2012年12月大学英语四级听力真题-英语听力

[00:00.00]听力试音 [01:48.19]听力开始 [01:56.56]Part III Listening Comprehension [02:00.43]Section A [02:02.42]Directions [02:57.95]Q11. [03:00.67]W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. [03:05.50]There are a lot of roses in bloom. [03:09.04]M: Why don't we walk over there and see for ourselves? [03:13.33]Q: What will the speakers probably do? [03:33.25]Q12. [03:34.39]M: My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall. [03:40.18]I hope to see you there. [03:41.93]W: Oh,sorry. [03:43.08]I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow. [03:49.44]Q: What do we learn about the woman? [04:08.91]Q13. [04:10.43]W: How long have you been running this company? [04:13.07]M: Twenty years if you can believe that. [04:15.96]I brought it from a small operation to what it is today. [04:20.67]Q: What do we learn about the man? [04:39.73]Q14. [04:41.29]M: Have you read the news on the campus net? [04:45.41]Susan has won the scholarship for next year. [04:48.82]W: I knew she would from the very beginning. [04:51.55]Such a brilliant and diligent girl!She certainly deserves it. [04:57.77]Q: What does the woman mean? [05:15.76]Q15. [05:18.10]W: Taking a bus to Miami,it's cheaper than going by train. [05:22.42]M: That's true.But I'd rather pay a little more for the added comfort and convenience. [05:29.30]Q: What does the man mean? [05:47.58]Q16. [05:49.94]M: I think it's time we got rid of all this old furniture. [05:53.19]W: You're right.We need to promote our image besides it's not a real antique. [06:02.26]Q: What do the speakers mean? [06:20.22]Q17. [06:22.44]M: That was some storm yesterday.How was I afraid I couldn't make it home. [06:27.70]W: Yeah,most of the roads to my house were flooded.I didn't get home from the lab until midnight. [06:35.61]Q: What do we learn from the conversation? [06:54.40]Q18. [06:56.17]W: My boys are always complaining that they're bored. [06:59.74]M: Why don't you get them into some team sports? [07:03.93]My son and daughter play soccer every Saturday. [07:07.29]And they both look forward to it all week. [07:10.30]Q: What does the man mean? [07:29.12]Directions [07:34.31]Conversation one [07:36.44]W: So John,I hear you and Arthur share a job,don't you? [07:41.48]M: Yes.We've shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now. [07:47.25]W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule? [07:50.50]M: You know we are both sales representatives,and we take orders over the phone. [07:56.63]When we started job sharing it was difficult,because we both worked all day Monday. [08:03.20]I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. [08:08.97]The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday. [08:12.94]I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. [08:18.59]But Arthur couldn't answer the question and he couldn't ask me about it because I wasn't in the office. [08:25.01]So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. [08:30.82]Of course,they didn't like to wait until the next day to have their questions answered. [08:36.06]W: Yes, that sounds like a problem. [08:39.26]M: So,finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons. [08:46.80]Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning,Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon. [08:54.31]This way, people get their questions answered the same day. [08:59.48]W: What do you do about vacations? [09:03.47]M: Well,Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees, [09:08.93]I take a week and Arthur takes a week. sonatech [09:13.22]W: It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you. [09:16.37]M: Yes, it has. We are both happy with it. [09:21.52]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard [09:27.56]Q19. What do John and author do at Sonatech? [09:48.44]Q20. What problem did John and Arthur have when they started job sharing? [10:10.40]Q21. What does John say about their annual vacation? [10:32.42]Conversation two　　 [10:34.47]W: May I see your license, please? [10:36.87]M: But officer, did I do something wrong? [10:40.44]W: Do you mean to say you didn't see the speed limit sign back there? [10:45.03]M: Um, no, madam, I guess I didn't. [10:47.61]W: In other words, you drove by too fast to read it. [10:52.71]The sign says 35m/h. A school is just nearby, you know? [10:59.51]M: Don't get me wrong, but my speedometer didn't read much faster than that. [11:05.18]W: Then, why is it that my radar showed you are going 45? [11:09.97]Let me put it another way.I'm going to give you a ticket.Again,may I see your license,please? [11:20.45]M: Here it is,officer.But let me explain. [11:24.36]I was late for an important appointment and I was worried that I wouldn't make it on time.So.. [11:31.82]W: Uha, just a minute, here. Your license is no longer valid. [11:38.97]You should have renewed it two weeks ago.I'm going to have to write you up for that,too. [11:45.26]M: What? Really? [11:47.00]W: Your license becomes invalid on your birthday and that was two weeks ago according to the date here. [11:55.00]You are in violation of the law—driving without a valid license. [12:00.57]M: I'm sorry, madam. I hadn't realized that. [12:03.49]W: Here's the ticket for not having a valid license. [12:07.71]But I'm only going to give you a warning about exceeding the speed limit. [12:12.51]Be careful next time. [12:14.83]M: Yes, madam, officer, I will. Thank you. [12:19.06]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard [12:26.53]Q22. Where was the man stopped by the police officer? [12:48.06]Q23. What did the man claim about the speed limit sign? [13:11.57]Q24. What did the woman say about the man's driving license? [13:32.28]Q25. What was the man's penalty? [13:52.89]Section B [13:54.25]Directions [14:26.80]Passage 1 [14:29.55]Since I started working part-time at a grocery store, [14:33.85]I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buy something. [14:39.66]To me,a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping card. [14:49.20]One of the first things customers forget is how to count. [14:54.52]There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line, [15:00.42]which is clearly marked 15 items or less,with 20,25 or even a cart load of items. [15:10.48]Customers also forget why they came to the store in the first place. [15:15.06]Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say, [15:20.07]"Oops,I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread. [15:24.08]I hope you don't mind waiting while I go get it." [15:27.28]Five minutes later,he's back with the bread, a bottle of milk,and three rolls of paper towels. [15:35.63]Strange is that seems customers also seem to forget that they have to pay for their groceries. [15:43.37]Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries, [15:49.71]my customers will wait until I announce the total. [15:53.64]Then,in surprise,she says,"Oh no,what did I do with my check book?" [16:00.63]After 5 minutes of digging through her purse,she borrows my pen because she's forgotten hers. [16:08.97]But I have to be tolerant of customers because they pay my salary, [16:14.00]and that's something I can't afford to forget. [16:19.77]Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard [16:25.20]Q26. What does the speaker say about customers’ entering the grocery store? [16:48.46]Q27. Which customers are supposed to be in the express line? [17:10.30]Q28. What does the speaker say some customers do when they arrive at the check-out counter? [17:33.63]Q29. What does the speaker say about his job at the end of the talk? [17:56.86]Passage 2 [17:58.64]The speech delivery style of Europeans and Asians tends to be very formal. [18:05.18]Speakers of these cultures often read oral presentations from carefully retain manual scripts. [18:11.50]On the other hand, American speakers are generally more informal relative to speakers and other cultures. [18:19.98]American audiences prefer natural,spontaneous delivery that conveys a lively sense of communication. [18:28.99]They don't relay well to speakers who read from a manual script. [18:34.03]If you use an outline of your ideas instead of a prepare text,your speech will not only sound more natural, [18:41.26]but you will also be able to establish better relationship with your listeners and keep their attention. [18:48.74]The language and style you use when making an oral presentation [18:53.80]should not be the same as the language in style you use when writing. [18:58.75]Well retain information,that is meant to be read, does not work as well when it is heard. [19:05.12]It is,therefore,important for you to adapt retain texts or outlines for presentations. [19:11.69]Good speakers are much more informal when speaking than when writing. [19:17.38]They also use their own words and develop their own speaking styles. [19:22.05]Whenever possible,they use short words. [19:25.48]Listeners are appreciated when speakers use simple,everyday words in a presentation. [19:31.76]One advantage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly. [19:38.43]Another is that long and sophisticated vocabulary choices make listening more difficult. [19:46.15]Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard [19:52.78]Q30. What does the speaker say American audiences prefer? [20:15.60]Q31. What should one pay attention to when making an oral presentation? [20:37.66]Q32. What does the speaker focus on in the talk? [20:59.35]Passage 3 [21:01.66]Let children learn to judge their own work [21:06.13]A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. [21:12.75]If corrected too much, he will stop talking. [21:16.85]He compares a thousand times a day the difference between [21:21.80]language as he uses it and language as those around him use it. [21:27.94]Bit by bit,he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. [21:34.96]In the same way, kids learning to do all the other things they learn without adult teachers, [21:43.17]to walk,run,climb,ride a bike,play games,compare their own performance with what more skilled people do, [21:52.47]and slowly make the needed changes. [21:56.15]But in school we never give a child a chance to detect his mistakes. [22:02.01]We do it all for him. [22:04.57]We act as if we thought he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him. [22:11.72]Soon he becomes dependent on the expert. [22:15.64]We should let him do it himself. Let him figure out, [22:20.35]with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, [22:25.22]what is the answer to that problem, [22:28.14]whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or that. [22:32.83]If right answers need to be given,as in mathematics or science,give him the answer book. [22:39.83]Let him correct his own papers. [22:43.07]Why should we teachers waste time on such tedious work? [22:48.36]Our job should be to help the children [22:50.39]when they tell us that they can't find the way to get the right answer. [22:57.51]Question 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard [23:04.51]Q33. How does a child learn to do something according to the speaker? [23:27.75]Q34. What belief do teachers commonly hold according to the speaker? [23:50.38]Q35 What does the speaker imply about the current way of teaching? [24:13.80]Section C [24:15.19]Directions [25:04.73]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. [25:09.52]To the foreign visitor,Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things accomplished on time [25:16.62](according to a predetermined schedule)than they are with developing deep interpersonal relations. [25:23.62]Schedules,for the American,are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail. [25:31.26]It may seem to you that most Americans are completely controlled [25:35.42]by the little machines they wear on their wrists, [25:38.60]cutting their discussions off abruptly to make it to their next appointment on time. [25:44.08]giving a clear indication of how much it is valued. [25:44.09]Americans'language is filled with references to time, [25:52.79]Time is something to be'on',to be 'kept','filled','saved','wasted','gained', [26:00.56]'planned','given','made the most of',even'killed'. [26:05.71]The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late [26:12.52]-- even by 10 minutes -- for an appointment in America. [26:16.93]Time is so valued in America, [26:19.91]because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve more than if one'wastes'time [26:28.07]and doesn't keep busy. [26:29.96]This philosophy has proven its worth. [26:33.40]It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive, [26:37.43]and productivity itself is highly valued in America. [26:41.42]Many American proverbs stress the value of guarding time, [26:46.14]using it wisely, and setting and working toward specific goals. [26:51.14]Americans believe in spending their time and energy today [26:56.28]so that the fruits of their labor may be enjoyed at a later time. [27:01.84]Now the passage will be read again [27:05.29]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. [27:09.76]To the foreign visitor, [27:11.73]Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things accomplished on time [27:16.18](according to a predetermined schedule)than they are with developing deep interpersonal relations. [27:22.94]Schedules,for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest detail. [27:30.03]It may seem to you that most Americans are completely controlled by the little machines they wear on their wrists, [27:37.48]cutting their discussions off abruptly to make it to their next appointment on time. [27:43.05]Americans'language is filled with references to time, [27:47.91]giving a clear indication of how much it is valued. [27:51.84]Time is something to be'on',to be 'kept','filled','saved','wasted', [27:58.66]'gained','planned','given','made the most of',even'killed'. [28:05.17]The international visitor soon learns that it is considered very rude to be late [28:11.55]-- even by 10 minutes -- for an appointment in America [28:16.09]（此时到29:10.89为无声段） [29:11.52]Time is so valued in America, because by considering time to be important one can clearly [29:18.32]achieve more than if one'wastes'time and doesn't keep busy. [29:23.64]This philosophy has proven its worth.It has enabled Americans to be extremely productive, [29:29.98]and productivity itself is highly valued in America. [29:34.11]（此时到30:45.98为无声段） [30:46.53]Many American proverbs stress the value of guarding time, [30:51.32]using it wisely, and setting and working toward specific goals. [30:56.44]Americans believe in spending their time and energy today. [31:01.77]so that the fruits of their labor may be enjoyed at a later time.