英语专业四级短文听力50篇答案

WavesHow does light get from the sun to the earth? How does music get from the stage to the audience? They move the same way-----in waves!Light and sound are fomp3s of energy. All waves carry energy, but they may carry it differently. Light and sound travel through different kinds of matter. For example, light waves cannot move through walls, but sound waves can. That is why you can hear people talking in another room even though you cannot see them. The energy of some waves is destructive. An earthquake produces seismic waves.Catch a wave. Ask a friend to stand a few feet away from you. Stretch a spring between you. Shake the spring to transfer energy to it. What happens? The spring bounces up and down in waves. When the waves reach your friend, they bounce back to you!Light waves travel 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second! They can also travel through a vacuum. That is why light from the sun and distant stars can travel through space to the earth!SoilsThere are many different kinds of soils. Different soils have different types of rock and minerals in them. Some soils have more water in them than others. Some soils might have more plant and animal material in them, too.Different kinds of soils are found in different parts of the world. There are several kinds of soils found in the United States. In some areas, the soil has a lot of clay. Other soils are very sandy. Loam is a kind of soil that has a good mixture of clay and sand.In some places, soil layers are very thick. Lots of plants grow in places with a thick soil layer. In dry and windy places soil layers are much thinner. Layers of soil on mountains are thin because gravity pulls the soil downhill.The type of soil in a particular place affects what kinds of plants can grow there.CrisisLife is a contest! Who will win? A bluebird and sparrow both compete for space to build their nests. A fast-growing maple tree and slower-growing dogwood compete for the sunlight they both need. Oil competes with coal and nuclear power as an energy source for electric power plants!There is a problem. There is a limited amount of space for birds, sunlight for trees, and energy for people! If we do not cut back on our uses of some of our resources, someday they will be gone!How can we use energy today and know we will have enough to go around in the future? We can choose alternate, or replacement, energy resources. It takes the earth millions of years to create coal, oil, and gas. They are nonrenewable resources.Solar energy, wind energy and water energy are renewable resources. It takes the earth millions of years to create coal, oil, and gas. They are nonrenewable resources.Solar energy, wind energy and water energy are renewable. What other ways can we conserve our sources? How can we make sure there is always enough to go around?America’s Worst SurpriseDecember 7, 1941 was one of the worst days in American history. Nearly all Americans who are old enough to remember that day can still remember what they were doing at the moment they heard “the news”. The news was that America had been attacked!Shortly before 2:00 P.M., a radio dispatch came into Washington from Honolulu, Hawaii. “Air Raid, Pearl Harbor—This is no drill.” Japanese planes had begun an attack on the largest American military base in the Pacific. They first destroyed planes on the ground. Then they bombed the ships in the harbor.No one had expected the attack. So no one was prepared for it. And it did not take long for Japanese to do their damage. When the smoke cleared, the Navy counted its losses. Eighteen ships had been sunk or badly damaged. Nearly 150 planes had been destroyed. More than 2,400 Americans had been killed and more than 1,200 w ounded.Great Depression in the U.S.In 1929, the bills started to come in. American industry had produced too many goods. Americans could not afford to buy all of them. So factories had to cut down on their production. Many workers lost their jobs. Investors tried to get their money back. But businesses did not have enough money to pay them. Banks tried to get their money back from investors. But the investors could not pay, either. Too many people owed money. And few of them could pay their bills.During the next few years, business got worse and worse. By 1932, banks all over the country were closing.People without money could not buy goods. So more businesses closed. More and more people lost their jobs. By 1932, more than 12 million Americans were jobless. Millions more were earning barely enough to live on. The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before.A Place of Our OwnWe are all usually very careful when we buy something for the house. Why? Because we have to live with it for a long time. We paint a room to make it brighter, so we choose the colors carefully.We buy new curtains in order to match the newly decorated room, so they must be the right color. We move the furniture round so as to make more space—or we buy new furniture—and so on. It is an endless business.Rich or poor, we take time to furnish a room. Perhaps some people buy furniture in order to impress their friends. But most of us just want to enjoy our surroundings. We want to live as comfortably as we can afford to. We spend a large part of our lives at home. We want to make a small corner in the world which we can recognize as our own.。

专业英语四级听力-51(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}PART Ⅰ DICTATION{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：40.00)1.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 read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Life Span（分数：40.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：()解析：[听力原文]Life SpanAbout a century ago, /the average life span for Americans was about 50 years. /Today, the typical American lives for around seventy-eight years. /According to a German aging study, /the maximum life span in industrialized countries has increased by two years every decade /since the mid-19th century. /What accounts for such increased longevity? /Between 1900 and 1950, /inventions such as refrigeration and sewage treatment meant that/young people were able to survive longer./Moreover, medical breakthroughs helped contain diseases/such as some fatal ones that killed many children. /These advances helped increase the average life span. /Medical discoveries after World War II tended to benefit older people. /Treatments for heart disease, /for example, have allowed the elderly to live longer on average. /This means that future medical breakthroughs will result in even longer average life span./[解析] 这篇听写有一定的难度，整体上句子比较长且多为复合句。

专四答案+听力原文Part Ⅰ DICTATIONLearning SympathyA big part of being human is feeling sympathy，/ but how early on in our lives do we learn this? / Scientists find that babies respond to other people / by crying when other babies cry. / However，babies can’t distinguish between themselves and others / until they’re eighteen to twenty months old. / Toddlers start to show concern for others around this time. / Kids also begin to do things like comforting other people. / And by the time they’re three，/ most children will try to protect a victim in a fight.Part Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A TALK1. a physical classroom2. a coherent concept3. personalized curriculum4. (more) meaningful practice5. feedback6. collaborative learning7. question and answer8. fundamental human right9. lifelong learning10. innovationSECTION B CONVERSATIONS1. What’s wrong with the man’s computer?答案：A. It has wiped the data from the flash drive.2. How will the man be compensated if the computer can’t be fixed?答案：C. Get a new computer.3. How did the man feel about the woman’s offer of compensation?答案：D. Dissatisfied.4. When will the service engineer come to fix the computer?答案：B. After 8:30 tomorrow morning.5. What is the man’s phone number?答案：A. 6574-3205.6. What sho uld we do if our neighbors didn’t reach out?答案：B. Introduce ourselves first.7. Which is the best way to handle a noisy neighbor?答案：C. Give him a reason to stop.8. What should we do if we have a nosy neighbor?答案：D. Don’t answer their que stions.9. How long do we expect our neighbors to stay?答案：B. Five to ten minutes.10. Where can we get more information on this topic?答案：D. CBS news website.Part III LANGUAGE USAGE11. B. Whatever12. A. on which13. C. women drivers14. B. present event for tentativeness15. D. make a suggestion16. B. disappointment17. D. would later make18. C. to have been created19. A. would have been… had been20. C. that21. B. characters22. D. ensure23. B. relieve24. A. releases25. C. indicative26. B. eye27. A. critically28. C. on29. D. bound30. A. invariablyPart IV CLOZE31. ［F］implications32. ［N］single33. ［B］barely34. ［L］online35. ［C］demise36. ［M］rising37. ［I］naturally38. ［G］leaf39. ［H］lost40. ［J］objectPart V READING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICEQUESTIONSPASSAGE ONE41. In Para. 4，the phrase “hit the jackpot” means according to the context.答案：C. broke one of the objects42. It can be concluded from Paras. 5 and 6 that .答案：D. people hold entirely different views on the issue43. How did the author feel about the treasure from the Atocha (Para. 7)?答案：A. She was glad that people can have a chance to see the treasure.PASSAGE TWO44. It can be learned from the beginning that Miriam’s attitude tow ards love between her and Paul is .答案：C. pessimistic45. The narration in Para. 3 tells us that Miriam had all the following feelings EXCEPT . 答案：A. delight46. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about the family’s response to Paul’s mockery?答案：B. Every member except Miriam was amused.PASSAGE THREE47. Why does the author give two examples in Para. 2?答案：A. To show that literacy is interpreted in different ways.48. According to the author，the following are some of the defining features of literacy EXCEPT .答案：D. independent49. Which of the following statements about reading and writing is CORRECT?答案：C. Reading often requires more immediate interaction than writing.50. What do the last two paragraphs mainly focus on (Paras. 10 and 11)?答案：B. Effects of illiteracy and associated problems.SECTION B SHORT ANSWERQUESTIONS阐明：简答题答案不唯一，意思对即可。

2021年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案2021年英语专业四级考试听力原文答案PART Ⅲ LISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A STATEMENT��1. Lily studied drama at the university but she used to work as a policewoman. Now she is a teacher because she likes children.��2. May I have your attention, please? Flight 5125 scheduled to take off at 11:30 will be delayed for 20 minutes. Please check-in half an hour prior to departure. ��3. There is a railway strike in the south region and several trains have been canceled, however, the strike doesn’t seem to be spreading to other regions. ��4. Latest reports from the northeast provinces say that at least sixteen people lost their lives in Sunday’s floods. A further nine people, mostly children are reported missing.��5. John, your paper must be revised over the weekend and handed in its final form on Monday. If you have any problem, call the office directly.��6. My discovery of Mary Jackson was as a matter of fact, a gift from a friend. Years ago I was given a copy of ��Tell Me a Riddle��, and I liked the stories.��7. Oh! Talking about money, it’s terrible when you think how tiring the work is. It’s only with tips and free meals that I manage to get by.��8. A lot of drugs are missing from the cupboard here in this room so I think we will have to look into the matter immediately.��SECTION B CONVERSATION��9. W:Would you mind if we discussed tomorrow’s agenda before dinner this evening? ��M: Not at all. I certainly don’t want to talk about it during our meal. ��10. W:Are you going home for the summer vacation? ��M: Well, Jane and I have decided to stay on here as researchassistants.��11. W:It’s so hot today, I can’t work. I wish the air conditioner was on in this library. ��M: So do I, I’ll fall asleep if I don’t get out of this stuffy room soon.��12. W:I can’t imagine what happened to Janet. ��M: Neither can I, bu t I’m sure she plans to come to the party.��13. W:Check in here? ��M: Yes, can I see your flight ticket please? ��W: Here it is. I’m going to Lanzhou.��14. W:I heard that PICC is going to hold interviews on campus next week. ��感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。

Passage 50 ReadingNowadays few of us read books after we leave school.This is rather disturbing, for one should know that books are no less necessary to one’s mental life than fresh air is to one’s physical life. From good reading we can derive companio nship, experience and instruction. A good book is our faithful friend. It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. Books can also offer us a wide range of experience. Few of us can travel far from home or live long over 100, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. What’s more, reading books can increase our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make us wise.With the coming of TV, books are no longer read as widely as they once were. However, nothing can replace the role that books play in our lives.Passage 49 Natural ResourcesThrough the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against man’s wasteful use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve these resources.Ever since man appeared on the earth, man’s survival has been heavily dependent on nature. Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes from nature, ranging from the food we eat, the water we drink, to the wood which is turned into furniture. With the development of technology and population growth, the amount and range of materials used has increased at an alarming rate.However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. Some reserves are already on the brink of exhaustion and there is no hope of replacing them. The widespread water shortage is an example in point. If man continued to squander natural resources with no thought for the future, the whole world would be in a mess.Passage 48 Population GrowthIt is well-known that there has been a drastic increase in world population. But it is probably les well-known that the extinction rate of wildlife species is experiencing a parallel trend.Take the United States for instance. In 1990, U.S. population reached an unprecedented level of 250 million, which is approximately 250 times of that of 1800. On the other hand, wildlife species are disappearing from the country at an alarming rate. By 1990, about 70 wildlife species would never be seen in U.S. We are fully justified in declaring that the explosive population growth has had an adverse effect on the survival of wildlife species and will be a constant threat to the wildlife resources if no immediate actions are taken.Nothing has ever equaled the magnitude and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. It has been demolishing the environment we are living in.Passage 47 House and Home“House” and “home” are two w ords that have similar meanings.“House” and “home” both refer to places where people live. However, there is a difference between them. “Home” is often referred to as the place that we live in with our families. Sadly, in our society, people can hardly distinguish a home from a house because they often see no difference between them. This confusion can be traced back to the indifference between family members. Therefore, we can say that love is an important factor in a home.A home is a shelter, not only for our bodies but also for our minds. Whenever we are depressed, we can go home for comfort. Everyone in the family will do his best to take care of each other and share their happiness as well as sorrow. Without love, a home is merely a house where loneliness is all that can be found. And a house can never be a home unless there is love.Passage 46 AutomobilesIt is impossible to say that any one man invented the automobile. Many individuals living and working indifferent countries and at different times contributed to its development. Many of the discoveries that went into the creation of the automobile were small in themselves. But together they were important. Here are two examples.“Carriage is running at a speed of 8 to 9 miles an hour.” It was almo st unheard of in those days. According to automobile historians, this was the first practical use of mechanical power to move a vehicle. After its first run, the machine reportedly burned up while the inventor and his friends were celebrating its success at a pub.Henry Ford is considered the father of modern automobiles mass production. His famous Model-T car, because of its low price, made it possible to produce cars on a large scale and his efforts made it accessible to ordinary people.Passage 45 The Influence of LifeIn the early times when human beings hunted and gathered food, they were not in control of their environment. They could only interact with their surroundings as the other lower animals did.When they learned to make fire, however, they became capable of altering their environment. To provide themselves with fuel, they cut down trees. They also burned clearings in forests to increase the growth of grass and to provide a greater grazing area for the wild animals that human beings fed upon. This development led to farming and the domestication of animals. Fire provided the means for cooking plants which had previously been inedible. Only when the process of meeting the basic need for food reached a certain level was it possible for humans to follow other pursuits such as setting up families, forming societies and founding cities.Passage 44 Gardening in AmericaBelieve or not, 43,000,000 Americans are gardening. That is about one in six. Gardeners, of course, come in many varieties. Not surprisingly, most of them are people who live in the suburbs, and enjoy planting flowers, or maybe a small vegetables garden.The average age of gardeners in America is about 45 years old; they usually fall somewhere in the middle class. But the fastest growing groups are city dwellers. Urban residents are finding ways of gardening even in their crowded areas. Many go to large public gardens, as a place designed by the city for garden, and you can actually ranch your own plot.Still other people use their balconies or roof tops, wherever they can find the space to plant small patches of green.Passage 43 Our ConcernThe history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. To a large extent, the physical for m and the habits of the earth’s vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Only in the present century has one species of man acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.The rapidity of change follows the pace of man rather than the pace of nature. Radiation is now the unnatural creation of man’s tampering with the atom. The chemicals are the creations of man’s inventive mind, having no counterparts in nature.We have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals into the hands of persons largely ignorant of their potentials for harm. We have subjected enormous numbers of people to contact with these enormous numbers of people to contact with these poisons, without their consent and often without their knowledge. We have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advance investigation of their effect. Future generations are unlikely to forgive our lack of concern.Passage 42 SleepWhy is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? There is no one answer that applies to every individual. It is possible to feel “tired” physically and still be unable to fall asleep, because while your body maybe exhausted, you do not feel sleepy. It is not so easy to simply “turn off”.Lack of sleep complicates matters even more. Experts say adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep a night to function properly. When you get less sleep than that on consecutive three nights, you begin to accrue four “sleep debt”. As sleep debt increases your body experienc es a stress response. Now a vicious cycle has been created: You experience the feeling of being more and more tired, but your body is increasingly stimulated. “Power sleeping” for more hours on weekends is only a temporary solution. There is no substitute for getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis.Passage 41 Apology HelpsIt is never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you have judged roughly, you said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were so sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening because some deep w isdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed.A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about it right now.Passage 40 How High Can You Jump?Fleas trainers have observed a strange habit of fleas while training them.Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again. As you watch them jump and hit the lid, something very interesting becomes obvious. The fleas continue to jump, but they are no longer jumping high enough to hit the top.When you take off the lid, the fleas continue to jump, but they will not jump out of the box. They will not jump out because they cannot jump out. Why? The reason is simple. They have conditioned themselves to jump just so high. Once they have conditioned themselves to jump just so high. Once they have conditioned themselves to jump just so high, that is all they can do!Many times, people do the same thing. They restrict themselves and never reach their potential. Just like the fleas, they fail to jump higher, thinking they are doing al they can do.Passage 39 Don’t give upIf we would ever accomplish anything in life, let us not forget that we must persevere. If we would learn our lessons in school, we must be diligent and not give up whenever we come to anything difficult. We shall find many of our lessons very hard, but let us consider that the harder they are the better they will do to us if we will preserve and learn them thoroughly.But there are some among us who are ready to give up when they come to a hard example in mathematics, and say, “I can’t do this.” They never will if they feel so. “I can’t” never does anything worthwhile, but“I’ll try” accomplishes wonders.Let us remember that we shall meet with difficulties all through life. They are in the pathway of everyone. If we will only try and keep trying, we shall be sure to conquer and overcome very difficulty we meet.Passage 38 “How to” BooksBooks which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “how to” books are available. In fact, there are about for thousand books with titles that begin with the words “how to’.Many “how to” books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. Many of these books help people to use their free time better. Some people want book which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like plumbing and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.Why have “how to” books become so popular? Probably because life has become more complex. Today people have far more free to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, “how to” books help people to deal with modern life.Passage 37 Professional Sports in the U.S.Professional sports are not only very popular in the United States, but also a big business. The most popular sports are baseball, football and basketball. Each sport has its own season and individual teams have millions of supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities where they are located. For example, the Lakers are in Los Angeles. The strongest supporters of the Lakers are residents of Los Angeles and Southern California. When the Lakers play, many people in Los Angeles enthusiastica lly follow the game. When we mention “NBA”, almost every one knows it ahs some relationship with U.S. professional basketball. However, what does it really stand for? N.B.A is gaining new fans and supporters around the world. Basketball has been called the “national pastime”. However, football is the most popular professional sport in the U.S.. American football is different from international football, which Americans call “soccer”. Both games require strength and specialized skills.Passage 36 ArtistsEvery artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before.What visual artists, like painters, want to say is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions of possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us.Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and response; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.Passage 34 Will Computers Replace Human Beings?We are in the computer age today. The computers are working all kinds of wonders now. They are very useful in automatic control and data processing. At the same time, computers are finding their way into the home. They seem to be so clever and can solve such complicated problems that some people think sooner or later they will replace us.But I do not think that there is such a possibility. My reason is very simple: computers are machines, not humans. And our tasks are far too various and complicated for any one single kind of machine to perform.Probably the greatest difference between man and computer is that the former can do things of his own while the latter can do nothing without being programmed. In my opinion, computers will remain nothing but an extension of our human brains, no matter how clever and complicated they may become.Passage 33 Where Do the British LiveNearly everyone in Britain would like to own their own home and, whether they do or not, they are prepared to put time and money into decorating and furnishing it or even making structural alterations to it. Because of the climate and because of the expense involved in going out for the evening, the British spend a lot of time at homeand a large part of their social life takes place there.Young people tend to stay with their families longer these days as accommodation is expensive but, when they move away to a job or college, there are various options open to them. They can get lodgings with a landlady. This means that they rent a room in someone’s house and have breakfast with the family. They can also get a bed-sitting room, that is to say one self-contained room in which they can cook, live and sleep. Alternatively, they can share a rented flat or house with a group of young people, perhaps the most popular option of all.Passage 32 Making a ComplaintComplaining about faulty goods or bad services is never easy. But if something you have brought is faulty or does not do what was claimed for it, you are not asking for a favor to get it put right.Complaints should be made to a responsible person. Go back to the shop where you bought the goods, taking with you any receipt you may have. In a small store the assistant may also be the owner so you can complain direct. In a chain store, ask the manager. If you telephone, ask the name of the person who handles your enquiry, otherwise you may never find out who dealt with the complaint later. If you do not want to do it in person, write a letter. Stick to the facts and keep a copy of what you write. At this stage you should give any receipt numbers, but you should not need to give receipts or other papers to prove you bought the article.Passage 31 Water PollutionWater is very important to us. Factories and plants need water for industrial uses and large pieces of farmland need it for irrigation. Without water to drink, people die in a short time.Today most water sources are so dirty that people must purify water before drinking. Water becomes dirty in many ways: industrial pollution is one of them. With the development of industry, plants and factories pour tons of industrial wasters into rivers every day. The rivers have become seriously polluted, and the water is becoming unfit for drinking or irrigation. The same thing has also happened to our seas and oceans. So, the problem of water pollution is almost worldwide.Scientists of many countries have done a lot of work to stop pollution. The polluted water in some places has become clean and drinkable again. Perhaps one day the people in all towns and cities will be drinking clean water. That day, we believe, is not very far off.Passage 30 CartoonistsIn a good cartoon, the artist can tell in a few lines as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. The cartoonist not only tells a story but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. He has great influence on public opinion. In a political campaign, he plays an important part. Controversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations may keep the cartoonist well-supplied with current materials.A clever cartoonist may cause laughter because he often uses humor in his drawings. If he is sketching a famous person, he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it. Cartoonists, for instance, like to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. This exaggeration of a person’s characteristics is called caricature. The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across.Passage 29 TimeTime is tangible. One can gain time, spend time, waste time, save time, or even kill time. Common questions in American English reveal this concrete quality as though time were a possession. “Do you have any time?”, “Can you get some time for this?”, “How much free time do you have?” The treatment of tim e as a possession influences the way that time is carefully divided.Generally, Americans are taught to do one thing at a time and may be uncomfortable when an activity is interrupted. In businesses, the careful scheduling of time and the separation of activities are common practices. Appointment calendars are printed with 15-,30-, and 60-minute time slots. The idea that “there is a time and placefor everything” extends to American social life. Visitors who drop by without prior notice may interrupt their host’s personal time. Thus, calling friends on the telephone before visiting them is generally preferred to visitors’ dropping by.Passage 28 A Free Dress Every WeekThe temptation to steal is greater than ever before especially in large shops and people are not so honest as they once were.A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. The woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter. Believe it or not, the girl “gave” her mother a free dress every week!Passage 27 IntelligenceAre some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience?Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus, the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, held by most experts now, can be supported in a number of ways. As is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.Passage 26 IntelligenceAre some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience?Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus, the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, held by most experts now, can be supported in a number of ways. As is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.Passage 25 A Place of Our OwnWe are all usually very careful when we buy something for the house. Why? Because we have to live with it for a long time. We paint a room to make it brighter, so we choose the colors carefully.We buy new curtains in order to match the newly decorated room, so they must be the right color. We move the furniture round so as to make more space—or we buy new furniture—and so on. It is an endless business.Rich or poor, we take time to furnish a room. Perhaps some people buy furniture in order to impress their friends. But most of us just want to enjoy our surroundings. We want to live as comfortably as we can afford to. We spend a large part of our lives at home. We want to make a small corner in the world which we can recognize as our own.Passage 24 Great Depression in the U.S.In 1929, the bills started to come in. American industry had produced too many goods. Americans could not afford to buy all of them. So factories had to cut down on their production. Many workers lost their jobs. Investors tried to get their money back. But businesses did not have enough money to pay them. Banks tried to get their money back from investors. But the investors could not pay, either. Too many people owed money. And few of them could pay their bills.During the next few years, business got worse and worse. By 1932, banks all over the country were closing.People without money could not buy goods. So more businesses closed. More and more people lost their jobs. By 1932, more than 12 million Americans were jobless. Millions more were earning barely enough to live on. The country was in a great depression they had never experienced before.Passage 23 America’s Worst SurpriseDecember 7, 1941 was one of the worst days in American history. Nearly all Americans who are old enough to r emember that day can still remember what they were doing at the moment they heard “the news”. The news was that America had been attacked!Shortly before 2:00 P.M., a radio dispatch came into Washington from Honolulu, Hawaii. “Air Raid, Pearl Harbor—This is no drill.” Japanese planes had begun an attack on the largest American military base in the Pacific. They first destroyed planes on the ground. Then they bombed the ships in the harbor.No one had expected the attack. So no one was prepared for it. And it did not take long for Japanese to do their damage. When the smoke cleared, the Navy counted its losses. Eighteen ships had been sunk or badly damaged. Nearly 150 planes had been destroyed. More than 2,400 Americans had been killed and more than 1,200 wounded.Passage 22 CrisisLife is a contest! Who will win? A bluebird and sparrow both compete for space to build their nests. A fast-growing maple tree and slower-growing dogwood compete for the sunlight they both need. Oil competes with coal and nuclear power as an energy source for electric power plants!There is a problem. There is a limited amount of space for birds, sunlight for trees, and energy for people! If we do not cut back on our uses of some of our resources, someday they will be gone!How can we use energy today and know we will have enough to go around in the future? We can choose alternate, or replacement, energy resources. It takes the earth millions of years to create coal, oil, and gas. They are nonrenewable resources.Solar energy, wind energy and water energy are renewable resources. It takes the earth millions of years to create coal, oil, and gas. They are nonrenewable resources.Solar energy, wind energy and water energy are renewable. What other ways can we conserve our sources? How can we make sure there is always enough to go around?Passage 21 SoilsThere are many different kinds of soils. Different soils have different types of rock and minerals in them. Some soils have more water in them than others. Some soils might have more plant and animal material in them, too.Different kinds of soils are found in different parts of the world. There are several kinds of soils found in the United States. In some areas, the soil has a lot of clay. Other soils are very sandy. Loam is a kind of soil that has a good mixture of clay and sand.In some places, soil layers are very thick. Lots of plants grow in places with a thick soil layer. In dry and windy places soil layers are much thinner. Layers of soil on mountains are thin because gravity pulls the soil downhill.The type of soil in a particular place affects what kinds of plants can grow there.Passage 20 WavesHow does light get from the sun to the earth? How does music get from the stage to the audience? They move the same way-----in waves!Light and sound are forms of energy. All waves carry energy, but they may carry it differently. Light and sound travel through different kinds of matter. For example, light waves cannot move through walls, but sound waves can. That is why you can hear people talking in another room even though you cannot see them. The energy of some waves is destructive. An earthquake produces seismic waves.Catch a wave. Ask a friend to stand a few feet away from you. Stretch a spring between you. Shake the spring to transfer energy to it. What happens? The spring bounces up and down in waves. When the waves reach your friend, they bounce back to you!Light waves travel 300,000 kilometers (186,000 miles) per second! They can also travel through a vacuum. That is why light from the sun and distant stars can travel through space to the earth!Passage 19 Finding the Direction and LocationHow can you tell which direction? By day, look for the Sun. It is in the east in the morning and the west in the afternoon. At night, use the Big Dipper to help you find the North Star. It would be better to bring a compass because its needle always points north.How do you know how far you have gone? You could count every step. Each step is about two feet. You’d better wear a pedometer which is a tool that counts steps. If you know where you started, which direction you are heading, and how far you have gone, you can use a good map to figure out exactly where you are.Today there is a new way for travelers to figure out where they are. It is the GPS. It has 24 satellites that orbit the earth and constantly broadcast their positions. Someday you may carry a small receiver as you hike and use GPS to find out if you are there yet!Passage 18 Flowering PlantsWhat are the parts of a flower?Flowers can have male parts and female parts. The female parts make eggs that become seeds. The male parts make pollen. Pollen is a powdery material that is needed by the eggs to make seeds. To make seeds, pollen and eggs must come together. The win d, insects, and birds bring pollen to eggs. Many animals love flowers’ bright colors. They also like a sugary liquid in flowers. This is called nectar. While they drink nectar, pollen rubs off on their bodies. As they move, some of this pollen gets delivered to the female flower parts.Over time, the female parts turn into fruits that contain seeds. Animals often eat the fruits and the seeds pass through their bodies as waste. The animals do no know they are working for the plants by planting seeds as they travel to different places!Passage 17 Living Things ReactYou and all organisms live an environment. An environment is made up of everything that surrounds an organism. It can include the air, the water, the soil, and even other organisms.An organism responds to changes in its environment. When an organism responds to a change, it reacts in certain ways. All living things respond in some way.Have you ever noticed how plants and insects respond to light? Plants bend toward light. Insects fly toward light.Living things also respond in other ways. The leaves on some trees respond to a change in season. In autumn, they change colors and then fall off the branches Animals also respond to a change in season. Squirrels save nuts for the winter. Bears sleep through the winter in a cave.。

大学英语四级听力材料及答案大一是我们复习英语四级英语听力的好时机，因为有很长的时间可以让我们准备。

下面是给大家整理的大学英语四级听力材料及答案，供大家参阅!大学英语四级听力材料及答案听力真题：Section C Compound DictationSome years ago, an American policeman found awoman lying near a lonely road. She did not appearto have had an (36) ______ . But she was tremblingand clearly in a state of shock. So he (37) ______her to the nearest hospital. She began to tell thedoctor on duty the story which was astonishing and(38) ______ . She had been driving along a countryroad when she had been stopped by a flying saucer landing in front of her. She had been forcedto leave the car and enter the flying saucer by (39) ______ which looked like human beings andwhich could easily make themselves (40) ______ although they could not speak. It was asthough they could read her thoughts and she could read theirs. They (41) ______ her politelyand allowed her to leave after carrying out a number of tests on her. As she otherwise seemsto be (42) ______ , the doctor decided that she was probably (43) ______ from the sideeffects of some drug. The woman insisted on being allowed to go home.(44)__________________________________________________________ .The police then started to make inquiries and soon discovered that there was already a searchgoing on for the woman, whose husband had reported that she had disappeared. (45) __________________________________________________ . In front of the car, the surfaceof the road had been completely destroyed not by an explosion or anything of that kind, (46) ___________________________________________________ .答案解析：36. 答案：accident解析：根据冠词an，可以预测此处是个以元音开头的名词，注意双写字母c。

2015年专四真题2015英语专四听力原文英语专四听写Male and Female Roles in Marriage男性和女性在婚姻中的角色In the traditional marriage, the man worked to earn money for the family.在传统婚姻中，男性负责工作养家。

The woman stayed at home to care for the children nand her husband.女性则留在家里照顾孩子和丈夫。

In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind.近些年，许多夫妻继续这种传统的夫妻关系。

Some people are happy with it, but others think differently.一些人对这种关系感到满意，但是也有人有不同的看法。

There are two major differences in male and female roles now.现在男性和女性的角色有两大主要差异。

One is that both men and women have many more choices.其一，男性和女性都有更多的选择。

They may choose to marry or stay single.他们可以选择结婚，也可以选择保持单身。

They may choose to work or to stay at home.另外，他们可以选择工作，也可以选择留在家里。

2015英语专四听力对话原文（1）M: Hello Jennifer.男：你好，詹尼弗W: Hello Callum.女：你好，卡勒姆M: Do you like to travel?男：喜欢旅行吗?W: Oh yes，I love going to new and interestingplaces.女：喜欢，我喜欢去新奇的地方。

9Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879, His father owned a factorythat made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed music and books. Hisparents were Jewish but they did not observe many of the religion’s rules. Albert was a quite child who spent much of his time alone. He was slowto talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five yearsold, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder whenhe discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction—to be north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficultfor the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them.He said later that he felt something hidden had to be behind things. Usefulexpressions and words1. device 装置，设备leave to one’s own devices 听任某人自行其是，允许某人按自己的意愿做事She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。

英语专业四级考试真题+解析+听⼒原⽂.docx精品⽂档2002 年英语专业四级考试试卷及答案Part ⅠWRITING［45 MIN.］Nowadays people are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of health.And they have different ways to stay healthy. For example, some exercise every day;others try to keep a balanced diet. What do you think is the best way to stay healthy?Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:THE BEST WAY TO STAY HEALTHYIn theIn the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failureto follow the instructions maySECTION B NOTE-WRITING［10 MIN.］Write a note of about 50 - 60 words based on the following situation:You have heard that your friend, Jack, wishes to sell his walkman. Write him a note expressing your interest in it, asking him about its condition and offering a priceMarks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.⼀ .听⼒Part ⅡDICTATION［15 MIN.］times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try tounderstand 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 lastreading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should checkyour work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Part Ⅲ LISTENING COMPREHENSION［20 MIN.］In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY . Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question.SECTION A STATEMENTIn this section you will hear eight statements .At the end of each statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.1.A. architectB. construction workerC. tourist guideD. housing agent2.What does the statement mean?B.People are now travelling much more than in old days.C.Traveling to far-D.It used to take two more weeks to travel by coach than now3.B. hisD. the couple would be unable to cook the dinner.4.Where is the speaker?A. In the zoo.C. In the library.D. At a meeting.5.What does the statement mean?B. Low motivation may lead to poor performance.D. Both motivation and intelligence are important.6.What does the speaker suggest?B. We should read line by line to get his meaning.D. We should try to find the lines and read them aloud.7.How much does the overcoat cost at the regular price?A. 120.B.15.C.60.D.45.8.What does the speaker mean?C.D. When the sports meet will be held is yet to be known.SECTION B CONVERSATIONIn this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. 9． What are the speakers probably going to do?A. To persuade Mary to spend more time on her lessonsB. To help Mary to prepare for the upcoming concert.D. To ask Mary to stop worrying about the exam10.What can we learn about the man?A. He firmly believes in UFOs.C. He is sure many people have seen UFOs.D. He thinks many people have lied about UFOs.11. Which of the following has the man never been interested in?A. Electronic music.B. Civil engineering.C.Electronics.12.What does the man mean?A.The milk is safe to drink.C. She shouldn’ t have bought the milk.D. He wouldn’ t have milk for breakfast.13.How many people were caught in the fire?A.6.B.5.C.4.D.7.14.What can we learn from the conversation?B. The woman will be late for the blood test.D. The woman decides to miss the first class for her blood test.15.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Salesman and customer.C. Estate agent and client.D. Husband and wife.16.How does the man probably feel?A. Nervous.B. Uninterested.C. Confident.D. Upset.17.What do we know about Bill?A. He is thoughtful.B. He is forgetful.C. He is careless.D. He is helpful.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 18 and 19 are based on the following news .At the end of the news18.Which of the following is NOT a condition for the reduction of debts?A. Poverty elimination.C. Fight against corruption.D. Poor living standard.19.By cancelling the debts owed to her, Britain intends to ___a similar scheme proposed by the International Monetary Fund.A. rejectB. restartC. followD. reviewQuestions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,20.What happened during the accident?A. A train hit another train.C. A train went off its tracks.D. A train was trapped inside the station.21.Which of the following statements best describes the condition of the passengers?B. TherQuestions 22 and 23 are based on the following news. At the end of thenews item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.22.A. spending cuts.C. pay cuts.D. low pay.23.The civil servants ’ strike was___stagedthgenerals A. a few days afterC. a few weeks afterQuestions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.24.Which is the main idea of the news?A. Industrial relations in Germany.C. Coalition in the government.D. Closure of nuclear reactors.25.The decision to shut down三 .完型填空Part Ⅳ CLOZE［15 MIN.］Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passageif inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed gradually as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and ( 26 ) a very simple affair in the beginning.( 27 ), when we observe the language behaviour of ( 28 )we regard as primitive cultures, we find it ( 29 )complicated. It was believed thatan Eskimo must have the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words( 30 ) to get along reasonably well, much larger than the active vocabulary of an average businessman who speaks English.(31 ), these Eskimo words are far more highly infleeted (词尾变化的 ) than ( 32 ) of any of the well -known European languages, for a( 33 )noun can be spoken or written in ( 34 )hundred different forms, each ( 35 )a precise meaning different from that of any other.The forms of the verbs are even more ( 36 ). The Eskimo language is, therefore,one of the most difficult in the world to learn,( 37 ) the result that almost no tradersor explorers have( 38 )tried to learn it. Consequently, there has grown up, in communication between Eskimos and whites, a jargon ( 39 )to the pidgin Englishused in Old China, with a vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Danish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually( 40 ) by travellers as“ the Eskimo language ”.26.A. must be B. must have beenC. ought to be27.A. However B. ThereforeC. ProbablyD. Undoubtedly28. A. whose B. thatC. whichD.29. A. conspicuouslyC. surprisingly30.A. so as B. so thatC. as suchD. as well as31.A. However B. MoreoverC. ThoughD. Therefore32. A. the othersC. these33. A. singleC. plural D34.A. someC. variousD. varied35.A. getting B.C.having36. A. endlessC.uncountable37.A. with B.C. owing toD.38.A. still B. indeedC.just39. A. alikeC.related40. A. referred toC.spoken三 .选择Part Ⅴ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY［15 MIN.］There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C andD. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.41.She did her work ___her manager had instructed.A. asB. untilC. when42.A. NoneB. BothC. NeitherD. All43.For some time now, world leaders___ out the necessity for agreement onarms reduction.A. had been pointingC. were pointing44.Have you ever been in a situation ___ you know the other person is right yet you cannot agree with him?A. by whichB. thatC. in whereD. where45.We’ ve just installed two air-conditioners in our apartment, ___should make greatA. whichB. whatC. that46.AIDS is said ___ the number-one killer of both men and women over the pastA. beingB. to beC. to have been47.She managed to save ___she could out of her wages to help her brother.A. how little moneyC. such little money48.A. whoB. asC. thatD. like49.A. have been put inC. has been put in50.___for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam.A. Had it not beenC. Was it not51.“ I don’ t know. But it’ s about time ___on something.”A. I ’ d decideB. I decidedC. I decideD. I ’ m deciding52.The police have offered a large___ for information leading to the robber ’ sA. awardB. compensationC. prize53.I arrived at the airport so late that I ___missed the plane.A. onlyB. quiteC. narrowly54.A. unjustifiedC. misguidedD. unaccepted55.The head of the Museum was ___and let us actually examine the ancientA. promisingB. agreeingC. pleasing56.The multinational corporation was making a take-over ___for a property company.A. applicationB. bidC. proposalA. indicativeB. positiveC. revealing58.There has been a___ lack of communication between the union and the management.A. regretfulB. regrettableC. regretting59. The teacher ___expects his students to pass the university entrance examination.A. confidentiallyB. proudlyC. assuredlyD. confidently60. The ___family in Chinese cities now spends more money on housing thanA. normalB. average C usual61.The new colleague ___to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company.A. confessesB. declares C claims62.During the reading lesson, the teacher asked students to read a few___ fromthe novel.A. piecesB. essays C fragments63.During the summer holiday season it is difficult to find a(n) ___ room in theA. emptyC. freeD. deserted64.A. get overB. get away C get off65.A. usedB. applied C tried D. practiced四.阅读理解APart Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION ［30 MIN. ］SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION［25 MIN.］In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinishedstatements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the onethat you think is the best answer.TEXT AMany of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating the modernwoman tend to have the opposite effect, because they simple change the nature ofwork instead of eliminating it. Machines have a certain novelty value, like toys foradults. It is certainly less tiring to put clothes in a washing machine, but the timesaved does not really amount to much: the machine has to be watched, the clotheshave to be carefully sorted out first, stains removed by hand, buttons pushed andwater changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironed. It would be more liberating topack it all off to a laundry and not necessarily more expensive, since no capitalinvestment is required. Similarly, if you really want to save time you do not makecakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop. Ifone compares the image of thewoman in the women ’ s magazine with the goods advertised by those periodicals; onerealizes how useful a projected image can be commercially. A careful balance has tobe struck: if you show a labour-saving device, follow it up with a complicated’ recipe on the next page; on no account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a job,but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, emphasizing the creative aspect ofher function as a housewife. So we get cake mixes where the cook simply adds an eggherself, to produce “ thatlovely homo-baked flavour the family love ”and, knittingpatterns that can be made by hand, or worse still, on knitting machines, which became tremendously fashionable when they were first introduced. Automatic cookers areadvertised by pictures of pretty young mothers taking their children to the park, notby professional women presetting the dinner before leaving home for work.66.According to the passage, many of the home electric goods which are supposedC. save the housewife ’ s time but not her moneyD. lent to other people68.TEXT BThe “ standardof living”of any country means the average person’share of thegoods and services which the country produces. A country ’sstandard of living,therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.“ Wealt this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money canbuy: “ goods”such as food and clothing, and “ services such” as transport andentertainment.A country ’ s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most ofwhichhave an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country ’snatural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on.Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have afertile soil and a favourable climate; other regions possess none of them.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Some countriesare perhaps well off in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil andexternal wars, and for this and other reasons have been unable to develop theirresources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion,enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and toproduce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less wellordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country ’peoples.Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and techniciansare better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largelyunskilled.A country ’standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that isproduced and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectlyproduced through international trade. For example, Britain ’althswein foodstuffs andother agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on thosegrown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to betraded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. Acountry ’wealths is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity,provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.69.A. its goods and services70. A country ’capacitys to produce wealth depends on all the factors EXCEPTA. people ’share of its goodsB. political and social stabilityC. qualities of itsworkers D. use of natural resources71. According to the passage,___ play an equally important rule in determining aA. farm productsB. industrial .goodsC. foodstuffsD. export and importTEXT Cour teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content toaccept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will beable to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently andwithout embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress.A barber today does not cut a boy ’ s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do notmake up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisersshow us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure tofollow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity orjust the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats, for example. Incold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well asoutside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in theAmerican hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example.There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America,short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length.Then they got shorter and shorter the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years,skirts became longer again.Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longernecessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or doyour hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion.The popularity of jeans and the “ untidy look” seems to be a reaction against theincreasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then wemust choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in alaw firm wearing jeans and a sweater; and it would be discourteous to visit somedistinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club.However, you need never feel depressed if you don’ t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ ll see that no one else does either!72.A. satisfied with their appearance73.A. confidence in lifeB. personal dressC. individual hair style74.A. uniformB. variedC. unknownD. inexplicable.75.Present-day society is much freer and easier because it emphasizes___.A. uniformity B76.C. Ignoring appearance in informal situations.D. Ignoring appearance in all situations.TEXT Dunderway. Whether it ’ones of London’parks full of people playing softball, andRussians taking up rugby, or the Superbowl rivaling the British Football Cup Final asa televised spectator event in Britain, the patterns of players and spectators arechanging beyond recognition. We are witnessing a globalization of our sportingculture.That annual bicycle race, the Tour de France, much loved by the French is a good case in point. Just a few years back it was a strictly continental affair withFrance, Belgium and Holland, Spain and Italy taking part. But in recent years it hasbeen dominated by Colombian mountain climbers, and American and Irish riders.The people who really matter welcome the shift toward globalization. Peugeot, Michelin and Panasonic are multi-national corporations that want worldwide returnsfor the millions they invest in teams. So it does them literally a world of good to seethis unofficial world championship become just that.This is undoubtedly an economic-based revolution we are witnessing here, one made possible by communications technology, but made to happen because ofmarketing considerations. Sell the game and you can sell Cola or Budweiser as well.The skilful way in which American football has been sold to Europe is a good example of how all sports will develop. The aim of course is notreally to spread the sport for its own sake, but to increase the number of peopleinterested in the major money-making events. The economics of the Superbowl arealready astronomical. With seats at US $125, gate receipts alone were a staggering$ 10,000,000. The most important statistic of the day, however, was the$ 100,000,000 in TV advertising fees. Imagine how much that becomes when the eyes of the world are watching.So it came as a terrible shock, but not really as a surprise, to learn that some people are now suggesting that soccer change from being a game of two 45-minutehalves, to one of four 25-minute quarters. The idea is unashamedly to capture moreadvertising revenue, without giving any thought for the integrity of asport whichrelies for its essence on the flowing nature of the action.Moreover, as sports expand into world markets, and as our choice of sports as consumers also grows, so we will demand to see them played at a higher and higher level. In boxing we have already seen numerous, dubious world title categories because people will not pay to see anything less than a “ World Tideand”thisfight,means that the titlefights have to be held in different countries around the world!77.Globalization of sporting culture means that ___.B. traditional sport78.Which of the following is NOT related to the massive changes?A. Good economic returns.B. Revival of sportsC. Communications technology.D. Marketing strategies.79.What is the author ’ s attitude towards the suggestion to change soccer into one of four 25-minute quarters?A. Favourable.B. Unclear.C. Reserved.D. Critical.80.People want to see higher-C. there exist few world-class championshipsD. sports events are exciting and stimulating精品⽂档听⼒原⽂及解析PART II DICTATIONThe world ’ s forests are disappearing. As much as 1/3 of the total tree cover hasbeen lost since agriculture began some 10,000 years ago. 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However,you c3.Jack, thank you for inviting us to dinner in your house tomorrow. But I ’mextremely sorry that my wife and I won’ t be able to make it./doc/097527116.htmlst time we discussed some patterns of animal behavior and in today ’lectures5.In my opinion motivation, rather than intelligence, often decides how far aperson can go in his career.6.In order to understand this writer thoroughly, you ha/doc/097527116.htmlst week at the sale Jane bought herself an overcoat for 30 pounds which wasone quarter of the regular price.8.Due to the continual rain the school sports meet has been postponed again tillfurther notice from the principal ’fficeso.SECTION B CONVERSATION9.M: I ’ m really getting worried about Mary. She was sitting in for the exam in twoweeks’ time. But all she is talking about now nothingis but an upcoming concert.W: She may fail along that line. Let’ s try to t10. W: Tony, do you have a belief in UFOs?M: Me? Well, I have never seen. But there are a lot of people who have, or they think11.M: You know, I started out in civil engineering, then I switched to electronicengineering. But what really interests me is electronic music.精品⽂档12. W: How about a pound of milk for our breakfast? But it doesn’ t seem to look fresh now. Do you think it is still all right to drink?13.M: Is it true that all of them survived the fire last night?W:Yes, a miracle, isn ’it? There was a couple on the second floor and twowomen and three kids on the ground floor. But no one was badly hurt.W: In that case, you won’ t miss any coursesmorrowtomorning then.15. M: I ’ m not really an expert on precious stones, but theseare superb. Don you’tlike them?W: Have you looked at the price tag? It costs almost twice as much as a house where16. W: You seem to be restless thewhole day today. What’ s up?M: Later in the afternoon’ they will announce whot willpermissionge for the study17. W: I will never go with Bill again. He could never remember where he parked hisM:That certainly sounds like Bill.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item One (18-19)Britain has announced that it has decided to cancel about 200 million pounds ’worth of the debts owed to it by poorer Commonwealth countries. The international development secretary says the relief is being offered to countries committed to eliminating poverty and pursuing good government. This would include taking action against corruption. At the same time Common Market finance ministers are meetingin Muricius. Britain is expected to put forward a fresh initiative on redressing debts ofthe poorest countries. The chancellor of Czech has indicated the plan to revise the scheme put forward last year by the International Monetary Fund which has not yet provided any relief.News Item Two (20-21)An underground train derailed at the station in central Paris yesterday, injuringpeople and just missing another underground train standing on the opposite track. French emergency services say the trains were traveling at 35 kilometres per hourwhen it derailed at the entrance of the station. No one was killed and no one was trapped in the train during the accident. Ambulances rushed to the scene and doctors began treating casualties in the station and a nearby cafe. Some people have broken limbs and others have suffered bruising. None was in a critical condition. As yet it was not known why the train came off the tracks.News Item Three (22-23)In Argentina, civil servants held a 24-hour strike yesterday to protest pay cuts of12-15% for anyone earning more than 1,000 US dollars a month. Public service unions and local teamsters plan to hold the protest rally in front of the government house. The work stoppage comes at the last Friday ’generals strike when many of精品⽂档Argentina ’12s million workers stayed home after the nation ’powerfuls GeneralWorker Confederation, the nation ’largest union group, called a one-day strike toprotest spending cuts and free market reforms.News Item Four (24-Germany was due to strike a deal yesterday to close down its 19 nuclear powerplants, making it the first major industrial nation to commit to withdrawing fromnuclear energy. Talks between Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’ s government and chiefs of German energy industry were to begin at 8:30 p.m.. Closure of German 19 reactors,which provided around a third of the country’ s electricity needs, wasgeofa key pledthe Greens, the junior partner in Schroder’ s coalition government.五 .写作PART Ⅰ WRITING［参考范⽂］The Best Way to Stay HealthyNowadays，the desire for good health is universal. Wherever you are andwhatever you do, staying healthy is always important. With the improvement of ourliving standards, people are attaching more and more importance to their health.However, which do you think is the best way to keep healthy?Different people come up with different views: eating green food, doing outdoorexercises or going to hospital for medical treatment frequently. As far as I amconcerned, the best way to keep healthy is to develop a good quality of psychology.According to some surveys, nowadays, most patients are not physically sick butmentally ill. The burden on their shoulders is much heavier than others, so they canstep out of the shadow of depression and sadness. They need to release their spiritto the nature.Besides, if you have developed a good quality of psychology, you’ llbecomemore sociable and thus more willing to play your part in the society. Enrolling forsome keep-fit clubs or joining some travel agency, which by themselves are variousversions of physical exercise, will benefit you a lot.As a poem says, youth is not a period of time; it’ s a state of mind. Everybody wants to keep young at heart because youth is a symbol for endless energy andpassion for living.Keep a good quality of mind, or keep a sense of humour, to be precise, even ifyou are 80, and you’ ll never be old.SECTION B参考范⽂］Hearing that you wish to sell your walkman, I’ m so glad to know it because my walkman has been lost several days ago, and I need it to help study English now.Could you give me a description of your walkman? The price I can offer is。