英语专业四级听力试题原文答案.doc

2005年英语专业四级考试听力试题原文答案答案1. C2. A3. B4. A5. D6. B7. A8. C9. B10. A11. C12. B13. D14. B15. D16. B17. D18. B19. A20. B21. D22. B23. B24. D25. A26. C27. B28. D29. C30. ASECTION A CONVERSATIONS Conversation OneW: Good morning. Sit down, please, Mr Johnson.M: Thank you, Maam.W: Ive 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, my strongest subjects were arts subjects. My best subject was history, and my second best was geography (Ql). However, my favorite subject was maths and the results I got in the maths paper were quite reasonable.W: Thats true. Now can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job?M: Well, Maam, I understand that you manufacture computers, prepare software, and advise clients on how to use them. Is that right?W: Thats right.M: And Ive been told that working with computers needs a logical mind (Q2) rather than great skills in mathematics. Thats 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 materials for computers, wouldnt you?M: Yes, Maam. Thats what interests me most about computers, writing programs (Q3). But I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously. Im sure that career prospect in this industry would be very good no matter what sort of job I went into.W: I see. Well, thank you! Ive enjoyed our talk. Well be writing to you.M: Thank you,Maam. Good morning.Conversation TwoW: Excuse me. Could I ask you some questions?M. Of course.W: I work for an advertising agency, and Im doing some research. Its for a new magazine for people like you (Q4). M; People like me. What do you mean? W: People between 25 and 35 years old. M: OK.W: Right. What do you do at the weekend?M: Well, on Fridays my wife always goes to her exercise class. Then she visits friends. W: Dont you go out?M: Not on Fridays. I never go out on Fridays. I stay at home and watch television (Q5). W: And on Saturdays?M: On Saturdays my wife and I always go sailing together(Q6). W: Really?M: H. mmm. We love it. We never miss it. And then in the evening we go out (Q6). W: Where to?M: Different places. We sometimes go to see friends, we sometimes go to the cinema or restaurant, but we always go out on Saturday evenings. W: I see. And now Sunday. What happens on Sundays?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: En. Twice a week, three times a week? W: Thank you very much. All I need now are your personal details; your name, job and so on. Whats your surname (Q7)? m: Robinson. Conversation ThreeM: Parcel Express. Good morning. How can I help you? W: Good morning. Im 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, we need the following information; the invoice address, thats probably your address, isnt it? And then the pickup address if thats different. And contact phone number (Q8).W: Just a moment. Im taking notes. Phone number, right. M: Then we need the full name, address and phone number of the person youre sending the parcel to.W: OK, anything else? M: Yes. The weight and dimension of the parcel, thats height, width and length, and the value of the goods and the full description. W: Value.? Description? M: Yes, but dont seal that parcel. You need to leave it open so that the driver can check the contents when he collects it. After the recent bombing, the airline said we would have to check all parcels. They told us we had to do it (Q9).W: Fine. Now,last question, how long will the parcel take to get to New York (Q10)? 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 itll arrive within 24 hours. W: Right, thank you very much. Youve been very helpful. M: Not at all. Goodbye. W: Goodbye.SECTION B PASSAGESPassage AAnnouncer: Attention, all passengers! Platform change, this is platform change. The train now standing at Platform 9 is the 10:48 train, calling it all stations to Nanjing. Please note the train at Platform 9 is not the 10!52 train to Jinan. Its the 10!48 train calling it all stations to Nanjing (Qll). The 10!52 to Jinan will now leave from Platform 7.Train announcement. The 11; 20 train to Zhengzhou from Platform 8 will be subject to a 15-minute delay. I repeat, there will be a 15-minute delay with the Zhengzhou train on Platform 8. It will now leave at 11:35, not 11;20 (Q12). The 11:28 train to Hangzhou has been cancelled (Q13). We apologize to customers, but due to signal problems 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.Passage BThe International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum was opened in Geneva in 1988. It tells the story of men and women who in the course of the major advance of the last 150 years have given assistance to victims of war and natural disasters (Q14). The organization was established in 1863. It was based on an idea by a Swiss businessman called Henry Durant. He had witnessed the heavy casualties of the Battle of Sapharino in Italy four years earlier in which 40, OOP people were killed, wounded or missing. He had seen the lack of medical services and great suffering of many of the wounded, who simply died from lack of care (Q15).The International Red Cross or Red Crescent exists to help the victims of conflicts and disasters regardless of their nationalities. The symbol of the organization was originally just the Red Cross. It has no religious significance (Q16). The founder of the movement adopted it as a tribute to Switzerland. However, during the Russia-Turkish war, the Turks felt the cross could be seen as an offence to Muslim soldiers. And the second symbol, the Red Crescent was adopted for use by national organizations in the Islamic world. Both are now official symbols (Q16). Passage CAt major college or high school sports events, cheerleaders, both male and female, jump and dance in front of the crowd and shout the name of their team, running around and yelling, Go, Team, go!The first cheerleader ever was a man. In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd at University of Minnesota and shouted for his team. He shouted, Hurrah, Minnesota! This was the first organized shout or yell.For the next 32 years, cheerleaders were men only. Cheerleading is not just about cheering. They practice special shouts, dances, and athletic shows (Q18). 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 (Q19). They yell and dance, too. It is like human fireworks. Of course, they may often suffer serious knee and wrist injuries and bloody noses(Q19).Cheerleaders have their own contests every year at local, state and national levels (Q20). And the crowd shouts for them. It is not fair to think Cheerleading is just being cheerful and lively and having a loud voice. Cheerleading is a sport in itself (Q17).SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item One (questions 21 and 22)The bodies of dozens of African immigrants, discovered off the Italian coast last week, might have been thrown overboard, Italian official said on Monday (Q21). A coast guard spokesman said 15 illegal immigrants, all believed to come from Somalia (Q22), survived being thrown into the Mediterranean Sea. But one of the survivors, a woman, was in a serious condition. They told the coast guards that their boat had left Libya (Q22) 20 days before with around 100 immigrants aboard. They said most had died during the trip. Last Friday, seven Africans, including three children, died before their boat could reach the island. A further 25 people survived.News Item Two (question 23)China has said it has decided on putting three people into space for a week (Q23), the China news service said on Tuesday. The News Agency reported an official as saying that the preparations were under way for the next Shenzhou launch. The Shenzhou VI is expected to blast off within the next two years. Shenzhou V carried the Chinese astronaut aloft. He circled the earth 14 times during his twenty-one-hour trip, October 15 to 16 (Q23), 2003 making China the third country to put a man into space. News Item Three (questions 24 and 25)Gigantic waves of flame that covered entire neighborhoods and filled the skies over southern California with ash (Q24) have killed at least 13 people. At least 6 separate wild fires 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 (Q24). Authority said they were seeking two men in connection with the fires, which they believed were started deliberately (Q25).News Item Four (questions 26 to 28)There has been modest growth in tourism worldwide despite two years of terrorism, war and disease, and China is the engine driving it, according to the World Tourism Organization. International tourists numbers hit a record of 702 million last year, a rise of 2. 7 percent over 2001, the year of the September llth attacks. France remains the most popular destination, receiving more than 77 million visitors, followed