can we learn from the conversation?

 男：上周你在紐約時天氣如何？

 女：很象現在北京的天氣，如果你不在紐約呆太久，你就不需要帶太多衣服。

 問：從對話中我們可以了解到什么？

9.W: What are the things in our our suitcase? There aren't any toys at all.Where have you put

them?

 M: Oh, no.This is not our suitcase.The old lady must have taken ours by mistake.She was

sitting next to us at the restaurant.

 [Q] What can be inferred from the conversation?

 女：你箱子里都裝了些什么啊？根本就沒有玩具，你把玩具放哪兒了？

 男：呀，這不是我們的箱子。那個老太太一定是錯拿了我們的箱子。在旅館里，她就坐

在我們旁邊。

 問：從對話中我們可以推斷出什么？

10.M: Are you really leaving for Hongkong tomorrow morning?

W: Yeah, I guess so.I got the air tickets.I can't wait to see Bill there.[Q] What is the woman going to do?

男：明天你真的要去香港嗎？

女：是啊，我想是的。我已經拿到機票，我都等不及想見到比爾了。

問：女人將要做什么？

Section B

Passage One

Pamcla Royal and her partner, Edith Clark, are the owners of the Sea View Hotel in Brighton.As much of their business is seasonal, they do a good deal of the work themselves.In order to

make a profit, it is necessary to keep down the cost of extra staff.Although they will never make a

fortune, for the last ten years they have earned a reasonable living from the hotel.They work extremely will together and each has her own duties.In general, Pamela does the book

keeping.She is excellent with figures and seldom makes a mistake.She also takes care of the

decorations, particularly the flower arranging, which is her hobby.Edith, on the other hand, makes

all the staff arrangements, and when necessary does the cooking.She is a very patient woman, and

if guests make complaints she tries her best to solve their problem.However, the two ladies do not do all the work themselves.They usually employ college students

to do the cleaning and the washing up.Bob Albert, who is a retired policeman, goes in two hours a

day to do the gardening, or take care of the swimming pool.Both ladies are very popular.They believe in having an informal relationship with the guests, and

often make friends with their regular visitors.Last month was their tenth anniversary in Brighton,and they had a dinner with their friends to celebrate.Pamela gave a speech and everyone wished

them lots of success for the future.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.How do Pamela and Edith manage to keep down the cost of the hotel?

12.What jobs in the hotel are given to the college students?

13.Why are the two ladies popular in the area?Passage Two

Some people dream of being President of the United States.Some dream of becoming stars in a

Hollywood movie, and others of making millions of dollars overnight.But, could a dream like that

come true in real life? Well, it did happen to peter Johnson.Peter was an auto mechanic.One day, he walked into the Union Trust Bank in Baltimore and took

5,000 dollars that did not belong to him.The guards and other employees stood back and let him

stuff the bills in his shirt and pants without trying to prevent him from taking the money.(16)No

one tripped an alarm.No one pulled a gun.No one called the police.Why did the allow him to get

away with it?

Well, everything was legal.Peter had won a contest promoted by a Baltimore radio station.The

first prize entitled him to enter the union Trust bank and gather up as much money as he could lay

his hands within five minutes.Because he could not bring any large bags or boxes into the bank,all the money had to be placed in his pockets.As the time went by, Peter ran about wildly, trying to pick up as many large bills as he could find.When his time was up, he was out of breath, but was $ 5,000 richer.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.Why did peter go to the Union Trust bank?

15.What was Peter's job?

16.What did the guards do when Peter stared gathering the money?

17.Why didn't Peter take more money from the bank?Passage Three

Larry Smith is one of the rescuers on the Golden Gate Bridge.His job is to save people who

attempt to jump into the sea.If the telephone rings at three in the morning, he knows it's trouble.Someone is threatening to commit suicide.Larry will get his things ready, and in no time he'll be

out the door and heading to the spot.“If you aren't too late,” Larry says, “you climb out onto the cold steel and try to talk to the poor,and pull him anyhow back to safety.For many suicide attempts are made on the spur of the

moment, and lives can be saved.But if you fall, if the person jumps into the bottomless pool,there's no describing how helpless you feel.Often, would-be jumpers are driven to despair and

see no hope out of their misery.The trick is to open channels of communication with them.Following are some tricks that have worked: 'If you're going to jump, at least give me your mom's

phone number so I can call and tell her.'Or' That's a nice watch.If you're going to jump, can I

have it?' Sometimes, all it takes is the voice of the human being who cares.”

Larry estimates he has rescued about thirty people in his ten years of service.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.What is Larry's job?

19.What is happening if Larry's phone rings at 3 o'clock in the morning?

20.What does Larry Smith usually do to stop someone from jumping off the bridge?

第二篇：2006年12月大學英語四級真題聽力原文學習啊

學英語簡單嗎？肯定會有許多學生說：“難死了”。

為什么有好多學生對英語的學習都感到頭疼呢？答案只有一個：“不得法?！?英語與漢語一樣都是一種語言，為什么你說漢語會如此流利？那是因為你置身于一個漢語環境中，如果你在倫敦呆上半年，保準說起英語來會非常流利。但很多中學生沒有很好的英語環境，那么你可以自己設置一個英語環境，堅持“多說”、“多聽”、“多讀”、“多寫”，那么你的英語成績肯定會很出色。

一、多“說”。

自己多創造機會與英語教師多講英語，見了同學，尤其是和好朋友在一起時盡量用英語去問候，談心情……這時候你需隨身攜帶一個英漢互譯小詞典，遇到生詞時查一下這些生詞，也不用刻意去記，用的多了，這個單詞自然而然就會記住。千萬別把學英語當成負擔，始終把它當成一件有趣的事情去做。

或許你有機會碰上外國人，你應大膽地上去跟他打招呼，和他談天氣、談風景、談學?！皇莿e問及他的年紀，婚史等私人問題。盡量用一些你學過的詞匯，句子去和他談天說地。不久你會發現與老外聊天要比你與中國人談英語容易的多。因為他和你交談時會用許多簡單詞匯，而且不太看重說法，你只要發音準確，準能順利地交流下去。只是你必須要有信心，敢于表達自己的思想。

如果沒有合適的伙伴也沒關系，你可以拿過一本書或其它什么東西做假想對象，對它談你一天的所見所聞，談你的快樂，你的悲傷等等，長此堅持下去你的口語肯定會有較大的提高。

二、多“聽”

尋找一切可以聽英語的機會。別人用英語交談時，你應該大膽地去參與，多聽聽各種各樣人的發音，男女老少，節奏快的慢的你都應該接觸到，如果這樣的機會少的話，你可以選擇你不知內容的文章去聽，這將會對你幫助很大，而你去聽學過的課文的磁帶，那將會對你的語言語調的學習有很大的幫助。

三、多“讀”。

“讀”可以分為兩種。一種是“默讀”。每天給予一定時間的練習將會對你提高閱讀速度有很大的好處，讀的內容可以是你的課本，但最好是一些有趣的小讀物，因為現在的英語高考越來越重視閱讀量和閱讀速度。每道題的得分都與你的理解程度有很大關系，所以經過高中三年閱讀的訓練后，你必定會在高考中勝券在握。另一種是“朗讀”這是學語言必不可少的一種學習途徑。

四、多“寫”

有的同學總是抱怨時間緊，根本沒時間寫作文。其實“寫”的形式很多，不一定就寫作文才提高寫作能力。比如寫下你一天中發生的一些重要的事情，或當天學了某一個詞組，你可以創設一個語境恰如其份地用上這個詞。這樣即可幫你記住這個詞的用法，又可以鍛煉你的寫作能力，比如學“wish”一詞時，可寫一小段如下：

The teacher often asks us what we want to be in the future.My good friend Tom wishes to be a soldier.However,I'm different.I wish I were a teacher in the future.But my mother wishes me to be a doctor.只幾句話：但wish的幾種用法已躍然紙上，這樣寫下來印象會深刻得多，這樣比死記硬背wish的用法也有趣輕松的多。

學習英語不用花大塊的時間，10分鐘的散步可以練“說”,吃完飯后可以讀一會兒英語小說，睡前聽幾分鐘英語，可以使你得到更好地休息……只要你每天抽出一些時間來練英語，你的英語成績肯定會很快提高的。

背英語單詞技巧

1、循環記憶法

艾賓浩斯遺忘曲線

人的大腦是一個記憶的寶庫，人腦經歷過的事物，思考過的問題，體驗過的情感和情緒，練習過的動作，都可以成為人們記憶的內容。例如英文的學習中單詞、短語和句子，甚至文章的內容都是通過記憶完成的。從“記”到“憶”是有個過程的，這其中包括了識記、保持、再認和回憶。有很多 人在學習英語的過程中，只注重了學習當時的記憶效果，孰不知，要想做好學習的記憶工作，是要下一番工夫的，單純的注重當時的記憶效果，而忽視了后期的保持和再認同樣是達不到良好的效果的。

在信息的處理上，記憶是對輸入信息的編碼、貯存和提取的過程，從信息處理的角度上，英文的第一次學習和背誦只是一個輸入編碼的過程。人的記憶的能力從生理上講是十分驚人的，它可以存貯1015比特(byte，字節)的信息，可是每個人的記憶寶庫被挖掘的只占10%，還有更多的記憶發揮空間。這是因為，有些人只關注了記憶的當時效果，卻忽視了記憶中的更大的問題--即記憶的牢固度問題，那就牽涉到心理學中常說的關于記憶遺忘的規律。

一、艾賓浩斯記憶規律曲線解釋

德國有一位著名的心理學家名叫艾賓浩斯(Hermann Ebbinghaus，1850-1909)，他在1885年發表了他的實驗報告后，記憶研究就成了心理學中被研究最多的領域之一，而艾賓浩斯正是發現記憶遺忘規律的第一人。

根據我們所知道的，記憶的保持在時間上是不同的，有短時的記憶和長時的記憶兩種。而我們平時的記憶的過程是這樣的：

輸入的信息在經過人的注意過程的學習后，便成為了人的短時的記憶，但是如果不經過及時的復習，這些記住過的東西就會遺忘，而經過了及時的復習，這些短時的記憶就會成為了人的一種長時的記憶，從而在大腦中保持著很長的時間。那么，對于我們來講，怎樣才叫做遺忘呢，所謂遺忘就是我們對于曾經記憶過的東西不能再認起來，也不能回憶起來，或者是錯誤的再認和錯誤的回憶，這些都是遺忘。艾賓浩斯在做這個實驗的時候是拿自己作為測試對象的，他得出了一些關于記憶的結論。他選用了一些根本沒有意義的音節，也就是那些不能拼出單詞來的眾多字母的組合，比如asww，cfhhj，ijikmb，rfyjbc等等。他經過對自己的測試，得到了一些數據。

然后，艾賓浩斯又根據了這些點描繪出了一條曲線，這就是非常有名的揭示遺忘規律的曲線：艾賓浩斯遺忘曲線，圖中豎軸表示學習中記住的知識數量，橫軸表示時間(天數)，曲線表示記憶量變化的規律。

這條曲線告訴人們在學習中的遺忘是有規律的，遺忘的進程不是均衡的，不是固定的一天丟掉幾個，轉天又丟幾個的，而是在記憶的最初階段遺忘的速度很快，后來就逐漸減慢了，到了相當長的時候后，幾乎就不再遺忘了，這就是遺忘的發展規律，即“先快后慢”的原則。觀察這條遺忘曲線，你會發現,學得的知識在一天后，如不抓緊復習,就只剩下原來的25%)。隨著時間的推移,遺忘的速度減慢，遺忘的數量也就減少。有人做過一個實驗，兩組學生學習一段課文，甲組在學習后不久進行一次復習，乙組不予復習，一天后甲組保持98%，乙組保持56%；一周后甲組保持83%，乙組保持33%。乙組的遺忘平均值比甲組高。

二、不同性質材料有不同的遺忘曲線

而且，艾賓浩斯還在關于記憶的實驗中發現，記住12個無意義音節，平均需要重復16.5次；為了記住36個無意義章節，需重復54次；而記憶六首詩中的480個音節，平均只需要重復8次！這個實驗告訴我們，凡是理解了的知識，就能記得迅速、全面而牢固。不然，愣是死記硬背，那也是費力不討好的。因此，比較容易記憶的是那些有意義的材料，而那些無意義的材料在記憶的時候比較費力氣，在以后回憶起來的時候也很不輕松。因此，艾賓浩斯遺忘曲線是關于遺忘的一種曲線，而且是對無意義的音節而言，對于與其他材料的對比，艾賓浩斯又得出了不同性質材料的不同遺忘曲線，不過他們大體上都是一致的。

因此，艾賓浩斯的實驗向我們充分證實了一個道理，學習要勤于復習，而且記憶的理解效果越好，遺忘的也越慢。

三、不同的人有不同的艾賓浩斯記憶曲線--個性化的艾賓浩斯

上述的艾賓浩斯記憶曲線是艾賓浩斯在實驗室中經過了大量測試后，產生了不同的記憶數據，從而生成的一種曲線，是一個具有共性的群體規律。此記憶曲線并不考慮接受試驗個人的個性特點，而是尋求一種處于平衡點的記憶規律。

但是記憶規律可以具體到我們每個人，因為我們的生理特點、生活經歷不同，可能導致我們有不同的記憶習慣、記憶方式、記憶特點。規律對于自然人改造世界的行為，只能起一個催化的作用，如果與每個人的記憶特點相吻合，那么就如順水揚帆，一日千里；如果與個人記憶特點相悖，記憶效果則會大打折扣。因此，我們要根據每個人的不同特點，尋找到屬于自己的艾賓浩斯記憶曲線

2》如何學英語

下定決心，堅持不懈

英語學習作為一門語言技能，通過大量的訓練和練習任何人是可以掌握的。一般地說，英語學習的原則是聽、說領先，讀、寫跟上。李揚的瘋狂英語提倡，首先建立起我能學好英語的信心，然后以句子為單位，大量地模仿，瘋狂地操練，大聲地朗讀，最后達到自如地說英語，他的方法對提高說英語的能力很奏效。鐘道隆教授45歲開始學英語，一年后，學成出國當口語翻譯，并創造了逆苦惱、逆急于求成、逆速成的逆向學習英語的方法。他還提出學習英語要遵循聽、寫、說、背、想的方法，他的方法強調以聽為主，并且把所聽到的內容全部寫下來。尤其是他的學習精神最可佳，他學習英語用壞了十幾臺錄音機，你可想象他聽了多少英語；用完的圓珠筆芯幾乎裝滿了一個一拉罐，你可想象他寫了多少，在一年半內，累計業余學習英語時間大約三千小時，也就說每天抽出幾個小時來學英語。如果我們做到他那樣，一定也能學好英語。最重要的是堅持，只要能下定決心，堅持每天至少一個小時的學習英語，戰勝自我最后肯定會有收獲的。

注意方法，循序漸進 決心下定，還注意學習方法，有時根據自己的情況和不同的學習目的，選擇不同的學習方法，但是學習英語一定要踏踏實實地、一步一個腳印地走。要把基礎知識掌握好，也就是說，發音要正確、基本詞匯要掌握牢、基本句式要熟練、基本語法要會用。

（1）要過好語音關。把每一個音標發正確，注意改正有問題的音素，特別是那些容易混淆的音素，盡早地掌握國際音標，并盡量的掌握一些讀音規則，盡快地能利用讀音規則來拼單詞，掌握讀音規則對單詞的記憶和拼寫非常有用。

（2）掌握一定數量的英語單詞。對于學習者來說掌握英語詞匯是一難關，學習單詞要從單詞的形、音、義這三方面去掌握，要注意單詞的一詞多義，一詞多類的用法，要學會一些構詞法的知識，來擴展詞匯量。學習單詞要在語言材料中去學，要結合詞組，通過句子，閱讀文章來活記單詞，死記的單詞是記不牢的。堅持在讀、說前，先反復聽，聽的時候反應單詞、句子的意思和節奏，想一下單詞的拼法、句子結構。并要同學習語法規則有機結合起來進行。

（3）掌握好基本語法。語法在學習英語中也很重要，它能幫助我們把握住英語的基本規律，通過例句或語言現象把死的語法規則要記住，活的規則要通過做大量的練習掌握?？傊畬W習英語要通過聽、說、讀、寫、譯來進行操練，不但要注意數量，更重要的是要注意質量，尤其是基本知識要掌握的準確，熟練。只有經過大量的實踐，才能做到熟能生巧，運用自如。

提前預習，有的放矢

作為學生，在每次上課前，都要對要學的課文提前預習。首先在音標的幫助下試著拼讀單詞，也可以借助配套磁帶反復聽，對比一下，把握不準的要標出來，注意上課老師的發音，還要記一下單詞的漢語意思和詞性。借助課文的注釋或輔導材料，預習一遍課文，找出不明白的地方，做到心中有數，在教師講課時注意聽這些地方。總之，預習的目的是熟悉要學的內容，找出不明白的地方，帶著問題聽課，做到有的放矢。

認真聽課，積極配合

課堂是老師與學生一起學習、掌握、運用知識的主要場所。作為起主導作用的老師一方引導學生搞好課堂教學是很必要的，但也需要學習者的積極配合。上課要專心聽講、作好筆記、認真操練、積極思考。預習時出現的問題在課堂上教師沒有講到的，要向老師提出，把問題搞清楚，老師講授的問題，先注意聽，下課后整理一下筆記，反復思考一下這些問題，抓住老師所講的重點，難點和考點。總之，上課時要做到耳聽、眼觀、嘴動、腦想，調動起多個感官來。

完成作業，找出問題

學完每一課，要認真完成課后作業。做作業時一定不要看參考書上題的答案，做完后再對答案，對于作業中所出現的不明白的問題，應該記下來，等下次上課時提出來。做作業是英語學習的很重要的環節，它是消化知識和鞏固知識的過程，一定要認真完成規定的作業，筆頭作業要動一動筆，口頭作業要動一動嘴，提高聽力要練一練耳，課文在聽和讀的基礎上，最好背誦某些精彩段落。總之，要做大量的練習，英語是練出來的，一定不要偷懶。

及時復習，鞏固知識

學會了的東西隨著時間的流逝會逐漸遺忘，但學語言有遺忘現象是正常的。更不必因為有遺忘現象而影響自己學好英語的信心與決心。問題在于怎樣來減輕遺忘的程度。善于類比，總結知識，把新學的知識同過去學的有關的知識進行橫向和縱向比較和聯系。建立錯誤檔案記錄，加深印象，以避免再反同樣錯誤。我們大部分知識和技能是靠重復獲得的，及時復習對于記憶非常必要，學英語就是要堅持天天不斷的練，不斷地重復基本句型，常用詞匯和基本語法等。學習英語的過程也是同遺忘做斗爭的過程。

總而言之，只要你能做到下定決心學，注意學習方法，把課前預習，認真聽課，完成作業，及時復習這些環節作好了，你一定能夠學好英語

06年12月大學英語四級真題聽力原文 Section A: Conversations Short Conversations 11.M: Christmas is around the corner.And I’m looking for a gift for my girlfriend.Any suggestions? W: Well you have to tell me something about your girlfriend first.Also, what’s your budget? Q: What does the woman want the man to do? 12.M: What would you like for dessert? I think I’ll have apple pie and ice cream.W: The chocolate cake looks great, but I have to watch my weight.You go ahead and get yours.Q: What would the woman most probably do? 13.W: Having visited so many countries, you must be able to speak several different languages.M: I wish I could.But Japanese and of course English are the only languages I can speak.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 14.M: Professor Smith asked me to go to his office after class.So it’s impossible for me to make it to the bar at ten.W: Then it seems that we’ll have to meet an hour later at the library.Q: What will the man do first after class? 15.M: It’s already 11 now.Do you mean I ought to wait until Mr.Bloom comes back from the class? W: Not really.You can just leave a note.I’ll give it to her later.Q: What does the woman mean? 16.M: How is John now? Is he feeling any better? W: Not yet.It still seems impossible to make him smile.Talking to him is really difficult and he gets upset easily over little things.Q: What do we learn about John from the conversation? 17.M: Do we have to get the opera tickets in advance? W: Certainly.Tickets at the door are usually sold at a higher price.Q: What does the woman imply? 18.M: The taxi driver must have been speeding.W: Well, not really.He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck ahead of him.Q: What do we learn about the taxi driver?

Long Conversations Conversation 1 W: Hey, Bob, guess what? I’m going to visit Quebec next summer.I’m invited to go to a friend’s wedding.But while I’m there I’d also like to do some sightseeing.M: That’s nice, Shelly.But do you mean the province of Quebec, or Quebec City? W: I mean the province.My friend’s wedding is in Montreal.I’m going there first.I’ll stay for five days.Is Montreal the capital city of the province? M: Well, Many people think so because it’s the biggest city.But it’s not the capital.Quebec City is.But Montreal is great.The Saint Royal River runs right through the middle of the city.It’s beautiful in summer.W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is OK, but not that good.I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English? M: Well, People speak both French and English there.But you’ll hear French most of the time.And all the street signs are in French.In fact, Montreal is the third largest French speaking city in the world.So you’d better practice your French before you go.W: Good advice.What about Quebec City? I’ll visit a friend from college who lives there now.What’s it like? M: It’s a beautiful city, very old.Many old buildings have been nicely restored.Some of them were built in the 17th or 18th centuries.You’ll love there.W: Fantastic.I can’t wait to go.Questions: 19.What’s the woman’s main purpose of visiting Quebec? 20.What does the man advice the woman to do before the trip? 21.What does the man say about the Quebec City?

Conversation 2 M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book? W: I wrote my first Finnish(finished)story when I was about six.It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean.And I’ve been writing ever since? M: Why did you choose to be an author? W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness.Step 1 would be finding out what you love doing most.Step two would be finding someone to pay you to do this.I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults? W: My first two novels were for adults.I suppose I might write another one.But I never really imagine a target audience when I’m writing.The ideas come first.So it really depends on the ideas that grasp me next.M: where did the ideas for the “Harry Potter” books come from? W: I’ve no ideas where the ideas came from.And I hope I’ll never find out.It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform.M: How did you come up with the names of your characters? W: I invented some of them.But I also collected strange names.I’ve got one from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memoirs and people I met.M: Oh, you are really resourceful.Questions: 22.What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowling’s first book? 23.Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very lucky? 24.What dictates Miss Rowling’s writing? 25.According to Miss Rowling where did she get the ideas for the Harry Porter books?

Section B Passage 1 Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day.According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems.This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research.In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports, yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material，learning new lessons and completing high-quality work.Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention.The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children.Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well-functioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the study’s lead author.So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration.“If we don’t ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns in kids’ struggling academically, then we aren’t doing our job”, Forlone said.For parents, he said, the message is simple, “getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time”.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.What were teachers told to do in the experiment? 27.According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students? 28.What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents?

Passage 2

Patricia Pania never wanted to be a public figure.All she wanted to be was a mother and home-maker.But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car.The impact killed her 2-year-old daughter.Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving.She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter.In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start.She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain.But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place.She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice.For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker.She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy.Many in the audience were moved to tears and to action.In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker.Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 40 million people.Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem, and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.What was the significant change in Patricia Pania’s life? 30.What had led to Pania’s personal tragedy? 31.How did Pania feel when she began her first speech? 32.What could be expected as a result of Pania’s efforts?

Passage 3

Many people catch a cold in the spring time or fall.It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon.Why can’t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy.There’re actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there.You never know which one you will get, so there isn’t a cure for each one.When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it.Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockade in it.You feel terrible because you can’t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus.Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus.You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells.You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.Different people have different remedies for colds.In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better.Some people take hot bath and drink warm liquids.Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds.There was one interesting thing to note.Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you.The virus stays in you longer, because your body doesn’t develop a way to fight it and kill it.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.According to the passage, why haven’t scientists found a cure for the common cold? 34.What does the speaker say about the symptoms of the common cold? 35.What do some scientists say about taking medicines for the common cold, according to the passage?

Section C: Compound dictation

You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in.This is very natural.All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level.English is no exception.The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level.Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books and in business letters.You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school.Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends.Formal language is different from informal language in several ways.First, formal language tends to be more polite.What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite.For example, I might say to a friend or a family member “Close the door, please”, but to a stranger, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?” Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary.There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal.Let’s say that I really like soccer.If I am talking to my friend, I might say “I am just crazy about soccer”, but if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer”.沒事就用這些詞練練你的嘴皮子~~

●說吧，你是想死呢還是不想活了？ ●好久沒有人把牛皮吹的這么清新脫俗了！

●你給我滾，馬不停蹄的滾……

●人人都說我丑，其實我只是美得不明顯。

●無理取鬧,必有所圖！

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●天被熬亮了。

●不是路不平，而是你不行。

●惡心媽媽抱著惡心哭得很傷心，為什么呢？因為惡心死了……

●要不是打不過你，我早就和你翻臉了。●我這心碎得，捧出來跟餃子餡似的。

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●沒人牽手，我就揣兜。

●我的興趣愛好可分為靜態和動態兩種，靜態就是睡覺，動態就是翻身…

●唉～這人要一沒正形，連頭痛都是偏的?！裎疫@人不太懂音樂，所以時而不靠譜，時而不著調。●怎么會突然想哭？難道我也有些逆流成河的小憂傷？

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●好漂亮的美女叔叔??！

●我不跟豬摔跤有兩個原因：首先這讓我自己變得很臟，其次這讓豬很高興。

●沒事偷著樂是不太可能了,偷著胖還是有點兒希望.●放下屠刀立地成佛的意思是，你放下屠刀的那一刻對方把你砍成兩瓣兒了。

●沒事可做時，覺得最累。

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●李碧華說過： 什么叫多余？夏天的棉襖，冬天的蒲扇，還有等我已經心冷后你的殷勤。

●永遠年輕，永遠裝嫩，永遠不知好歹，永遠熱淚盈眶。

●我爸面對我發胖一事發表了看法：沒有韓紅的命，還得了韓紅的病。●你來我信你不會走，你走我當你沒來過?！覀冊撨@樣對待緣分與愛。

●曾以為我是那崖畔的一枝花，后來才知道，不過是人海一粒渣。

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●蕩氣回腸，消化不良。

●女人喜歡長的壞壞的男人,并不是喜歡長壞了的男人..●麻子不叫麻子，坑人。

●江湖險惡，不行就撤！

●不敲幾下，你不可能知道一個人或一個西瓜的好壞。

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●孤獨的人常表現得很堅強；寂寞的人則多半溫和。

●大笑是綻放的微笑。

●我的意中人是個絕色大美女，終于有一天她會騎著噴火的恐龍來嫁給我

的，可是我看見了她的坐騎，卻沒有看見她的主人?！窆聠问且粋€人的狂歡，狂歡是一群人的孤單。

●雖不安分，也該守己。

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●人不犯我，我不犯人。人若犯我，我就生氣！

●別逼我，否則我偉大起來，一發不可收拾。

●我們是平凡的人，我們也是特別的人，所以我們是特別平凡的人。

●那個人敢說自己純凈？瞧你那眼神就透著渾濁。

●沒有什么比弱者對強者的鄙視更無力了。

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●如有雷同，純屬你抄我●笨鳥先飛，笨豬先肥。

●當你的眼淚忍不住要流出來的時候，睜大眼睛，千萬別眨眼，你會看到世

界由清晰到模糊的全過程。

●告訴你別逼我，你要是再逼我，我就裝死給你看。

●年輕算什么，誰沒年輕過？你老過嗎？真是的 _________________________________________________

●別用世故的樣子來武裝自己，它會水土不服。

●解釋就是掩飾，掩飾就是編故事。

●所謂門檻，過去了便是門，過不去就成了檻。

●陌生阻止你認識陌生的事物，熟悉妨礙你理解熟悉的事物。

●人生的悲哀就在于，當你想兩肋插刀的時候，卻只有一把刀。

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● 如果全是老姜，將是一個何等辛辣的社會。

● 獅子不會因為聽到狗吠而回頭。

● 水越深，水流越平穩。

●在你不當回事的時候，一切就好了起來。

● 無論是國王還是農夫，只要能在自己家里找到安寧，他就是最幸福的人。

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● 一分錢一分貨,稀飯吃了不經餓.● 水壺啊，你為什么哭泣，是因為屁股太燙了嗎?

● 如果命運抓住了伱的喉嚨，伱就撓命運嘚胳肢窩。

● 攔著成長的不是幼稚，而是自以為成熟。

● 如果命運折斷了你的腿，他會教你如何跛行

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● 打死你我也不說

●左腦全是水，右腦全是面粉，不動便罷了，一動全是漿糊

●掙錢就像用針掘地，花錢就像水滲進土里。

●我也有要去的地方，只是我要去的地方，沒道路通向那里。

●你浪費的糧食都會堵在你去往天堂的路上。

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●生活是豐富多彩的，但我也有自己的顏色。

●如果有一天我失蹤了，只有兩種可能：身體在旅行，或者靈魂在旅行。

●讓人格與腦門一同閃亮。

●你的丑和你的臉沒有關系。

●我從來沒有欺騙過你，因為我從來沒有欺騙你的必要。

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●我可以選擇放棄，但我不能放棄選擇。

●天沒降大任于我，照樣苦我心志，勞我筋骨。

●也許似乎大概是，然而未必不見得。

●再過一百年，就長成了參天大蔥。

●幸福就是當你照鏡子的時候，喜歡你看到的那個人。

第三篇：2003年6月英語四級真題聽力原文

2003年6月英語四級真題聽力原文

Section A

W：Gorge, look at the long waiting line.I am glad you've made a reservation.M：More and more people enjoy eating out now.Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place?

W: 喬治，看看這里排著這么長的隊，真高興你訂到了座位。

M：越來越多的人喜歡在外面吃飯。而且這個地方尤其受留學生親睞。Q：對話可能在哪里發生？

M:I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening.The Stevensons are coming over to dinner.I'd like you to meet them.W: Sure, I'd love to.I've heard they are very interesting people.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

M：你明天晚上能到我這來一趟嗎？史蒂文森一家明天到我家吃晚飯，我希望你能見見他們。

W：當然，我非常愿意。我聽說他們非常有意思。

Q：我們可從該對話中了解到什么？

W: The presentation made by Professor Jacksonwas complicated to understand.M: Well, I think he didn't speak slowly enough for us

 for us to take the notes.Q: What did the man complain?

W：杰克森教授作的報告太難懂了。

M；我覺得他的語速太快，我們根本沒法做筆記。

Q：男士抱怨什么？

W: You've got your apartment furnished, haven't you?

M: I've bought some used furniture from Sunday market.It was a real bargain.Q: What does the man mean?

W：你買了家俱，是嗎？

M：我從周日市場買了一些舊家俱。價錢便宜。

Q：男人什么意思？

M Mary doesn't want me to take the job.She says our child is too young.And the job requires much travelling.W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out.Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

M：瑪麗不想讓我干那個工作，她說孩子還些這個工作又需要我經常出差。W：你應該和她再談談，看你們能不能想出個兩全其美的辦法。權衡一下利弊，再做決定。

Q：從對話中我們可以了解到什么？

M:I haven't got my scores on the GRE test yet.Do you think I should call to make inquiries?

W: There is no hurry.The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?

M：我還不知道GRE考試的分數。你覺得我是不是該打電話問問？

W：不要急?？荚嚨姆謹抵辽僖诳荚嚭蟀酥苤蠊肌?/p>

Q：女人建議男人干嘛？

M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?

W: oh, I didn't read straight through the way you read a novel,I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.Q: How did the woman read the book?

M：你讀上個月你買的那本書了嗎？

W：哦，我不象你讀小說那樣從頭讀到尾。我讀了我感興趣的幾章。

Q：女人采用什么讀書方式？

W: Hello, Joe, Haven't seen you for quite a while.Are you fine?M: Oh,yes, but not a thing to go against me.I had a car accident, only someminor injuries though.Q: What happened to Joe?

W：你好，喬，很久不見，你好嗎？

M：還好，我吉人自有天相，出了車禍，只不過受了輕傷。

m: The taxi is waiting downstairs, let's hurry.W: Wait a minute.I'll take some food with us.I don't like the meal served on the train.Q: What are the speakers going to do?

M：出租車在樓下等著，趕緊！

M：等等，我要帶點吃的東西。我不喜歡吃火車上供應的食物。

Q：兩個談話者準備做什么？

W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?

M: It's actually even worse, believe it or not.Q :What did the man say about the course?

W：那門選修課象別人說的那么難嗎？

M：不管你信不信，難極了。

Q：他們如何評價選修課？

Section B

Passage 1

My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced “Get up, you are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business.Still, that first day was very hard.From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city.By the end of the day I was exhausted, but I felt good.I put out a hard day's labor and earned six dollars.One day, my father spotted some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside.“Cut that section again!” he said firmly “and don't make me have to tell you again.” The message was very clear.Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time.Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine on the construction site.I have learned something that help me in my next job.If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.Q: How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass? 13 Q: What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?14 Q:What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?

Passage B

I am living in a small village in the country.My wife and I run a village shop.We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say.But we love it.We know all the people in the village.They have plenty of time to stop and chat.I have plenty of time for my hobbies too--gardening, fishing, walking in the country side.I love the outdoor life.It wasn't always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening.I often bring work home at the weekends.The advertising world is very competitive.And when I look back, I can't imagine how I stood it.I have no private life at all.No time for the really important things in life.Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much.The crisis came when my wife left me.She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life.This made me realize what is really important to me.I talked things through with her and decided to get back together and started a new and better life together.I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies.Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream.What did the speaker do for a living?What do we know about the speaker's life in the past?What made the speaker change his life style?

Passage 3

”Where is the university?" is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask.But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus.The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges.It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city.Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university.And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very full groups.Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings.There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates.About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas.As well as teaching, research is of major importance.Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes.The university has

a huge number of buildings for teaching and research.It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy-right libraries, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain.Examinations are held and degrees are awarded by the

university.It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees.Why is it difficult to located Cambridge University?What does the passage tell us about the colleges of the university?19 What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?What does we know from the passage tell us about the women students in Cambridge university?

第四篇：2003年1月英語四級真題聽力原文

Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)

1.M: Mary, would you join me for dinner tonight?

W: You treated me last weekend.Now, it's my turn.Shall we try something Italian? Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

2.W: Good afternoon, I'm calling to inquire about the four bedroom house you advertised in the newspaper.M: I am sorry, but it's already sold.Q: What do we learn about the house from the conversation?

A)It's only for rent, not for sale.B)It's not as good as advertised.C)It's being redecorated.D)It's no longer available.3.W: John, what are you doing on your computer? Don't you remember your promise? M: This is not a game.It's only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.Q: What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

4.M: Do you still keep in touch with your parents regularly after all these years? W: Yes, of course.I call them at weekends when the rates are down fifty percent.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

5.M: Hurry, there is a bus coming.W: Why run? There will be another one in two or three minutes.Q: What does the woman mean?

6.M: Wow, that's a big assignment we got for the English class.W: Well, it's not as bad as it looks.It isn't due until Thursday morning.Q: What does the woman mean?

7.W: Hello, is that Steve? I'm stuck in a traffic jam.I'm afraid I can't make it before seven o'clock.M: Never mind.I'll be here waiting for you.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

8.M: You really seem to enjoy your literature class.W: You're right.It has opened a new world for me.I'm exposed to the thoughts of some of the world's best writers.I've never read so much in my life. Q: What does the woman mean?

9.W: Listen to me, Joe, the exam is already a thing of the past.Just forget about it.M: That's easier said than done.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?

10.M: I hear you drive a long way to work everyday.W: Oh, yes.It's about sixty miles.But it doesn't seem that far, the road is not bad, and there's not much traffic.Q: How does the woman feel about driving to work?

Section B Compound Dictation

It's difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish.It's so vast, so deep, so mysterious.Unfortunately, it's not bottomless.Over-fishing, coupled with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and ruining their environment.Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermen's means of living.At least 60 percent of the world's commercially important fish species are already

over-fished, or fished to the limit.As a result, governments have had to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing.Big, high-tech fleets ensure that everything in their path is pulled out of water.Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is thrown back either dead or dying.That's an average of more than 20 million metric tons every year.When you consider that equal a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the sides of the problem.In some parts of the world, for every kilogram of prawns(對蝦)caught, up to 15 kilograms of unsuspecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.True, some countries are beginning to deal with this problem, but it is vital we find rational ways of fishing, before every ocean becomes a dead sea.It would make sense to give the fish enough time to recover, grow to full sizes and

reproduce, then catch them in a way that doesn't kill other innocent sea life.

第五篇：2010年12月大學英語四級聽力真題文本

2010年12月大學英語四級聽力真題文本)

Section A 短對話(11~18)

11.M: Oh my god!The heat is simply unbearable here.I wish we’ve gone to the beach instead.W: Well, with the museums and restaurants in Washington I’ll be happy here no matter what the temperature.Q：What does the woman mean?

12.M: How’s the new job going?

W: Well, I’m learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback.Q：What does the woman want to know? 13.M: Can you help me work out a physical training program John? W: Sure, but whatever you do be careful not to overdo it.Last time I had two weeks’ worth of weight-lifting in three days and I hurt myself.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 14.M: I have an elderly mother and I’m worried about her going on a plane.Is there any risk? W: Not if her heart is all right.If she has a heart condition, I’d recommend against it.Q: What does the man want to know about his mother? 15.M: Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? W: Sorry, I was just a bit absent-minded.Anyway, do I have to pay a fine? Q: what do we learn from the conversation? 16.M: I’m no expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn’t sound right.Maybe you should have it fixed.W: You’re right.And I suppose I’ve put it off long enough.Q: What will the woman probably do? 17.M: I did extremely well on the sale of my downtown apartment.Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I’ve had my eye on and build a house on it.W: Congratulations！Does that mean you’ll be moving soon? Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

18.W: My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.I wonder if I broke something.M: I’m no doctor, but it’s not black and blue or anything.Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days.Q: what do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

長對話（19~21）

M: Mrs.Dawson, thanks very much for coming down to the station.I just like to go over some of the things that you told police officer Parmer at the bank.W: All right.M: Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we’re filling out here? Now, anything at all that you can remember would be extremely helpful to us.W: Well, just, I can only remember basically what I said before.M: That’s all right.W: The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.M: Very good.All right, did he have any other distinguishing marks? W: Um, no, none that I can remember.M: Do you remember how old he was by any chance? W: Well, I guess around 30, maybe younger, give or take a few years.M: Mm, all right.Do you remember anything about what he was wearing? W: Yes, yes, he had on a dark sweater, a solid color.M: OK.Um, anything else that strikes you at the moment? W: I remember he was wearing a light shirt under the sweater.Yes, yes.M: All right.Mrs.Dawson, I really appreciate what you’ve been through today.I’m just going to ask you to look at some photographs before you leave if you don’t mind.It won’t take very long.Can you do that for me? W: Oh, of course.M: Would you like to step this way with me, please? W: OK, sure.M: Thank you.11.A)The man should visit the museums.B)She can’t stand the hot weather.C)The beach resort is a good choice.D)She enjoys staying in Washington.答案：D 解析：Woman最后說到I’ll be happy here no matter what the temperature.這表明了她待在這里很愉快，很享受待在華盛頓，故選D。

12.A)Her new responsibilities in the company.B)What her job prospects are.C)What the customers’ feedback is.D)The director’s opinion of her work.答案：D 解析：Woman說到but I wish the director would give me some feedback.這表明了她希望得到director的意見（即反饋），故選D。

13.A)Combine her training with dieting.B)Repeat the training every three days.C)Avoid excessive physical training.D)Include weightlifting in the program.答案：C 解析：Man以自己上次因運動（舉重）過量而受傷為例，建議女士應該量力而行，避免過量運動，故選C。

14.A)When she will return home.B)Whether she can go by herself.C)Whether she can travel by air.D)Whether she will completely recover.答案：C 解析：Man開頭就說到I’m worried about her going on a plane.從中可知，他擔心的是年老的母親能不能乘飛機，故選C。

15.A)The woman knows how to deal with the police.B)The woman had been fined many times before.C)The woman had violated traffic regulations.D)The woman is good at finding excuses.答案：C 解析：警察開頭問到 Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? 通過這句話就可以知道女士沒有遵守交通規則，故選C。

16.A)Switch off the refrigerator for a while.B)Have someone repair the refrigerator.C)Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.D)Buy a refrigerator of better quality.答案：B 解析：Man說到 Maybe you should have it fixed，女士回答到You’re right.這說明女士也同意男士的看法，但并未提到讓這個男士來修，故選B。

17.A)He owns a piece of land in the hometown area.B)He has got enough money to buy a house.C)He can finally do what he has dreamed of..D)He is moving into a bigger apartment.答案：C 解析：Man第二句話說到Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I’ve had my eye on and build a house on it.表明他能實現買地建房的理想了，故選C。

18.A)She is black and blue all over.B)She has to go to see a doctor.C)She stayed away from work for a few days.D)She got hurt in an accident yesterday.答案：D 解析：Woman說的第一句話是My hands still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.從中可知這位女士昨天在冰上滑倒受傷了，但是男士認為傷勢并不嚴重，只建議她休養幾天就可以了，不必去看醫生。C是較強的干擾項，應該是女士現在需要休息而不是過去已經休息了幾天，故選D 19.What do we learn about the woman? 【答案】D She was a witness to the crime.【解析】文中男士需要女士描述一下搶劫銀行的人（describe the man who robbed the bank）。選項中B提到了robbery，但是對話中沒有說明女士是受害者（victim）；D選項提到了她目擊了某個犯罪經過，robbery顯然是crime的一種。20.What did the suspect look like? 【答案】A A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.【解析】原文中提到The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.，對應選項A。

21.What did the man finally asked the woman to do? 【答案】A Identify the suspect from pictures.【解析】對話結尾處，男士要求女士look at some photographs，很顯然，他的目的是讓女士通過照片來辨別嫌疑人。因此選擇A。

22.How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy? 【答案】A By reading a newspaper ad.【解析】 job vacancy指空缺的職位。在對話一開始，女士就說到她的目的：I’m calling about the job that was in the paper last night.從這句話中可以看出她得知職位信息的來源是the paper last night，對應A選項。

23.Why did the woman find the job appealing? 【答案】B She could work close to her family.【解析】本題關鍵詞是appealing，意為引起興趣的。女士提到她喜歡這份工作的原因是be near to the family.，close是near的同義替換詞，因此選擇B選項。24.What had the woman been doing in Geneva? 【答案】C Working as a secretary.【解析】女士提到她在日內瓦做了一些secretarial work，也就是選項C中的secretary。雖然她也提到之前在大學學習，但是她取得的學位是a degree in English，而非選項D中的a degree in French.25.What was the woman asked to do in the end? 【答案】C Send in a written application as soon as possible.【解析】對話中女士希望得到面試機會，但是男士要求先要遞交書面申請（reply a writing to the advertisement），并不是所有人都能得到面試機會，因此選擇答案C。