1996年01月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案

1996 年 1 月四级听力真题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section A1. A) At home. B) At the riverside. C) At the health center. D) At his office.2. A) Having an interview. B) Filling out a form.C) Talking with his friend. D) Asking for information.3. A) She made a mistake by taking too few courses in the first term.B) The courses she took were too difficult for her.C) She took too many courses during her first term.D) She found it difficult to deal with college courses.4. A) Worried and frightened. B) Very relaxed.C) Quite unhappy. D) Angry with the professor.5. A) He enjoys reading letters. B) He has been job-hunting.C) He is offering the woman a job. D) He is working for a company.6. A) She lost her way. B) She lost her keys. C) She lost her car. D) She lost her handbag.7. A) More than an hour and a half. B) Not more than half an hour.C) More than two hours. D) Less than an hour and a half.8. A) She is sure who is going to win. B) Now it is a good time to start the game.C) The game has been going on for a long time. D) The same team always wins.9. A) The ideas of the paper are not convincing. B) Some parts of the paper are not well written.C) The handwriting of the paper is not good. D) The paper is not complete.10. A) Looking for a young lady. B) Looking for her wrist watch.C) Looking for a young gentleman. D) Looking for a man wearing a wrist watch.Section BPassage oneQuestions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) It had many problems. B) It was the most democratic country in the world.C) It was fair to women. D) It had some minor problems to solve.12. A) The women of some states. B) The women in the state of Wyoming only.C) The members of the National Womens Association.D) The women in the state of Massachusetts only.13. A) At the very beginning of the 20th century.B) At the end of the 19th century.C) After Susan Anthonys death.D) Just before Susan Anthonys death.14. A) She worked on the draft of the American Constitution.B) She was the chairman of the National Womens Association.C) She was born in New York and died in Massachusetts.D) She was an activist in the womens movement for equal rights.Passage TwoQuestions 15 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. A) People with problems.B) Travels around the world.C) Beautiful America.D) People in great cities.16. A) He spent three months writing “Travels with Charley”.B) He enjoyed his travels around the United States.C) He was fond of writing about his travels.D) He didnt enjoy the trip as much as Charley.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A) The long distance between his home town and New York.B) His unpopular character.C) The high unemployment rate in New York.D) His criminal record.18. A) He wanted to be put in prison again.B) He needed the money to support his family.C) He hated the barber there.D) He wanted to make himself well known.19. A) He went directly to the police station.B) He drove out of the town and tried to escape.C) He waited for the police to arrest him.D) He argued with the police angrily.20. A) Mr. Spears enjoyed living in prison.B) Mr. Spears was known as a greedy man in his community.C) The police in New York were not very efficient.D) The only way for Mr. Spears to support his family was by going to prison again.1996 年 1 月四级听力参考答案：1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.A 13C 14.D15.A 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D1996 年 1 月大学英语四级 (CET-4)听力原文Section A1.M: Hello, this is John Hopkins at the Riverside Health Center. Id like to speak to Mr.Jones.W: Im sorry, Mr.Hopkins, my husband isnt at home. But I can give you his office phone number. He wont be back until 6 oclock.Q: Where does Mrs.Jones think her husband is now?2.M: Let me see. I have printed my family name, first name, date of birth, and address. Anything else?W: No. Thats all right. Well fill in the rest of it if youll just sign your name at the bottom.Q: What has the man been doing?3.W: I had to deal with so many courses last term that I really had a hard time.M: I told you it would be better for you if you took fewer courses during the first semester.Q: What do we learn about the woman?4.W: Werent you nervous when the professor called on you in class?M: Id say I was shaking all over. Q: How did the man feel when he was called on?5. W: Hey, Mike, whats that youre reading?M: Its a letter from a company where I applied for a job. Theyre offering me a job after I graduate.Q: What do we learn about Mike?6.M: Think it over carefully, you must have left it somewhere.W: But the problem is that I have to have it now. I need it to use my car, and when I get home, to open the door.Q: What happened to the woman?7.W: How much time did you have for writing the paper?M: We were given three hours, but I finished in less than half the time.Q: How long did it take the man to write his paper?8. M: Lets see if the basketball game has started yet.W: Started? It must be clear who is winning by now.Q: What does the woman mean?9.M: What do you think of my paper?W: The ideas are good. If I were you though, Id rewrite the last two paragraphs to make it better.Q: Whats the womans comment on the mans paper?10.W: Excuse me, sir, but have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wrist watch?M: A young man, Madam?Passage OneSusan Anthony was born in massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, New York, in 1906. In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them.One of these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights. In 1869 she helped start the National Womens Association. This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States.In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote. But Susan Anthony and the National American Womens Association Wanted all women to have the right to vote. They worked to add this to the constitution of the United States. Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan anthonys death, an article was added to the Constitution. It gave all American women the right to vote.Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What did Susan Anthony think about her country?12. Who among the American women had the right to vote before 1920?13. When did all women finally get the right to vote in the United States?14. What do we learn about Susan Anthony from the passage?Passage TwoJohn Steinbeck is one of Americas greatest writers. Many of his novels and short stories are about people with troubles and problems.“Travels with Charley“ is different; its a book about traveling around the United States. John Steinbeck and Charley traveled together from New York to Maine and then to the Midwest. From the Midwest, they went west to California. On their way back east, they visited Texas. Finally, John and Charley traveled through the South, and back up north to New York.John Steinbecks journey took three months to complete. When he got home, he wrote about what he saw and heard when he crossed the country.he decided that Americans were wonderful people, and that the United States was full of peaceful towns, great cities, huge mountains, and beautiful parks. Charley seemed to enjoy the trip, although he didnt say or write anything. You might wonder why charley had no ideas about America. The reason is: he was John Steinbecks dog, a big black dog.Questions 15 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.15. What are most of Steinbecks books about?16. What does the passage tell us about Steinbeck?Passage ThreeIn the local newspaper of my community recently, there was a story about a man named Virgil Spears. He lived in a small town about 40 miles from my home. He had served five years in a New York prison for robbing a restaurant. When he returned to his family, Mr.S