大学英语听力理解第四级教师用书.doc

BAND IVUnit OnePart I Conversations Directions: In this section youll hear 10 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the question will be spoken once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.Section A Short Conversations 1. M：I have to type my paper late tonight, but Im afraid my roommate wont be able to sleep.W: There is a soundproof typing room in the basement. You can take your typewriter down there and no one will hear it.Q: According to the woman, what should the man do? C )2. W: Guess what I just heard Dave s selling that car of his that you like so much.M: Oh, wow. I ll bet it s expensive but it couldn t hurt to check it out.Q: What does the man probably do? B)3. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guess well have to buy some in the morning. M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Lets just wash out our brushes for now. Q: What will they probably buy in the morning? C)4. M: If you can make up your mind about the color. I can start on the outside of your house early next week. W: Well, right now I think I want white for the window frames and yellow for the walls. But I will let you know tomorrow. Q: Who is the woman talking to? A)5. W: What can I do for you? M: I would like to get my money work for me. W: There are two kinds. One is relatively safe but offers a low return on your money, the other promises high profits but that involves considerable speculation. Which one do you prefer? Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A)6. W: What time does your bus leave for the office in the morning? M: Its on an irregular schedule. On Mondays it leaves at 7:30 a.m.; on Tuesday and Wednesdays, it leaves 15 mimutes later; and on Thursdays and Fridays it leaves 30 minutes later.Q: What time does his bus leave on Fridays? D)7. M: Darling, here is a very good movie to be shown at Grand Theatre. Shall we go and see it tomorrow evening?W: I know its very interesting. But I am afraid we cant. Do you still remember that your uncle is coming tomorrow afternoon and we need to meet him at the airport?Q: What will the two speakers most probably do tomorrow afternoon? B)8. M: How are your piano lessons going? W: Very well. My teacher thinks Im making progress. And I find the lessons well-worth the time and effort.Q: What does the woman think of her piano lessons? D)9. M: What would be like working with those young stars?W: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that we didnt get along, just because we were girls, there was never a fight. We had a great time.Q: What does the woman mean? A)10. M: You havent seen a blue notebook, have you? I hope I didnt leave it in the reading room. W: Did you check that pile of journals you borrowed from the library the other day?Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman? B)Section B Long ConversationsNow you will hear two long conversations.Conversation OneW: Please have a seat, Mr. Thunders. I received your job resume last week, and was very impressed.M: Thank you! W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds. May I ask why you are interested in working for us?M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I always want to work for a smaller company.W: Thats good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job?M: Im currently working in a large international company in charge of team of 8 brokers, we buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide.W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position?M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experience in the stock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.W: Well, you might just be the person weve been looking for. Do you have any questions?M: Uh-hum, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling?W: You will be working with two other head brokers, in other words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.M: And who would I report to?W: Directly to me.M: I see. What kind of benefits package do you offer?W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions?M: No, not at the moment.W: Well, I have to discuss your application with my colleagues and well get back to you early next week.M: OK, thanks, its been nice meeting you!W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11. Whats the purpose of Mr. Thunders visit? B)12. What is Mr. Thunders current job? C)13. What can we conclude from the conversation? D)Conversation TwoW: Oh, where are we going?M: I want to show you something.W: I know, but what is it?M: A farm. Its just down this road. Its a small place, but at least it would be our own.W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a farm?M: It isnt very large, only 40 acres. We wouldnt have to pay very much right now.W: Is there a house on the place?M: A small one, two bedrooms, but it needs to be fixed up a little. I can do the job myself.W: OK. Is there enough space for a kitchen garden?M: There is about half an acre around the house. Thats plenty of space.W: Then we can grow our own fresh vegetables. And maybe keep a few chickens, couldnt we?M: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own food.W: What are you thinking about growing, if we do take this place?M: Well, it really isnt big enough for corn. I thought we might try to raise a crop of potatoes.W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work.M: We are used to hard work, arent we?W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have enough to get started? It seems like a dream.M: I think weve saved enough. We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the conversation you have just heard.14. What are the speakers going to do at the time of the conversation? C)15. What does the man say about the farm? B)16. Why does the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn on the farm? C)17. What is the womans greatest concern about the mans plan? A)Part II Passages Directions: In this section youll hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, youll hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.Passage OneReducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day. According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports, yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material，learning new lessons and completing high-quality work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention. The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children. Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well-functioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the studys lead author. So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration. “If we dont ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns in kids struggling academically, then we arent doing our job”, Forlone said. For parents, he said, the message is simple, “getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time”.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. What were teachers told to do in the experiment? C)19. According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students? B)20. What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents? D)Passage TwoPatricia Pania never wanted to be a public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and home-maker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her 2-year-old daughter. Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears and to action. In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 40 million people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem, and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.Questions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard. 21. What was the significant change in Patricia Panias life? C)22. What had led to Panias personal tragedy? D)23. How did Pania feel when she began her first speech? A)24. What could be expected as a result of Panias efforts? B)Passage ThreeSome mental health research has linked depression in women with lower weight in their babies during the first year of life. They studied 632 women from small villages. The women were in good physical health and in the last three months of pregnancy.The study identified 160 of the women, or one in four, as depressed. They always felt sad or tired. They had problems eating or sleeping. They felt guilty and thought about killing themselves.The researchers compared these women with 160 others who were not depressed. Health workers then weighed and measured the babies of both groups at birth. Re-examinations took place at two, six and twelve months of age. The health workers also re-examined the mental health of the mothers.Babies whose mothers remained depressed grew less than the babies of the other women. The babies of the depressed mothers were also more likely to get sick. Earlier studies showed that ten to fifteen percent of pregnant women and new mothers in Western nations suffer from depression. Other studies in South Asia have found that depression affects almost two times as many women in developing countries.A new program will be started to help these new mothers. In the program health workers will visit new mothers for up to a year. The workers offer advice about things like health and cleanliness. The health workers will also listen to the mothers problems and suggest some easy things at first that she can do for her baby. The program will be tested for three years to see how well it succeeds. Questions 25 to 27 are based on the passage you have just heard.25. What do we know about the condition of the studied women ? A)26. Which of the following is not what the health workers do in the research? B)27. How long will the program last? C)Part III DictationSection A Words and phrasesDirections: In this section youll hear some words or phrases. Each one will be read two times. Please write them down on your answer sheet.1. endanger 2. starvation 3. discipline 4. transfer 5. climate 6. in fear of 7. retreat 8. substance 9. from head to foot 10. destruction 11. oriental 12. percentage 13. accelerate 14. investment 15. contributionSection B SentencesDirections: In this section youll hear 5 sentences. Each sentence will be read three times. First, youll hear a sentence with normal speed just to get a general idea of it. Then in the second reading, youll hear the sentence with slower speed and youll be given a pause at the end of the sentence. During the pause, you must write down the whole sentence on your answer sheet. Finally, the sentence is read to you with normal speed again, and you can check your answer.Sentence One: As society develops, man tends to become less dependent on nature directly, while indirectly his dependence grows.Sentence Two: Forests were destroyed and the area of farmland increased.Sentence Three: Such questions make me uneasy about promoting wild-life conservation in poor nations.Sentence Four: But as time goes on mankind becomes increasingly concerned with the question of where and how to obtain irreplaceable natural resources for the needs of production. Sentence Five: People in poor countries should not be asked to choose between their own short-term survival and longer-term environmental needs.Section C Spot Dictation Directions: In this section there are two dictation passages. The passages are printed on your answer sheet with some words missing. Each of the passage will be read to you three times. First, youll hear the whole passage from the beginning to the end just to get a general idea of it. Then in the second reading, youll be given a pause after each blank. During the pause, you must write down the missing word or words you have just heard in the corresponding space on your answer sheet. You can check what you have written when the passage is read to you once again without the pauses.Dictation OneIn the name of convenience, nearly everything in a supermarket is prepackaged. But as the environment costs of this type of convenience have become clearer, consumers have begun to question its true value. The packaging used by supermarkets (1) creates various environmental problems. The (2) demand for paper for wrapping encourages the cutting down of forests around the world. Making plastic shopping bags (3) requires huge amounts of oil. The (4) precious natural resources used to make packaging are (5) generally wasted because we consumers merely throw the packaging away. We are then faced with the (6) enormous problem of dealing with the packaging we throw away.The problem of supermarket packaging may seem impossible to (7) solve, but there are things consumers can do. First, (8) we can try to buy products with as little packaging as possible. Second, we can refuse the extra bags and packaging supermarket offer consumers. Finally, (9) we can bring our own bags to the supermarket and reuse any plastic bags of containers we bring home. These measures may seem small, but if consumers join together in reducing waste and reusing packaging, (10) we can make real progress in the effort t to have both convenient life styles and a clean environment.Dictation Two The man-nature relationthe crisis of the (1) ecological situationis a (2) global problem. Its solution lies in (3) rational and wise organization of both (4) production itself and care for Mother Nature, not just by (5) individuals, enterprises or countries, but by all humanity. One of the ways to (6) deal with the crisis situation in the “man-nature” (7) system is to use such resources as (8) solar energy, the power of winds, the riches of the seas and oceans and other, as yet unknown natural forces of the universe.But return to our theme, (9) the bitter truth is that those human actions which violate the laws of nature, the harmony of the biosphere, threaten to bring disaster and this disaster may turn out to be universal. How apt then are the words of ancient Oriental wisdom: (10) live closer to nature, my friends, and its eternal laws will protect you!Section D Passage DictationDirections: In this section youll hear a short passage of about 100 words three times. First youll hear the whole passage from beginning to end just to get a general idea of it. Then in the second reading, youll be given a pause after each sentence or sometimes in the middle of a long sentence. During the pause, you must write down the sentence on your answer sheet. The next sentence is read just like the previous one. This will continue until the whole passage ends. You can check what you have written when the passage is read once again without pauses.Man has a blood tie with nature and nobody can live outside n