第一篇：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.

第二篇：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(xué)生親睞。Q：對話可能在哪里發(fā)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(dāng)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(jīng)常出差。W：你應(yīng)該和她再談?wù)劊茨銈兡懿荒芟氤鰝€兩全其美的辦法。權(quán)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(shù)。你覺得我是不是該打電話問問？

W：不要急。考試的分數(shù)至少要在考試后八周之后公布。

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(yīng)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?nèi)绾卧u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?

第三篇：2009年6月英語四級真題聽力原文+試題答案

2009年6月英語四級真題聽力原文

Short Conversations

11.W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate's birthday party.How come she's got so many friends? M: It's really no surprise.You know she was popular even when she was a child Q: What does the man imply about Kate?

12.M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.W: Oh!We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida.But let's call right now to confirm our flight.Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?

13.W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing several families from the forest fire.M: I really admire his courage.Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation?

14.M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.W: You?ll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan.So it might be time to invest a more recent model.Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

15.W: I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.M: Not really, the new office is huge, but the word load has doubled.Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation? 16.W: I can?t decide what to do about the party tomorrow.M: You don?t have to go if you don?t want to, but I?ll be glad to give you a ride if you do.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

17.M: Now if you have any questions about the contract.I?ll be happy to answer them.W: Nothing comes to mind right now, but I?d like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it.Q: What are the speakers doing right now?

18.M: We are out of paper for the printer.Can you please order some?

W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon.I?ll let you know when it comes in.Q: What did the woman do? Long Conversation Conversation One

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed.Did he get pensioned off at last? M: Yes.They made him retire after 50 years at sea.He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.W: He is all alone, isn?t he?

M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years.They had one daughter, Dories.But she went off to town as soon as she left school.And he hasn?t heard from her since.I hear she is making good money as a model.W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her.Get her to come back for a while to help?

M: I don?t suppose she come.She never got on with her father.He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish.Oh, I expect old Jake will get by.He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly.W: Are you his doctor?

M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.W: That bad-tempered old thing?

M: Oh, he isn?t bad-tempered.He just looks it.He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family.His wife invites me over there to supper every week.Very pleasant.W: yes.I teach their daughter Pen at school.She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you?ve just heard.19.Why does old Jake look terribly depressed? 20.What do we learn about Jake?s wife? 21.What does the man say about Jake?s daughter? 22.What does the man say about Jake?s doctor? Conversation Two

W: Hello, Mr.Summerfield.How are you today? M: Very well.Thank you, Ms.Green.W: What can I do for you?

M: Well, unfortunately, there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday.It seems we haven?t seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system.W: Oh, dear, that?s bad news.I?m very sorry to hear that, and you don?t know how many packs are without manuals? M: No, because we haven?t opened every pack.But in several of those that have been opened there are none, no manuals.W: I?m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr.Summerfield.We?ll send out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at the latest.M: All of them, right?

W: Yes.It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure.So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack.M: Yes.Yes, I see.That would be great.W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up.I assure you we will do everything possible to find out why the mistake happened M: Right.Thanks for your swift action.W: Not at all.Thank you and goodbye for now.Do call if there is anything else.M: All right.Thank you.Goodbye, Ms Green.W: Goodbye.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you?ve just heard.23.What problems are the speakers discussing? 24.What does the woman promise to do? 25.What does the man think of the solution? Passage Passage 1

Attracting and feeding wild birds are entertaining activities that have long been enjoyed by people all over the world.Feeding birds has become so popular that prepared feed mixtures are readily available.We feed birds for many reasons.Many pleasant hours can come from watching birds.A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits.Accurate identification of birds is usually the first goal.But observations that an amateur bird-watcher can make are really limitless.There is, however, responsibility associated with bird feeding, including a disease hazard.Attracting numbers of birds continually to the same spot can be harmful to them, particularly species that pick food from the ground contaminated by the droppings of other birds.In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to people and are of greatest benefit to birds.During this time when fewer natural foods are available and air temperatures are lower, extra feeding can keep a bird warm and well.Once begun, feeding should never stop during these lean months.If you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to those you want to befriend.A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and spring has come.If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying upon the feeders must starve.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you?ve just heard.Q26 What does the speaker say about bird watching?

Q27 What does the speaker say about birds fed continually on the same spot? Q28 What does the speaker suggest we do in feeding birds in winter? Passage 2 My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there is something he doesn?t want to do.Just two weeks ago, he was at my house when he decided he didn?t want to go into work.He called his boss and said he had to get a new set of tires put on his truck.Then he sat down and watched TV with me.Not only had he lied but his excuse wasn?t a very convincing one.Another time, he cancelled a date with his girlfriend at the last minute telling her he had to get a new battery for his truck.She was angry and refused to go out with him again until he apologized.Last weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet.He?d promised he?d help me move some furniture, from my parents? house to my new apartment.He was supposed to bring his truck over about 8 o?clock Saturday morning.I waited, and then called and left a message on his machine.About 11:30, he called and said he was sorry but he?d been getting a new set of tires put on his truck.I guess he?d forgotten he used the same excuse when he called his boss from my house.I think I need a new set of friends.I?m beginning to get tired of Leo?s excuses.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you?ve just heard.Q29 What does the speaker tell us about her friend Leo?

Q30 What did his girlfriend do when Leo canceled a date with her at the last minute? Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo to do last weekend? Passage 3

In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous and beautiful.Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor.For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult because they grow up such an unreal atmosphere.Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents? ambitions.Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes.When every dream can come true, kids don?t learn the value of anything because they have everything.A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to.“One day, I?ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts.Parents buy care and attention for their children because they have no time to give it themselves.Amender?s mother employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter?s needs.Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework.They organize their social life.They play no childhood games.They become adults before they?re ready.Hollywood has always been the city of dreams.The kids there live unreal lives where money, beauty and pleasure are the only gods.Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you?ve just heard.Q32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids?

Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, a thirteen-year-old boy? Q34 Why does Amender?s mother employ other people to look after her needs? Q35 What will probably have negative effects on the lives of Hollywood kids? Compound Dictation

Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory.He concentrated on studying how quickly the human mind can remember information.One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time you spend trying to learn it.This can be taken as our first rule of learning.Although it is usually true that studying for 4 hours is better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use the 4 hours.For example, is it better to study for 4 hours straight or to study for 1 hour a day for 4 days in a row? The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times.This phenomenon through which we can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice time is known as the distribution of practice effect.Thus, our second rule of learning is this.It?s better to study fairly briefly but often.But we are not finished yet.We haven?t considered how we should study over very short periods of time.Let?s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards.Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to learn.2009年6月英語四級真題參考答案

Free Admission to Museums（滿分版）Nowadays, an increasing number of museums are admission-free to visitors home and abroad.The hidden reason behind this is not hard to analyze as there?s a growing awareness for the authorities regarding the urgency of popularization of culture, knowledge and history with every average person in our society.Only with free access to this live ?database?, can most people fully enjoy what museums could offer to them.However, free admission to museums might lead to some social problems as well.The most obvious problem is that it might give museums a very heavy economic burden which directly impedes the sustainable development of these organizations.As a result, our government has to work out other ways to collect funds from different channels, which might be difficult to operate or control.On the other hand, free admission attracts too many visitors, some of which might not be well-purposed and do some conscious or unconscious damage to the valuable treasures which used to be well-preserved in the museums.As a university student, I am in favor of the free-admission conduct.Yet it is proposed that some measures should be taken to solve the potential problems caused by it.For example, museums can make some regulations to guide the behavior of visitors or set some ?closed? days for museums for regular maintenance.Only in this way can free-admission to museums become a long-lasting phenomenon and have sustainable development.Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)閱讀答案

1.A.He just wouldn?t look her in the dye。

2.C cultural ignorance

3.B Increasing understanding of people of other cultures。

4.B A personnel training company。

5.D he must get rid of his gender bias

6.C It helped him make fair decisions。

7.A He told him to get the dates right。

8.embarrassed

9.inclusiveness 10.differences and similarities

11.She has always enjoyed great popularity

12.They are going to have a holiday

13.He was very courageous

14.Buy a new washing machine

15.He is not excited about his new position

16.The man offers to drive the women to the party

17.Finalizing a contract

18.She ordered some paper He can no longer work at seaShe passed away years ago She has never got on with her fatherHe is excellent but looks bad-tempered Some of the packs do not contain manualssolve the problem at her company’s cost IdealC it?s entertaining

27C they may catch some disease

28D continue the feeding till it get warm

29C he will lie whenever he wants

30A she made him apologize

31D move furniture for her

32A the atmosphere they live in is rather unreal

33D he has too much to know the value of things

34D she has no time to do it herself

35D the lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies

復(fù)合式聽寫答案：

concentrated

row

information

suspected

depends

phenomenon(現(xiàn)象)

straight

efficiently

our second rule of learning is this: it is better to study fairly briefly but often。

Let?s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards。

The answer is it is better to space out the presentations of the word you are to learn。

47.M require

48.I painful

49.F especially

50.E enormous 51.H mission

52.D enhance

53.B daily

54.J performance

55.K profession

A daily

A it inspired many leading designers to start going green

D quality organic replacements for synthetics are not readily available

D are gaining more and more support

A she doesn't seem to care about it

B it has a very promising future

B a person's hair may reveal where they have lived。

C food and drink leave traces in one's body tissues

B the water it delivers becomes lighter when it moves inland。

D a chart illustrating the movement of the rain system。

C it helps the police narrow down possibililities in detective work。

完型：

67.D.budget

68.A.mostly

69.B.besides

70.D.trend

71.D.particularly

72.A.while

73.D.shaking

74.B.if

75.D.larger

76.D.in view of 77.A.unique

78.A.over

79.D.decay

80.A.proceeded

81.B.widening 82.B.massive

83.C.vehicles

84.A.or

85.B.predict

86.B.likely

翻譯

87.difficulty(in)catching up with his classmates

88.wouldn?t have been caught by the rain

89.more likely to put on weight

90.What many people don?t realize

91.closely relative to the lack of exercise

第四篇：2003年9月英語四級真題聽力原文

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.Why don t we give him a few minutes? [Q] What are the speakers probably going to do?

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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

第五篇：2006年12月大學(xué)英語四級真題聽力原文學(xué)習(xí)啊

學(xué)英語簡單嗎？肯定會有許多學(xué)生說：“難死了”。

為什么有好多學(xué)生對英語的學(xué)習(xí)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(huán)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(xué)生沒有很好的英語環(huán)境，那么你可以自己設(shè)置一個英語環(huán)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(chuàng)造機會與英語教師多講英語，見了同學(xué)，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(xué)英語當(dāng)成負擔(dān)，始終把它當(dāng)成一件有趣的事情去做。

或許你有機會碰上外國人，你應(yīng)大膽地上去跟他打招呼，和他談天氣、談風(fēng)景、談學(xué)校……只是別問及他的年紀，婚史等私人問題。盡量用一些你學(xué)過的詞匯，句子去和他談天說地。不久你會發(fā)現(xiàn)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(fā)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(guān)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(yīng)該大膽地去參與，多聽聽各種各樣人的發(fā)音，男女老少，節(jié)奏快的慢的你都應(yīng)該接觸到，如果這樣的機會少的話，你可以選擇你不知內(nèi)容的文章去聽，這將會對你幫助很大，而你去聽學(xué)過的課文的磁帶，那將會對你的語言語調(diào)的學(xué)習(xí)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(xí)將會對你提高閱讀速度有很大的好處，讀的內(nèi)容可以是你的課本，但最好是一些有趣的小讀物，因為現(xiàn)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(guān)系，所以經(jīng)過高中三年閱讀的訓(xùn)練后，你必定會在高考中勝券在握。另一種是“朗讀”這是學(xué)語言必不可少的一種學(xué)習(xí)途徑。

四、多“寫”

有的同學(xué)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(fā)生的一些重要的事情，或當(dāng)天學(xué)了某一個詞組，你可以創(chuàng)設(shè)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(xué)“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(xué)習(xí)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(huán)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(jīng)歷過的事物，思考過的問題，體驗過的情感和情緒，練習(xí)過的動作，都可以成為人們記憶的內(nèi)容。例如英文的學(xué)習(xí)中單詞、短語和句子，甚至文章的內(nèi)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(xué)習(xí)英語的過程中，只注重了學(xué)習(xí)當(dāng)時的記憶效果，孰不知，要想做好學(xué)習(xí)的記憶工作，是要下一番工夫的，單純的注重當(dāng)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(xué)習(xí)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(jié))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(fā)揮空間。這是因為，有些人只關(guān)注了記憶的當(dāng)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(xué)中常說的關(guān)于記憶遺忘的規(guī)律。

一、艾賓浩斯記憶規(guī)律曲線解釋

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

根據(jù)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(jīng)過人的注意過程的學(xué)習(xí)后，便成為了人的短時的記憶，但是如果不經(jīng)過及時的復(fù)習(xí)，這些記住過的東西就會遺忘，而經(jīng)過了及時的復(fù)習(xí)，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(jīng)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(guān)于記憶的結(jié)論。他選用了一些根本沒有意義的音節(jié)，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(jīng)過對自己的測試，得到了一些數(shù)據(jù)。

然后，艾賓浩斯又根據(jù)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(guī)律的曲線：艾賓浩斯遺忘曲線，圖中豎軸表示學(xué)習(xí)中記住的知識數(shù)量，橫軸表示時間(天數(shù))，曲線表示記憶量變化的規(guī)律。

這條曲線告訴人們在學(xué)習(xí)中的遺忘是有規(guī)律的，遺忘的進程不是均衡的，不是固定的一天丟掉幾個，轉(zhuǎn)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(dāng)長的時候后，幾乎就不再遺忘了，這就是遺忘的發(fā)展規(guī)律，即“先快后慢”的原則。觀察這條遺忘曲線，你會發(fā)現(xiàn),學(xué)得的知識在一天后，如不抓緊復(fù)習(xí),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(shù)量也就減少。有人做過一個實驗，兩組學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)一段課文，甲組在學(xué)習(xí)后不久進行一次復(fù)習(xí)，乙組不予復(fù)習(xí)，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(zhì)材料有不同的遺忘曲線

而且，艾賓浩斯還在關(guān)于記憶的實驗中發(fā)現(xiàn)，記住12個無意義音節(jié)，平均需要重復(fù)16.5次；為了記住36個無意義章節(jié)，需重復(fù)54次；而記憶六首詩中的480個音節(jié)，平均只需要重復(fù)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(guān)于遺忘的一種曲線，而且是對無意義的音節(jié)而言，對于與其他材料的對比，艾賓浩斯又得出了不同性質(zhì)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(xué)習(xí)要勤于復(fù)習(xí)，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(jīng)過了大量測試后，產(chǎn)生了不同的記憶數(shù)據(jù)，從而生成的一種曲線，是一個具有共性的群體規(guī)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(guī)律。

但是記憶規(guī)律可以具體到我們每個人，因為我們的生理特點、生活經(jīng)歷不同，可能導(dǎo)致我們有不同的記憶習(xí)慣、記憶方式、記憶特點。規(guī)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(jù)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(xué)英語

下定決心，堅持不懈

英語學(xué)習(xí)作為一門語言技能，通過大量的訓(xùn)練和練習(xí)任何人是可以掌握的。一般地說，英語學(xué)習(xí)的原則是聽、說領(lǐng)先，讀、寫跟上。李揚的瘋狂英語提倡，首先建立起我能學(xué)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(xué)英語，一年后，學(xué)成出國當(dāng)口語翻譯，并創(chuàng)造了逆苦惱、逆急于求成、逆速成的逆向?qū)W習(xí)英語的方法。他還提出學(xué)習(xí)英語要遵循聽、寫、說、背、想的方法，他的方法強調(diào)以聽為主，并且把所聽到的內(nèi)容全部寫下來。尤其是他的學(xué)習(xí)精神最可佳，他學(xué)習(xí)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(nèi)，累計業(yè)余學(xué)習(xí)英語時間大約三千小時，也就說每天抽出幾個小時來學(xué)英語。如果我們做到他那樣，一定也能學(xué)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(xué)習(xí)英語，戰(zhàn)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(xué)習(xí)方法，有時根據(jù)自己的情況和不同的學(xué)習(xí)目的，選擇不同的學(xué)習(xí)方法，但是學(xué)習(xí)英語一定要踏踏實實地、一步一個腳印地走。要把基礎(chǔ)知識掌握好，也就是說，發(fā)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(guān)。把每一個音標發(fā)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(guī)則，盡快地能利用讀音規(guī)則來拼單詞，掌握讀音規(guī)則對單詞的記憶和拼寫非常有用。

（2）掌握一定數(shù)量的英語單詞。對于學(xué)習(xí)者來說掌握英語詞匯是一難關(guān)，學(xué)習(xí)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(xué)會一些構(gòu)詞法的知識，來擴展詞匯量。學(xué)習(xí)單詞要在語言材料中去學(xué)，要結(jié)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(fù)聽，聽的時候反應(yīng)單詞、句子的意思和節(jié)奏，想一下單詞的拼法、句子結(jié)構(gòu)。并要同學(xué)習(xí)語法規(guī)則有機結(jié)合起來進行。

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

提前預(yù)習(xí)，有的放矢

作為學(xué)生，在每次上課前，都要對要學(xué)的課文提前預(yù)習(xí)。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(fù)聽，對比一下，把握不準的要標出來，注意上課老師的發(fā)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(dǎo)材料，預(yù)習(xí)一遍課文，找出不明白的地方，做到心中有數(shù)，在教師講課時注意聽這些地方。總之，預(yù)習(xí)的目的是熟悉要學(xué)的內(nèi)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(xué)生一起學(xué)習(xí)、掌握、運用知識的主要場所。作為起主導(dǎo)作用的老師一方引導(dǎo)學(xué)生搞好課堂教學(xué)是很必要的，但也需要學(xué)習(xí)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(yù)習(xí)時出現(xiàn)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(fù)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(diào)動起多個感官來。

完成作業(yè)，找出問題

學(xué)完每一課，要認真完成課后作業(yè)。做作業(yè)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(yè)中所出現(xiàn)的不明白的問題，應(yīng)該記下來，等下次上課時提出來。做作業(yè)是英語學(xué)習(xí)的很重要的環(huán)節(jié)，它是消化知識和鞏固知識的過程，一定要認真完成規(guī)定的作業(yè)，筆頭作業(yè)要動一動筆，口頭作業(yè)要動一動嘴，提高聽力要練一練耳，課文在聽和讀的基礎(chǔ)上，最好背誦某些精彩段落。總之，要做大量的練習(xí)，英語是練出來的，一定不要偷懶。

及時復(fù)習(xí)，鞏固知識

學(xué)會了的東西隨著時間的流逝會逐漸遺忘，但學(xué)語言有遺忘現(xiàn)象是正常的。更不必因為有遺忘現(xiàn)象而影響自己學(xué)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(jié)知識，把新學(xué)的知識同過去學(xué)的有關(guān)的知識進行橫向和縱向比較和聯(lián)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(fù)獲得的，及時復(fù)習(xí)對于記憶非常必要，學(xué)英語就是要堅持天天不斷的練，不斷地重復(fù)基本句型，常用詞匯和基本語法等。學(xué)習(xí)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(xué)，注意學(xué)習(xí)方法，把課前預(yù)習(xí)，認真聽課，完成作業(yè)，及時復(fù)習(xí)這些環(huán)節(jié)作好了，你一定能夠?qū)W好英語

06年12月大學(xué)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(tài)和動態(tài)兩種，靜態(tài)就是睡覺，動態(tài)就是翻身…

●唉～這人要一沒正形，連頭痛都是偏的。●我這人不太懂音樂，所以時而不靠譜，時而不著調(diào)。●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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●好漂亮的美女叔叔啊！

●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(jīng)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(fā)胖一事發(fā)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(dāng)你沒來過。——我們該這樣對待緣分與愛。

●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(xiàn)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。●孤單是一個人的狂歡，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(fā)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(dāng)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(dāng)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(wěn)。

●在你不當(dāng)回事的時候，一切就好了起來。

● 無論是國王還是農(nóng)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(jīng)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(guān)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(dāng)你照鏡子的時候，喜歡你看到的那個人。