四级听力讲义
主讲：赵建坤
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第一节
上节回顾及本节重点
主要内容：
·小对话类型分析
·复合式听写做题步骤
1. A）They are twins. C）They are friends. B）They are classmates. D）They are colleagues.
1. A）A math teacher and his colleague.
B）A teacher and his student.
C）A student and his classmate.
D）A librarian and a student.
3. A）Colleagues.
B）Employer and employee.
C）Husband and wife.
D）Mother and son.
7. A）Teacher and student.
B）Doctor and patient.
C）Manager and office worker.
D）Travel agent and customer
关注一下最近的一道题：
12. A）A painter.
B）A mechanic.
C）A porter.
D）A carpenter.
人物关系题职业题目
选项特征：X and X
1-1上下级关系
老板boss和秘书就是上下级关系，老板一般是由男士扮演的，秘书是由女士扮演的，请问同学秘书怎么写？secretary就是秘书。
判断方法：1.确认是不是办公室场景；2.一般都是下级先说话，老板后说话。老板会确认或者是语气上的变化。
7.
A）Teacher and student.
B）Doctor and patient.
C）Manager and office worker.
D）Travel agent and customer
travel agent被成为旅行社的代理人，旅行社工作人员，其中agent 特工，agency 代理处travel agency 旅行社
W: Mr. Watson, I wonder whether it‘s possible for me to take a vacation early next month?
M: Did you fill out a request form?
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
a request form申请表
fill out填写，在这里注意连音
答案是C Manager and office worker.经理和职员，另外还有一个职员的写法staff，另外还有一个单词stuff 填充（动词），东西，物件（名词）。
焦点特征是：女的下级，男的上级，下级先说话询问，上级给出答案和建议。
1-2.客户和服务者的关系
R:（餐厅）customer （食客）——waitress（招待）这里需要辨清谁是食客谁是招待H:（酒店）customer（房客）——receptionist(接待者)
12.
A）At the airport.
B）In a restaurant.
C）In a booking office.
D）At the hotel reception.
the hotel reception酒店前台
receive接收，收
下面听一道题，书上没有，同学们注意听录音：
take off : 起飞；脱衣服
Is there any possibility of borrow a blanket? 是不是有可能性借一条毯子
blanket 毛毯
Airport:
passenger –airhostess
steward
stewardess
听录音：
2、对话地点题
order menu点菜定单
check in 办理登记手续，出现的场景是酒店或者机场。做对话题的一个常识是我们对单词的掌握和对整个题目的把握。
balcony
对话地点题高频地点：hotel 酒店restaurant饭馆airport机场theatre剧院gym健身房
干扰项：book office 售票处
9．
A）At a newsstand
B）At a car dealer‘s
C）At a publishing house
D）At a newspaper office
newsstand报刊亭car dealer卖车的人publishing house出版社newspaper office 报社6．
A）At a publishing house
B）At a bookstore
C）In a reading room
D）In Prof Jordan?s office
bookstore 书店reading room阅览室
这些题依靠的是与地点有关的词语。当单词认识时很简单，可是当不认识的时候呢？
15．
A）At a clinic
B）In a supermarket
C）At a restaurant
D）In an ice cream shop
考试重点：重要地点中相关性单词的积累。
原文：
15. M: I’ll have the steak, French fries and let’s see chocolate ice cream for desser t.
W: Uh-oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and sugar. How about ordering some vegetables and fruit instead?
Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?
12. A）On a train.
B）On a plane.
C）In a theater.
D）In a restaurant.
3. 动作题—情态动作类
什么是动作题？
9.
A）Wash clothes
B）Clean the backyard.
C）Do her homework.
D）Enjoy the beautiful day
全是动作动词
再看一道题
6.
A）Ask Tom to send an invitation.
B）Get the Johnsons‘ address.
C）Invite Tom to the party.
D）Tell Tom to pick up the Johnsons.
一定会考小对话中第二句的动作。
动作题有两种类型：
3-1 情态动作类
如果在第二句话中出现以下动词，一定要注意可能就是答案或者答案同一替换
would should have to had better must
看以下这几道题：
2.
A）Give the ring to a policeman.
B）Wait for the owner of the ring in the rest room.
C）Hand in the ring to the security office.
D）Take the ring to the administration building.
看一下C选项security office 保卫处D选项administration building 行政办公大楼
介绍一下这道题：
2. W: I found an expensive diamond ring in the restroom this morning.
M: If I were you, I would turn it in to the security office. It is behind the administration building.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
第二句would turn it in to，情态动词would ，词组turn it in to是选项C中hand in 的同一替换，注意录音中单词would 的发音。
9.
A）Buy a ticket for the ten o‘clock flight.
B）Ask the man to change the ticket for her.
C）Go to the airport immediately.
D）Switch to a different flight.
注意Switch 切换，开关；Switch on打开Switch off关掉
3-2 建议动作类：
Why don‘t you do sth.?干吗不这样做？
Why not do sth.?
Why do sth.?
看一道题：
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？
Why run？干吗要跑？（就是不跑）
how about /what about doing sth.?
不用考虑，第二句听到这样的动作题毫无疑问答案就在这里。
1.
A）Get some change from Jane.
B）Go look for a pay phone.
C）Use the woman‘s phone.
D）Pay for the phone call.
Change 名词“零钱”在这里女士说了一句话干吗不用我的手机呢？3．
A）Save time by using a computer
B）Buy her own computer
C）Borrow Martha‘s computer
D）Stay home and computer her paper
这里男的有个建议：Why don‘t you buy one yourself？
paper 论文，报纸purchase 购买，（注意经常和buy同义替换）
回顾：
小对话分类情况：
1. 人物关系题职业题目
1. 1上下级关系
1．2 客服关系
2．对话地点题
3．动作题
关注第二句话中的动作
建议动作类（中）长对话+短语听力
23.
A）She is thirsty for promotion.
B）She wants a much higher salary.
C）She is tired of her present work.
D）She wants to save travel expenses.
24.
A）Translator.
B）Travel agent.
C）Language instructor.
D）Environmental engineer.
25.
A）Lively personality and inquiring mind.
B）Communication skills and team spirit.
C）Devotion and work efficiency.
D）Education and experience.
记着视听一致原则，一边听一边答题。切忌听完再做题。
26.
A）They care a lot about children.
B）They need looking after in their old age.
C）They want to enrich their life experience.
D）They want children to keep them company.
27.
A）They are usually adopted from distant places.
B）Their birth information is usually kept secret.
C）Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
D）Their adoptive parents don‘t want them to know their birth parents.
28.
A）They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
B）They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
C）They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
D）They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
29.
A）Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
B）Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
C）Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
D）Adoption has much to do with love.
尽量边听边做
建议动作类（中）答案及讲解与做题技巧
答案：23 C 24A25 D 26 A27B 28C 29D
23---25题原文：
W: Oh! I‘m fed up with my job!（Q23）
M: Hey! There‘s a perfect job for you in the paper today. Y ou migh t be interested.
W: Oh? What is it? What do they want?
M: Wait a minute... Ah, here it is. The European Space Agency. It‘s recruiting translators.
W: The European Space Agency?
M: Well, that‘s what it says. They need an English translator to work from Fren ch or German.
W: So they need a degree in French or German, I suppose. Well, I‘ve got that. What‘s more? I have plenty of experience. What else are they asking for?
M: Just that. A university degree, and 3 or 4 years of experience as a translator in a professional environment. They also say, the person should have a lively and inquiring mind, effective communication skills, and the ability to work individually, or as a part of the team.
W: Well, if I stay on my present job much longer, I won‘t have any mind or skills left. By the way, what about salary? I just hope it isn‘t lower than what I get now.
M: It‘s said to be negotiable. It depends on the applicant‘s education and experience. In addition to basic salary, there‘s a list of extra benefits. Have a loo k yourself.
W: Um... travel and social security plus relocation expenses are paid. Hey, this isn‘t bad. I really want the job.
23. Why is the woman trying to find a new job?
24. What position is being advertised in the paper?
25. What are the key factors that determine the salary of the new position?
be fed up with my job 厌倦，讨厌
feed喂养
paper论文，报纸；
The European Space Agency.欧洲航空局
recruiting 招聘；原形是recruit
degree学位
translator 翻译
the person should have a lively and inquiring mind,注意这句话（Q25A）
It‘s said to be据说
negotiable可以去谈的；
negotiate with sb. 和某人谈判
I t depends on the applicant‘s education and experience
relocation expenses 另外安置的费用。
听写做题步骤
adopt 收养，采纳，吸收
adopter/ee 收养者/被收养者
adoption 收养，收留
adapt 改编/ adapt to 适应
C）It was adapted from a fairy tale.
fairy tale 童话
When couples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple cannot have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt infants, others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason. They care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The information is secret, so no one can see it.
Naturally, adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them. 26. According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children?
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
27. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents?
28. Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents?
29. What can we infer from the passage?
27. A）They are usually adopted from distant places.
B）Their birth information is usually kept secret.
C）Their birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
D）Their adoptive parents don’t want them to know their birth parents.
28. A）They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
B）They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
C）They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
D）They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.
29. A）Early adoption makes for closer parent-child relationship.
B）Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.
C）Understanding is the key to successful adoption.
D）Adoption has much to do with love.
句型：
Have…
Have much to do with
Have sth. to do with sth. 有关系
Have nothing to do with sth. 和某事无关
生活中我们经常听到这么一句话：
Does it have anything to do with you ?这事和你有啥关系？
Conversation Two
M: Sarah, you work in the Admissions Office, don’t you?
W: Yes, I’m... I’ve been here ten years as an assistant director.
M: Really? What does that involve?
W: Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.
M: Only postgraduates?
W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
M: Do you find that you get a particular... sort of... different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or...
W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America.
M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?
W: Well, I’ve been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.
M: Oh, I see.
W: So I’ve done different types of things.
M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something...
W: Oh, yeah, from October 1, I’ll be doing an entirely different job. There’s going to be more committee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students, unfortunately... I’ll miss my contact with students.
I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates. 我和本科生之间没有关系。
注意两个单词：undergraduate 本科生postgraduate 研究生
我们再回到选项中D）Adoption has much to do with love. 收养和爱有很大关系。
继续听这篇长对话，注意以下短语：
生父母birth parent ;biological parent; natural parent
养父母adoptive parent
文章正数第二段有这么一句话：records of most adoptees are usually sealed.
seal 密封；封存；海豹；玺；大部分收养孩子的信息都是密封的。
27题选项C：The birth parents often try to conceal their birth information.
注意这几个单词：informal, formal
复合式听写：2分钟时间找出文章主题，勾画出高频率词汇。
You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very （36）________. All languages have two general levels of （37）________: a formal level and an informal level. English
is no （38）________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a （39）________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, （40）________ books and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and （41）________ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with （42）________, family members and friends, and when we write （43）________ notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. （44）________________________________ For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, “Close the door, please, ” （45）________________________ Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. （46）________________________________________________________________ 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.”
听力
听写做题步骤：
第一遍
单词：首1-2字母，单词非常简单可以直接写出来。要是写不出来会耽误你听下一个单词。
句子：主语+ 判断大意，一定要把句子的主语写出来，不要以了解为主，尽量写出来。
第二遍
单词：补全
句子:有两种可能性
1、听不懂：听到什么写什么
2、听懂了：听完再写要点
第三遍：补写+ 检查
只有在第二段中间是停顿的，在这里大家要注意。要是能听懂一定要听完在写。同时注意自己的书写。
听一段复合式听力：
Y ou probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very （36）________. All languages have two general levels of （37）________: a formal level and an informal level. English is no （38）________. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a （39）________ level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, （40）________ books and in business letters. Y ou would also use formal English in compositions and （41）________ that you write in
school. Informal language is used in conversation with （42）________, family members and friends, and when we write （43）________ notes or letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. （44）________________________________ For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, ―Close the door, please, ‖ （45）________________________ Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. （46）________________________________________________________________ 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.‖
答案
natural 自然的原形是nature;
usage 用法；
exception例外；
particular 特定的；
reference book 参考书；
essays 论文，专指小论文，课堂小论文；
paper指的是学期或学年论文：
colleagues 同事；
personal 个人的；
What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite.这句话是it做形式主语。我们发现有意思的是话越多越有礼貌。这句话难度不大。
For example, I might say to a frien d or a family member, ―Close the door, please, ‖给这个理论举一个例子，这句话的作用。
but to a stranger, I probably would say ―Would you mind closing the door?‖
There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. bound to be 必然会如何，记住在句子中遇到不会的一定不要写。―一定会有一些单词和短语属于正式语言，其他的都是非正式的。‖
听写需要一段时间的练习。你可以把短对话，长对话一句句的听出来。需要练手感。复合式听写不同于其他题目。
第二节
上节回顾&重点场景词语介绍
三大场景：campus life 校园生活；hotel 宾馆；restaurant饭馆
一、campus life 校园生活，campus 校园
on campus 校内；off campus 校外
1.作业形式
1、作业形式：大学有很多作业，通常是抱怨的形式，一般来时第一个人是抱怨的态度，第二个人往往态度比较缓和，小对话的常考点。
1）assignment 作业；
paper 学年或学期论文，通常前面会出现team ；
essay 小论文
book list/report 书单，读书报告；
13.M: I wish I hadn‘t thrown away that reading list!（我真希望我没有我那个书单扔掉）
W: I thought you might regret it. That‘s why I picked it u p from the waste paper basket and left it on the desk.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
I wish 我真希望，虚拟语气。还有I hope
research report 实验报告
17. A）She wants to get some sleep.
B）She needs time to write a paper.
C）She has a literature class to attend.
D）She is troubled by her sleep problem.
原文：
M: How about joining for a cup of coffee?
W: I‘d love to，but I am exhausted. I was up until 3 this morning writing the paper for one research class.
Q: Why the women decline the man‘s invitation?
I‘d lo ve to, but 邀约失败。decline 拒绝。
重点单词exhaust n.尾气；vt. 耗尽，耗光；eg: I am exhausted.
18.
A）The threat of poisonous desert animals and plants.
B）The exhaustion of energy resources.
C）The destruction of oil wells.
D）The spread of the black powder from the fires.
B选项
2）作业形式：presentation (展示、表达)
present 现在，到场，礼物；
at present 目前；
present 同时还有―展示，表达‖的意思，
eg: I will present you a lesson.
5.
A）He finds the presentation hard to follow.
B）He speaks highly of the presentation.
C）He considers the presentation very dull.
D）He thinks Professor White has chosen an interesting topic.
这道题需要听男士语言，B选项speak highly of 高度评价；dull无聊；
interesting topic 有趣的话题
3.
A）The professor‘s presentation was not convincing enough.
B）The professor‘s lecture notes were too complicated.
C）The professor spoke with a strong accent.
D）The professor spoke too fast.
注意A选项presentation
总结——小对话三种原则：
（1）听到的要慎选
（2）第二句话更重要
（3）注意同义替换
5. W: Professor White‘s presentation seemed to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake.
M: How could you sleep through it? It was one of the best that I have ever heard on this topic.
Q: What does the man think of Professor White‘s presentation?
准确答案是B，男士语言只有一个重要的点It was one of the best that I have ever heard on this topic.
barely 几乎不；stay awake 保持清醒
2、课程形式course
optional选择性的；
optional course 选修课；
compulsory 必须的，义务的；
eg：九年义务教育nine-year compulsory education
elective n.选修课；adj.选择的，可选的；
requirement n.必修课，要求；
require 要求；
required course 必修课；
eg: Math is my requirement in my second term.
5.
A）He wishes to have more courses like it.
B）He finds it hard to follow the teacher.
C）He wishes the teacher would talk more.
D）He doesn‘t like the teacher‘s accent.
和课程有关，主语是男士，注意男士语言。
5.
W: Y ou took an optional course this semester, didn‘t you? How is it going?
M: Terrible! It seems like the more the professor talks, the less I understand.
Q: How did the man feel about the course?
答案为选项B，看一下原文，took an optional course 选一门选修课；semester学期，还有一个单词term；我们说过只要是疑问，答案通常是否定的。
terrible完型中会涉及到这个单词，terrific 太好啦，超好；horrible超差的；
The more the professor talks, the less I understand.老师说的越多，我理解的越少。
seminar 研讨会，讨论会；group discussion
22.
A）She‘s worried about the seminar.
B）The man keeps interrupting her.
C）She finds it too hard.
D）She lacks interest in it.
She‘s worried about the seminar 她很担心她的研讨会课程。
5. W: Do you have the semina r schedule with you? I’d like to find out the topic for Friday.
M: I gave it to my friend, but there should be copies available in the library. I can pick one up for you.
Q: What does the man promise to do?
3.名称
大一freshman；
大二sophomore；
大三junior；
大四senior；
senior还有―老生‖的意思；
市民，公民citizen；
senior citizen 老年人；
Passage three
“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 small 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 has the copy-right library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees.
graduate 毕业生；
ten thousand undergraduate 1万本科生；
five hundred post-graduate 500个研究生；
post 单独使用表示邮政，职位；前缀用时，表示在……之后；eg: postwar战后；
postpone 推迟；
Conversation Two
M: Sarah, you work in the Admissions Office, don’t you?
W: Yes, I’m... I’ve been here ten years as an assistan t director.
M: Really? What does that involve?
W: Well, I’m in charge of all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.
M: Only postgraduates?
W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
M: Do you find that you get a particular... sort of... different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America or...
W: Yes. Well, of all the students enrolled last year, nearly half were from overseas. They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America.
M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?
W: Well, I’ve been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.
M: Oh, I see.
W: So I’ve done different types of things.
M: Yes, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility or doing something...
W: Oh, yeah, from October 1, I’ll be doing an entirely different job. There’s going to be more committee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students, unfortunately... I’ll miss my contact with students.
3.
A）She has been longing to attend Harvard University.
B）She‘ll consider the man‘s suggestion carefully.
C）She has finished her project with Dr. Garcia‘s help.
D）She‘ll consult Dr. Garcia about entering graduate school.
看一下几个重点：longing to attend Harvard University 渴望……；consider the man‘s suggestion；
finished her project；consult；graduate school 研究生院；
3.
M: Hi, Melissa, how‘s your project going? Have you thought about going to graduate school? Perhaps, you can get into Harvard.
W: Everything is coming along really well. I have been thinking about graduate school. But I‘ll talk to my tutor Dr. Garcia first and see what she thinks.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
tutor 导师
回顾
同学们把之前的单词总结一下
大一freshman；
大二sophomore；
大三junior；
大四senior；
senior还有―老生‖的意思；
市民，公民citizen；
senior citizen 老年人；
graduate 毕业生
undergraduate
tutor 导师
thesis 本科时期的毕业论文
听力练习
12.
A）At the airport.
B）In a restaurant.
C）In a booking office.（售票处）
D）At the hotel reception.
12.
W: We don‘t seem to have a reservation for you, Sir. I‘m sorry.
M: But my secretary said that she had reserved a room for me here. I phoned her from the airport this morning just before I got on board the plane.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
reservation 预订
secretary 秘书
reserve预订
1）酒店环节：
reserve/book 预订；
make a reservation for
19.
A）The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.
B）The hotel clerk insisted that he didn‘t make any reservation.
C）The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.
D）The hotel clerk couldn‘t fi nd his reservation for that night.
Put…under把…放在名下
房型：room；
single room(单人间)；
double room(双人间)；
occupancy；
single occupancy (单人间)；
double occupancy(双人间)
suite套间；
standard suite 标准间；
Conversation One
M: Hello, I have a reservation for tonight.
W: Your name, please.
M: Nelson, Charles Nelson.
W: OK, Mr. Nelson. That’s a room for five and...
M: Excuse me, you mean a room for five pounds? I didn’t know the special was so good.
W: No, no, no... according to our records, a room for 5 guests was booked under your name.
M: No, no... hold on. You must have two guests under the name.
W: OK, let me check this again. Oh, here we are.
M: Yeah?
W: Charles Nelson, a room for one for the 19th...
M: Wait, wait. It’s for tonight, not tomorrow night.
W: Em... I don’t think we have any rooms for tonight. There’s a conference going on in town and... er, let’s see... yeah, no rooms.
M: Oh, come on! You must have something, anything!
W: Well, let... let me check my computer here... Ah!
M: What?
W: There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.
M: Great, I’ll take it.
W: But, I’ll have to charge you 150 pounds for the night.
M: What? I should get a discount for the inconvenience!
W: Well, the best I can give you is a 10% discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
M: Hey, isn’t the breakfast free anyway?
W: Well, only on weekends.
M: I want to talk to the manager.
W: Wait, wait, wait... Mr. Nelson, I think I can give you an additional 15% discount...
19. What is the man’s problem?
20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn’t have any rooms for that night?
21. What did the clerk say about breakfast in the hotel?
22. What did the man imply he would do at the end of the conversation?
W: There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is available.
2)餐厅场景：
（1）点单：order 点菜；几种说法
Can I take your order, sir?
I‘d like to order…
Hey, where is my order? I am waiting for my order for 20 minute.
I will be back with your order in a minute.
order 订购，顺序，命令（order sb. to do sth.）
menu(点单)
wine list （酒单）；alcohol(白酒，酒精)；alcohol abuse(酗酒)
（2）买单：bill----Check the bill please；
买单-请客：treat
I treat you.
Y ou treat me.
I buy the bill
It‘s on me.
买单-分账:Shall we split the bill?
split 分割，剪裁；会有同义替换：
share the bill 分享菜单；
divide the bill into equip arts
听力训练
19. (D)
A）The hotel clerk had put his reservation under another name.
B）The hotel clerk insisted that he didn‘t make any reservation.
C）The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.
D）The hotel clerk couldn‘t find his reservation for that night.
20. (B)
A）A grand wedding was being held in the hotel.
B）There was a conference going on in the city.
C）The hotel was undergoing major repairs.
D）It was a busy season for holiday-makers.
21. (A)
A）It was free of charge on weekends.
B）It had a 15% discount on weekdays.
C）It was offered to frequent guests only.
D）It was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.
22. (C)
A）Demand compensation from the hotel.
B）Ask for an additional discount.
C）Complain to the hotel manager.
D）Find a cheaper room in another hotel
l. Conversation One
M: Hello, I have a reservation for tonight.
W: Y our name, please.
M: Nelson, Charles Nelson.
W: OK, Mr. Nelson. That‘s a room for five and...
M: Excuse me, you mean a room for five pounds? I didn‘t know the special （特别，特价）was so good.
W: No, no, no... according to our records, a room for 5 guests was booked under your name （在你的名下）.
M: No, no... hold on. Y ou must have two guests under the name.
W: OK, let me check this again. Oh, here we are.
M: Y eah?
W: Charles Nelson, a room for one for the 19th...
M: Wait, wait. It‘s for tonight, not tomorrow night.
W: Em... I don‘t think we have any rooms for tonight. There‘s a confere nce going on in town and... er, let‘s see... yeah, no rooms.
M: Oh, come on! Y ou must have something, anything!
W: Well, let... let me check my computer here... Ah!
M: What?
W: There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.
M: Great, I‘ll take it.
W: But, I‘ll have to charge you 150 pounds for the night.
M: What? I should get a discount for the inconvenience!
W: Well, the best I can give you is a 10% discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
M: Hey, isn‘t the breakfast free anyway?
W: Well, only on weekends.
M: I want to talk to the manager.
W: Wait, wait, wait... Mr. Nelson, I think I can give you an additional（额外的）15% discount...
19. What is the man‘s problem?
20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn‘t h ave any rooms for that night?
21. What did the clerk say about breakfast in the hotel?
22. What did the man imply he would do at the end of the conversation?
注意以下事情：取消预订；预约套房；打折
23. (B)
A）An employee in the city council at Birmingham.
B）Assistant Director of the Admissions Office.
C）Head of the Overseas Students Office.
D）Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.
24. (A)
A）Nearly fifty percent are foreigners.
B）About fifteen percent are from Africa.
C）A large majority are from Latin America.
D）A small number are from the Far East.
25. (C)
A）She will have more contact with students.
B）It will bring her capability into fuller play.
C）She will be more involved in policy-making.
D）It will be less demanding than her present job.
女的找工作，男的是大学的行政人员，男的面试女的。
M: Sarah, you work in the Admissions Office（招生办公室）, don‘t you?
W: Yes, I‘m... I‘ve been here ten years as an assistant director.
M: Really? What does that involve?（重要单词，涉及，包含）
W: Well, I‘m in charge of （负责）all the admissions of postgraduate students in the university.
M: Only postgraduates?
W: Yes, postgraduates only. I have nothing at all to do with undergraduates.
M: Do you find that you get a particular... sort of... different national groups? I mean, do you get large numbers from Latin America（拉丁美洲）or...
W: Y es. Well, of all the students enrolled（入学，注册）last year, nearly half were from overseas.（一半都是海外留学生）They were from African countries, the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America.
M: Em. But have you been doing just that for the last 10 years, or, have you done other things?
W: Well, I‘ve been doing the same job. Er, before that, I was secretary of the medical school
at Birmingham, and further back, I worked in the local government.
M: Oh, I see.
W: So I‘ve done different types of things.
M: Y es, indeed. How do you imagine your job might develop in the future? Can you imagine shifting into a different kind of responsibility （责任）or doing something...
W: Oh, yeah, from October 1, I‘ll be doing an entirely different job. There‘s going to be more committee（委员会）work. I mean, more policy work,（政策性工作）and less dealing with students, unfortunately... I‘ll miss my contact with students.
23. What is the woman‘s present position?
24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the woman‘s university?
25. What will the woman‘s new job be like?
26. (C)
A）Her parents thrived （变的繁荣）in the urban environment.
B）Her parents left Chicago to work on a farm.
C）Her parents immigrated （移民）to America.
D）Her parents set up an ice-cream store.
27.(B)
A）He taught English in Chicago.
B）He was crippled in a car accident.
C）He worked to become an executive.
D）He was born with a limp.
28. (D)
A）She was fond of living an isolated life.
B）She was fascinated by American culture.
C）She was very generous in offering help.
D）She was highly devoted to （奉献于，倾心于）her family.
My mother was born in a small town in northern Italy. She was three when her parents immigrated to America in 1926. They lived in Chicago when my grandfather worked making ice-cream. Mama thrived in the urban environment. At 16, she graduated at first in her high school class, went onto secretarial school, and finally worked as an executive secretary for a railroad company. She was beautiful too. When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the horizon. My parents were married in 1944. Dad was a quiet and intelligent man. He was 17 when he left Italy. Soon after, a hit-and-run accident left him with a permanent limp. Dad worked hard selling candy to Chicago office workers on their break. He had little formal schooling. His English was self-taught. Y et he eventually built a small successful wholesale candy business. Dad was generous and handsome. Mama was devoted to him. After she married, my mother quit her job and gave herself to her family. In 1950, with three small children, dad moved the family to a farm 40 miles from Chicago. He worked the land and commuted to the city to run his business. Mama said goodbye to her parents and friends, and traded her busy city neighborhood for a more isolated life. But she never complained.
整个文章讨论的是老爸老妈的事情。
When a local photographer used her pictures in his monthly window display, she felt pleased. Her favorite portrait showed her sitting by Lake Michigan, her hair went blown, her gaze reaching toward the horizon.
11.
A）They are interested in other kinds of reading.
B）They are active in voluntary services.
C）They tend to be low in education and in income.
D）They live in isolated areas.
12.
A）The reasons why people don‘t read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.
B）There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally expected.
C）The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.
D）There are more nonreaders among young people nowadays.
13.
A）Lowering the prices of their newspapers.
B）Shortening their news stories.
C）Adding variety to their newspaper content.
D）Including more advertisements in their newspapers.
回顾
Not everybody reads the daily newspaper. People who do not read newspapers are sometimes referred to as non-readers. Early research has shown that non-readers are generally low in education, low in income, either very young or very old. In addition, nonreaders are more likely to live in rural areas and have less contact with neighbors and friends. Other studies show that non-readers tend to isolate themselves from the community, are less likely to own a home and seldom belong to local voluntary o rganizations. Why don‘t these people read daily paper? They say they don‘t have the time, they prefer radio or TV, they have no interest in reading at all and besides, they think newspapers are too expensive.
Recent surveys, however, have indicated that the portrait of the non-reader is more complicated than first thought. There appears to be a group of non-readers that does not fit the type mentioned above. They are high in income and fall into the age group of 26 to 65. They are far more likely to report that they don‘t have the time to read papers and they have no interest in the content. Editors and publishers are attempting to win them back. First. They are adding news briefs and comprehensive indexes. This will help overcome the time problem. And they are also giving variety to newspaper content to help build the readers‘ interest.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. What is typical （典型性的；特征，特点）of non-readers according to the early research?
12. What are the findings of recent surveys?
13. What are editors and publishers doing to attract the non-readers?
第11题答案Not everybody reads the daily newspaper. People who do not read newspapers are sometimes referred to as non-readers. Early research has shown that non-readers are generally low in education, low in income, either very young or very old.
第12题Why don‘t these people read daily paper?和12题A答案前半部分相似，再继续
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英语专业四级考试1993年——203年听写原文 1993 Package Holidays Package holidays, covering a two weeks' stay in an attractive place, are increasingly popular. Once you get to the airport, it is up to the tour operator to see that you get safely to your destination．Everything is laid on for you．There is, in fact, no reason for you to bother to arrange anything yourselves．You make friends and have a good time. But there is very little chance that you will really get to know the local people．This is even less likely on a coach tour, when you spend almost your entire time traveling．Of course, there are carefully planned stops for you to visit historic buildings and monuments. You may visit the beautiful, the historic, the ancient. But time is always short．There is also the added disadvantage of being obliged to spend you holiday with a group of people you have never met before． (1994) The American Family The American family unit is changing. There used to be mainly two types of families, the extended and the nuclear. The former included mother, father, children, and some other relatives such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby. Then as the economy progressed from agricultural to industrial, people began moving to different parts of the country in order to search for job opportunities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family consisting of only parents and children has therefore become far more wide spread. Today’s family, however, can be composed of diverse co mbinations. With the divorce rate nearly one in two, there's an increase in single-parent homes—a father or mother living with one or more children. Blended families occur when divorced men and women remarry and combine the children from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, there is an increase in childless couples while one in rive Americans lives alone. (1995) Unidentified Flying Objects There are many explanations for why UFOs visit the Earth. / The most popular one is that they maybe visitors from other planets./ To fly such aircraft, their builders must develop different forms of aviation,/because they seem to fly much faster than normal aircraft./ The UFOs, it is believed, must contain scientists/ from other planets who are studying life on earth./ It is even believed that several such aircraft may have landed on earth/ and the space visitors may be living amongst us./ But there are also less fantastic explanations available./ Although some sightings of UFOs are difficult to explain, most can be explained quite easily./ In many cases the observers might have made a mistake./ They might have seen a weather balloon or an aircraft./ Or the light they saw in the sky might have been light from the ground,/ reflected on to the clouds./ However, the exact cause of many sightings still remained a mystery.
英语专业四级听写50篇 前言 听写在英语专业四级统考中占有15％的比重，是考试的重要组成部分。 说起听写，正在准备和已经参加过英语专业四级考试的同学会说： “我能明白听写的内容，可写的时候就是跟不上！”“短文大意我明白，可是有的语我不 会写。” 这只反映出了问题的两个方面。一是听写速度不够快。二是词汇量不够或词汇掌握得不够准确。这些无疑是影响听写成绩的重要因素。但是，这些不是问题的全部。在从事听写教学及听写问卷过程中，很容易发现学生失分的具体问题： （1）没听懂，没听好，听写速度跟不上，写出的内容断断续续不连贯，学生因此大量失分； （2）有的词汇没听懂，拼写不够准确，这导致听写失分； （3）时态错误导致失分； （4）单复数不准确导致失分； （5）没有注意断句或专有名词，句子开头单词或专有名词错误使用大小写导致失分； （6）没有注意原文冠词的使用，书写时漏掉冠词导 致失分； （7）没有注意单数第三人称形式导致失分； （8）没有注意单数复数名词的形式导致失分。 上述问题的产生有的是缺乏训练造成的，如书写速度跟不上。有的则是语言基础较 差造成的，如听力较差没有完全听懂或没有掌握好词汇。而单复数、大小写、冠词漏写 等则多是粗心大意造成的。 听写部分能提高吗？ 当然能！而且提高的空间很大。 笔者从事英语专业基础教学与研究，从一开始所带的教学班参加四级考试超过全国 院校平均通过率28．2个百分点，超过全国专业外语院校平均通过率12．5个百分点开始，所带的教学班在全国英语专业④级统考中通过率始终ito％，平均成绩、优秀率始终名列 前茅。最近一次所带的教学班参加四级统考，又考出了很好的成绩，通过率超过全国院 校平均水平26石个百分点，超过全国专业外语院校13．6个百分点，而且在十几个平行 班中平均成绩是最高的，优秀人数也是最多的。在四级考试中，听写一项的成绩也不例外，每次均位居第一，本项目满分15分，所带班级平均成绩能够达到14分。 是不是学生基础很好？统计表明，和平行班相比所带班级入学时并不存在什么特别 优势。 教学经验表明，听写成功的关键是训练方法和体现训练方法的训练材料。 听写训练过程中无论是老师还是学生都有必要注意以下几点： 二．扭握淤轿肘虚度大纲要求第一遍用正常速
四级听力绝密资料，即使当时没听清也能做对！四级听力绝密资料，即使当时没听清也能做对！四级听力绝密资料，即使当时没听清也能做对！四级听力绝密资料，即使当时没听清也能做对！！ 四级听力的三个思路： 1．学习——基于学生的角度，一定是抱怨学习 2．生活——poor,很穷。 Student ID 学生证用于discount 打折，bargain讨价还价 3．学习vs 生活——忙，忙于学习（就是说，解题从这三个思路出发，如果听不清题目说什么，就用这三个思路往上套）Part I 短对话 一．But 题型 形式：A:…… B:……，but ……. 重点听第二个说话人B说话，but 后面所说的话为重点，出题点往往在but后面。四级听力题中，But 后面的为重点的占95%,之前的为重点的占5%。 e.g. (这题是反例，考的居然是but之前的内容，不过这种情况很少出现的) A: I suppose you’ve bought some gifts for your family. B: Well, I’ve bought a shirt for my father and two books for my sister. But I’ve not decided what to buy for my mother. Probably some jewels. Question: Who did the man buy the book for? Answer: His sister. 二. 场景题 （1）每一类场景，常考出题思路——用于解题 （2）线索词 场景题选项特点：（1）介词结构in/at somewhere （2）To do开头的（问的是purpose目的）（3）Doing……/ They’re doing……/They’re …ing. （4）A and B（人之间的关系relationship）e.g.Students and teacher. 场景题提问方式： （1）what (过去，现在，将来) （2）Where is the conversation taking place? / Where does the conversation take place? （3）When is the conversation taking place? （4）Who——>where (location) 问人是谁，可以从他所在的地方来判断。 各类场景（把各类场景容易出现的词给记住，选选项时往常考思路上靠） 1.抱怨的作业： 1）paper：a.论文b.=newspaper 报纸c. document文件d.纸张 写论文的步骤： a.choose a topic选题 area: The area is too board for me. 题目的范围太广了narrow the topic down 把题目范围缩小 b.do some research 做调查（去图书馆library 做调查） c.type it out打印 typewriter打字机，computer,lap top手提电脑， printer打印机， laser printer激光打印机， ribbon 色带 2) presentation口头演讲——oral form= speech = report = address a.时间性 20分钟，一般演讲18-19分钟，留下几分钟时间别人发问 b.正式着装——formal clothes change（穿的衣服不合适就要换）You can’t go like that. You need a change.你这样穿不行，要换一套衣服。 c.内心感受——nervous(演讲前心里很害怕) 3) Reading assignment / list 阅读作业/清单 Do you think the reading list is enormous? 你觉不觉要读的书太多了？ 4) Research Financial Aid经济资助 a. Tuition wavier学费减免 b. RA——Researching Assistant助研 TA——Teaching Assistant 助教 Fellowship奖学金 2．餐厅 1）cafeteria学校饭堂：meal card/ticket饭卡/饭票，helping一人份 2）restaurant: fancy高档的, menu菜谱, order, manager经理, waiter book/reserve预订 ，make a reservation预定 上菜顺序：soup汤——> main course主菜——> salad沙拉（chef salad招牌沙拉）——> dessert甜点 (pudding布丁, cheese , fruit) 赞美人家做菜好吃： 1）Even my mother’s can’t match this.即使我妈妈做的也比不上这个好吃。 2）I took the last one and it was out of the world.（太好吃了以至于）我把最后一块也吃掉了。 3）You wouldn’t have to force me to help another one. 你不用叫我吃，我自己也会拿来吃的。 3. 罚款 fine 校内：library里面，书过期校外： break the traffic rules违反交通规则，go speeding超速 各种费用： fare交通费（车费，船费），fee杂费， tuition学费， tuition and fee学杂费，rent 房租， utilities 水电费，rate 按比例收取的费用， post rate=postage邮资
2015年12月英语四级听力原文及答案 Part 1 短对话 Question 1 - M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched together last month? - W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've seen on that topic. Q:What do we learn about the speakers? Question 2 - W: Are you looking for anything in particular? - M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school, and I want to get him something special. Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place? Question 3 - M: Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery. - W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work there, but he turned it down.
Q:What does the woman say about Mike? Question 4 - W: Would you like to come to Susan's birthday party tomorrow evening? - M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in two places at the same time. Q:What does the man mean? Question 5 - W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making? - M: Yes. I think I will give them a deadline and hold them to it. Q:What is the man probably going to do? Question 6 - W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitors' parking is? I left my car there. - M: Sure. It's in Lot C. Over that way. Q:What does the woman want to know? Question 7 - W: You look great! Now that you've taken those fitness classes.
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Section B 26: While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed. Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form or they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her Obcamp later found out that her listeners were not being disrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes closed their eyes to enhance concentration. Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words. Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America. Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings. Here are some examples. In the deaf culture of North America, many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air. In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker. Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact. In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other countries it is a form of insult. 29: Chris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipment in his Division at Taxlong Company.
- The success of early railways, such as the lines between big cities,/ led to a great increase in railway building in Victorian times. / Between 1835 and 1865 about 25000 kilometers of track were built,/ and over 100 railway companies were created. / Railway travel transformed people's lives. / Trains were first designed to carry goods. / However, a law in the 19th century forced railway companies to run one cheap train a day / which stopped at every station and cost only a penny a mile. / Soon working class passengers found they could afford to travel by rail. / Cheap day excursion trains became popular and seaside resorts grew rapidly. / The railways also provided thousands of new jobs:/ building carriages, running the railways and repairing the tracks. / Railways even changed the time. / The need to run the railways on time meant that local time was abolished/ and clocks showed the same time all over the country. / United Nations Day (1999) The 24th of October is celebrated as United Nations Day. h is a day that belongs to everyone. And it is celebrated in most countries of the world. Some countries celebrate for a week instead of a day. In many parts of the world, schools have special programs for the day. Boys and girls in some communities decorate a UN tree. In other communities, young people put on plays about the UN. Some libraries exhibit children’s art works from around the world. Schools celebrate with the songs and dances of other countries or give parties where foods of other countries are served. No matter how the day is celebrated, the purpose of these celebrations is to help everyone understand the UN, and the important roles it plays in world affairs. The UN encourages people to learn about other lands and their customs. In this way, people can gain a better understanding and appreciation of peoples all over the world. What We Know About Language (2000) Many things about language are a mystery and will remain so. However, we now do know something about it. First, we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. No human race anywhere on earth is so backward that it has no language of its own at all. Second, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many peoples whose cultures are undeveloped but the languages they speak are by no means primitive. In all the languages existing in the world today, there are complexities that must have been developed for years. Third, we know that all languages are perfectly adequate. Each is a perfect means of expressing its culture. And finally, we know that language changes over time, which is natural and normal if a language is to survive. The language which remains unchanged is nothing but dead. Characteristics of A Good Reader (2001) To improve your reading habits, you must understand the characteristics of a good reader.
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2016) -GRADE FOUR- PART ⅠDICTATION Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Now listen to the passage. Think Positive and Feel Positive Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? / Do you react positively or negatively? / The answer may depend in part on whom you’re around. / A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases. / For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates. / They measured each roommate’s tendency towards negative thinking. / It was found that thinking patterns can be contagious. / Students with a negative thinking roommate became more depressed themselves, / and students with more positive thinking roommates / were more likely to become more positive as well. The second and third readings. You should begin writing now. Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? / Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation? / Do you react positively or negatively? / Do you react positively or negatively? / The answer may depend in part
四级听力题目训练的完整步骤（北京新东方学校赵建昆） 赵建昆2011听力视频课全面上线，请猛击：https://www.doczj.com/doc/9712862052.html,/product/16080_1.html 训练材料来源：为了更好的突破四六级考试，我们始终认为四六级真题是最好的训练材料。06年6月起至2010年12月份的题目是最需要训练得滚瓜烂熟的题目。若认为题目不够训练，也可以继续做05年或以前的题目。但是题目时间越早，难度和实效性就越低。但是，请注意使用正确方法。 第一步：预判（3-5分钟） 做题前，一定留出时间看题。正式考试时看题时间约3分钟左右。我们只能高效的看而非全面的看。选项中最需要注意的是：高频词，主语，谓语等。同时注意，相似选项和相反选项要保留，准确答案就在其间。复合式听写部分也需要注意高频词汇。 例（2010年12月小对话）： ［A］ Combine her training with dieting. ［B］ Repeat the training every three days. ［C］ Avoid excessive physical training. ［D］ Include weightlifting in the program. 很明显，考动作的动作题目，注意听懂第二句的动作即可。 例（长对话） A) marketing consultancy. B) Professional accountancy. C) luxury hotel management. D) business conference organization 选项都是某种行业，又因为此题是08年6月听力长对话中的第一题，所以就暗示自己注意长对话开始部分的行业词汇即可。 第二步：听力开始（35分钟） 2006年6月年后的四级听力放音时间约35分钟左右。请不间断地听完一套题，中间不要停顿，强化自己的耐力注意力和定力。记住，不要间断也不要提前看后方的答案。
英语专业四级考试真题听写原文2005年 The Wrist Watch It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception / to the normal sequence in the evolution of man's jewelry. / Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women, / and then adopted by men. / In the old days, queens included wrist watches among their crown jewelry. / Later, they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers. / Until World War I, Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters. / Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch was most practical for active combat. / Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches, / and pilots found them most useful while flying. / Soon men dared to wear wrist watches without feeling self-conscious. / By 1924, some 30 percent of man's watches were worn on the wrist. / Today, the figure is 90 percent. / And they are now worn by both men and women / for practical purposes rather than for decoration. 2006年 The internet The internet is the most significant progress in the field of communications.Imagine a book that never rend, a library with milion floors,or imagine a research project with thousands of sientists working around the clock forever.This is the magic of the internet.
2007年英语专业四级考试全真试卷及其参考答案SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation. 1. Which of the following is NOT needed for the Lost Property Form? (A) Name. (B) Nationality. (C) Address. (D) Phone number. 2. From the conversation we know that Mark Adams comes from. (A) Essex. (B) Edinburgh. (C) London. (D) The US. 3. What will Mark Adams do the day after tomorrow? (A)To come to the office again. (B) To wait for the phone call.