05年英语专四听力原文和答案

2005 年专四听力答案 PART I DICTATION The Wristwateh It is generally believed that wristwatches are an exception to the normal sequence in the evolution of mens jewelry./ Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women/ and then adopted by men./ In the old days, queens included wristwatches among their crown jewelry. / Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers. / Until World War I, Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters. / Then army officers discovered that the wristwatch was most practical for active combat. Race car drivers also loved to wear wristwatches/ and pilots found they are most useful while flying. / Soon men dared to wear wristwatches without feeling self-conscious. / By 1924 some 30% of men s watches were worn on the wrist. / Today the figure is 90% / and they are now worn by both men and women/ for practical purposes rather than for decoration. PART LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation. W: Good morning, sit down please, Mr. Johnson. M: Thank you, maam. W: I have read your letter here. You seem to have done very well at school. Can you tell me something about your school work? M: As you can see, (1) my strongest subjects were art subjects. My best subject was history and my second best was geography. However, my favorite subject was math and the results I got in the math paper were quite reasonable. W: ITiat s true. Now can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job? M: Well, ma am, I understand that you manufacture computers, prepare software and advise clients on how to use them. Is that right? W: Thats right. M: And (2) I ve been told that working with computers needs the logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics. That s especially true, I believe, when it comes to writing programs. So I think my results show that I have some ability in logic and in mathematics as well. W: So you would like to write material for computers, would you? M: Yes, ma am, (3) that s what interests me most about computers: writing programs. But I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously. I am sure that career prospects in the industry will be very good no matter what sort of job I went into. W: I see. Well, thank you. I ve enjoyed our talk, we II be writing to you. M: Thank you maam. Good morning. Key: 1.C 2.A 3.B Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. W: Excuse me, could I ask you some questions? M: Of course. W: I work for an advertising agency and ( 4 )lm doing some research. It s for a new magazine, for people like you. M: People like me? What do you mean? W: People between 25 and 35 years old. M: OK. W: Right. Um, What do you do at the weekend? M: Well, on Fridays my wife always goes to her exercise classes, then she visits friends. W: (5)Dont you go out? M: (5)Not on Fridays. I never go out on Fridays. I stay at home and watch television. W: And on Saturdays? M: (6)0n Saturdays my wife and I always go sailing together. W: Really? M: Mmm, we love it. We never miss it. And then in the evening we go out. W: Where to? M: Different places. We sometimes go and see friends, we sometimes go to the cinema or a restaurant, but we always go out on Saturday evenings. W: I see.And now, Sunday? What happen on Sunday? M: Nothing special. We often go for a walk and I always cook a big Sunday lunch. W: Oh, how often do you do the cooking? M: Um, twice a week, three times a week. W: Thank you very much. (7) All I need now are your personal details, your name, job, and so on. What s your surname? M：Robinson. Key: 4.A 5. D 6.B 7.A Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. M: Parcel Express, good morning. How can I help you? W: Good morning, I m thinking of sending a parcel to New York next week. Can you tell me what the procedure is, please? M: Certainly. When you ring us, (8) we need the following information; the invoice address, that s probably your address, isn t it? And then, the pickup address if that s different. And a contact phone number. W: Just a moment, I m taking notes. Phone number, right. M: Then we need the full name, address and phone number of the person you re sending the parcel to. W: Ok, anything else? M: Yes, the weight and dimensions of the parcel. That s height, width and length. And the value of the goods and a full description. W: Value, description. M: Yes, but don t seal the parcel. (9) You need to leave it open so that the driver can check the contents when he collects it. After the recent bombins, the airlines said that we d have to check all parcels. They told us we had to do it. W; Fine, (10) now last question. How long will the parcel take to get to New York? M: One to two working days. There are daily flights at midday. And if we collect the parcel from you at 10:15, then your parcel catches that flight and it”ll arrive within 24 hours. W: Right, thank you very much. Youve been very helpful. M: Not at all. Good-bye. W: Good-bye. Key: 8.C 9.B 10.A SECTION B PASSAGES Questions II to 73 are based on the following announcement. Attention all passengers, platform change, this is a platform change. (11) The train, now standing at platform 9, is the 10:48 train, calling at all stations to Nanjing. Please note, the train on platform 9 is not the 10:52 train to Jinan. Its the 10:48 train calling at all stations to Nanjing. (12) The 10:52 to Jinan will now leave from platform 7. Train announcement. The II: 20 train to Zhengzhou from platform 8 will be subject to a 15-minute delay. I repeat, there will be a 15- minute delay for the Zhengzhou train on platform 8. It will now leave at 11:35, not 11:20. (13) The 11:28 train to Hangzhou has been cancelled. We apologize to customers, but due to a signal problem, the 11: 28 train to Hangzhou from platform 15 has been cancelled. The 11:32 train to Tianjin is now standing at platform 13. Please note, there will be no restaurant car on this train. I repeat, there will be no restaurant car on the 11:32 to Tianjin now standing at platform 13. Key: 11.C 12.B 13.D Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum was opened in Geneva in 1988. (14)lt tells the story of men and women who, in the course of the major events of the last 150 years, have given assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. The organization was established in 1863 and was based on an idea by a Swiss businessman called Henn Burant. (15)He had witnessed the heavy casualties at the battle of Sulferino in Italy 4 years earlier, in which 40 OOP people were killed, wounded or missing. He had seen the lack of medical services and the great suffering of many of the wounded who simply died from lack of care. The International Red Cross or Red Crescent exists to help the victims of conflicts and disasters regardless of their nationalities. (16) The symbol of the organization was originally just the red cross. It has no religious significance. The founders of the movement adopted it as a tribute to Switzerland. However, during the Russo-Turkish War, the Turks felt that the cross could be seen as offensive to Muslim soldiers, (16) and a second symbol, the red crescent, was adopted for use by national organizations in the Islamic world. Both are now official symbols. Key: 14.B 15.D 16.B Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At major college or high school sports events, cheerleaders, both male and female, jump and dance in front of the crowd, and sholft the name of their team, running around and yelling “ Go, team, Go “. The first cheerleader ever was a man. In 1898, John Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at the University of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted “ Hoorah, Minnesota“. This was the first organized shout, or yell. For the next 32 years cheerleaders were men only. Cheerleading is not just about cheering. (18) They practice special shouts, dances, and athletic shows. (19) The men throw the women high in the air and catch them. The team members climb on each others shoulders to make a human pyramid. They yell and dance, too. It is like human fireworks. Of course, they may often suffer serious knee and wrist injuries, and bloody noses. (17)/(20) Cheerleaders have their own contests every year at local, state and national levels. And the crowd shouts for them. It is not fair to think cheerleading is just being cheerful and lively and having a loud voice. (17) Cheerleading is a sport in itself. Key: 17.D 18.B 19.A 20.B SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST News Item 1 (21) The bodies of dozens of African immigrants, discovered off the Italian coast last week, might have been thrown overboard, Italian officials said on Monday. A coast guard spokesman said 15 illegal immigrants, all believed to come from Somalia, survived being thrown into the Mediterranean Sea. But one of the survivors, a woman, was in a serious condition. (22) They told the coast guard that their boat had left Libya 20 days before, with around 100 immigrants aboard. They said most had died during the trip. Last Friday, 7 Africans, including 3 children, died before their boat could reach the island. A further 25 people survived. Key: 21.D 22.B News Item 2 (23) China has set its sight on putting 3 people into space for a week, the China News Service said on Tuesday. The news agency reported an official as saying that preparations were underway for the next Shenzhou launch. The Shenzhou VI is expected to blast off within the next 2 years. Shenzhou V carried a Chinese astronaut aloft. He circled the Earth 14 times during his 21- hour trip, October 15-16, 2003, making China the third country to put a man into space. Key: 23.B News Item 3 (24) Gigantic waves of flame that covered entire neighborhoods and filled the skies over Southern California with ash have killed at least 13 people. At least 6 separate wildfires were still burning on Monday morning, all the way from the Mexican border to the suburbs of Los Angeles. They were reported to have destroyed 800 homes and consumed about 120 000 hectares of land. (25) Authorities said they were seeking 2 men in connection with the fires, which they believe were started deliberately. Key: 24.D 25.A News Item 4 There has been modest growth in tourism worldwide, despite 2 years of terrorism, war and disease. And China is the engine driving it, according to the World Tourism Organization. International tourist numbers hit a record 702 million last year, a rise ,of 2.7 percent over 2001 , the year of the September II attacks. (26)