大学英语4-背诵段落.doc

Book 4 reciting paragraphsUnit 1 The Icy Defender1. In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, led his Grand Army into Russia. He was prepared for the fierce resistance of the Russian people defending their homeland. He was prepared for the long march across Russian soil to Moscow, the capital city. But he was not prepared for the devastating enemy that met him in Moscow - the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter.2. In 1941, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, launched an attack against the Soviet Union, as Russia then was called. Hitlers military might was unequaled. His war machine had mowed down resistance in most of Europe. Hitler expected a short campaign but, like Napoleon before him, was taught a painful lesson. The Russian winter again came to the aid of the Soviet soldiers. Unit 2 Smart Cars7. Two of the most frustrating things about driving a car are getting lost and getting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is unlikely to cure these problems, it will have a positive impact. Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from orbiting satellites can locate your car precisely at any moment and warn of traffic jams. We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites orbiting the earth, making up what is called the Global Positioning System. They make it possible to determine your location on the earth to within about a hundred feet. At any given time, there are several GPS satellites orbiting overhead at a distance of about 11,000 miles. Each satellite contains four “atomic clocks,” which vibrate at a precise frequency, according to the laws of the quantum theory. 8. As a satellite passes overhead, it sends out a radio signal that can be detected by a receiver in a cars computer. The cars computer can then calculate how far the satellite is by measuring how long it took for the signal to arrive. Since the speed of light is well known, any delay in receiving the satellites signal can be converted into a distance. Unit 3 job interview2. When a recent college graduate came into my office not too long ago looking for a sales job, I asked him what he had done to prepare for the interview. He said hed read something about us somewhere.3. Had he called anyone at Mackay Envelope Corporation to find out more about us? No. Had he called our suppliers? Our customers? No.4. Had he checked with his university to see if there were any graduates working at Mackay whom he could interview? Had he asked any friends to grill him in a mock interview? Did he go to the library to find newspaper clippings on us?5. Did he write a letter beforehand to tell us about himself, what he was doing to prepare for the interview and why hed be right for the job? Was he planning to follow up the interview with another letter indicating his eagerness to join us? Would the letter be in our hands within 24 hours of the meeting, possibly even hand-delivered?6. The answer to every question was the same: no. That left me with only one other question: How well prepared would this person be if he were to call on a prospective customer for us? I already knew the answer.Unit 5 a friend in need1. For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.2. These reflections have occurred to me because I read in this mornings paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died at Kobe. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years. I knew him very little, but he interested me because once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action. It was more startling because both in appearance and manner he suggested a very definite type. Here if ever was a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes. I suppose he was about sixty when I knew him. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and station.3. Though his offices were in Kobe, Burton often came down to Yokohama. I happened on one occasion to be spending a few days there, waiting for a ship, and I was introduced to him at the British Club. We played bridge together. He played a good game and a generous one. He did not talk very much, either then or later when we were having drinks, but what he said was sensible. He had a quiet, dry humor . He seemed to be popular at the club and afterwards, when he had gone, they described him as one of the best. It happened that we were both staying at the Grand Hotel and next day he asked me to dine with him. I met his wife, fat, elderly, and smiling, and his two daughters. It was evidently a united and affectionate family. I think the chief thing that struck me about Burton was his kindliness. There was something very pleasing in his mild blue eyes. His voice was gentle; you could not imagine that he could possibly raise it in anger; his smile was benign. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. At the same time he liked his game of cards and his cocktail, he could tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete. He was a rich man and he had made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so small and frail; he aroused your instincts of protection. You felt that he could not bear to hurt a fly.Unit 6 the pace of life24. As Godbey points out, the stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the surfeit of things we try to cram into it. “Its the kid in the candy store,” he says. “Theres just so many good things to do. The array of choices is stunning. Our free time is increasing, but not as fast as our sense of the necessary.”25. A more successful remedy may lie in understanding the problem rather than evading it.26. Before the industrial revolution, people lived in small communities with limited communications. Within the confines of their village, they could reasonably expect to know everything that was to be known, see everything that was to be seen, and do everything that was to be done.27. Today, being curious by nature, we are still trying to do the same. But the global village is a world of limitless possibilities, and we can never achieve our aim.28. It is not more time we need: it is fewer desires. We need to switch off the cell-phone and leave the children to play by themselves. We need to buy less, read less and travel less. We need to set boundaries for ourselves, or be doomed to mounting despair.2009年6月20日大学英语四级考试(CET-4)A卷Part IIIListening Comprehension(35 minutes)Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。11.A) She expected more people at her party.B) She enjoys entertaining small children.C) She threw a surprise party for her friend.D) She has always enjoyed great popularity.12.A) They are not used to living in a cold place.B) They feel lucky to live in Florida.C) They are going to have a holiday.D) They have not booked their air tickets yet.13.A) He was pleased to get the medal.B) He was very courageous.C) He used to be a firefighter.D) He was accused of causing a fire.14.A) Make a profitable investment.B) Buy a new washing machine.C) Get parts for the machine from Japan.D) Have the old washing machine fixed.15.A) He is pleased with his exciting new job.B) He finds the huge workload unbearable.C) He finds his office much too big for him.D) He is not so excited about his new position.16.A) The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow.B) The man has no idea what the right thing to do is.C) The woman doesnt know how to get to the party.D) The man offers to drive the woman to the party.17.A) Drawing up a business plan.B) Discussing a term paper.C) Finalizing a contract.D) Reviewing a co-authored article.18.A) She ordered some paper.B) She had the printer repaired.C) She chatted online with a friend.D) She filled in an application form.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) His health is getting worse.B) He can no longer work at sea.C) His past life upsets him a good deal.D) He has not got the expected pension.20.A) She passed away years ago.B) She used to work as a model.C) She has been working at a clinic.D) She has been seriously ill for years.21.A) She has made lots of money as a doctor.B) She is going to take care of her old dad.C) She has never got on with her father.D) She is kind and generous by nature.22.A) He dines out with his wife every weekend.B) He is excellent but looks bad-tempered.C) He does not care about his appearance.D) He is not quite popular with his patients.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23.A) The man has sent the order to the woman by mistake.B) Some of the telephone systems dont work properly.C) Some of the packs do not contain any manuals.D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard.24.A) Send a service engineer to do the repairs.B) Consult her boss about the best solution.C) Pass the mans order to the right person.D) Solve the problem at her companys cost.25.A) Ideal.B) Temporary.C) Partial.D) Creative.Section B注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.A) It is entertaining.B) It is a costly hobby.C) It takes lots of time.D) It requires training.27.A) They can harm nearby plants.B) They may catch some disease.C) They fight each other for food.D) They may pollute the environment.28.A) Place the food on warmer spots.B) Use prepared feed mixtures only.C) Avoid using any contaminated food.D) Continue the feeding till it gets warm.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.A) He will betray even his best friends.B) He is able to make up good excuses.C) He will lie whenever he wants.D) He tries to achieve his goal at any cost.30.A) She made him apologize.B) She readily forgave him.C) She broke up with him.D) She refused to answer his calls.31.A) Buy her a new set of tires.B) Help clean her apartment.C) Lend her his batteries.D) Move furniture for her.Passage ThreeQuestions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32.A) The atmosphere they live in is rather unreal.B) Their parents put too much pressure on them.C) Its hard for them to get along with other kids.D) They have to live in the shadow of their parents.33.A) He always boasts about his rich father.B) He will grow up to be good for nothing.C) He has too much to know the value of things.D) He is too young to manage his inherited property.34.A) She wants Amanda to get professional care.B) She has no experience in raising children.C) She wants to show off her wealth.D) She has no time to do it herself.35.A) The lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies.B) The worship of money, beauty and pleasure.C) The attention the media focuses on them.D) The pursuing of perfection in performance.11.D12.C13.B14.B15.D16.D17.C18.A19.B20.A21.C22.B23.C24.D25.A26.A27.B28.D29.C30.A31.D32.A33.C34.D35.B2009年12月20日大学英语新四级(CET-4)考试Part IIIListening Comprehension(35 minutes)Section A11.Man: Excuse me, do you have change for a ten-dollar note? I need to pay the parking meter。Woman: Im sorry. But I think you can get it through the money changer, in the shopping center across the street。Question: What is the man trying to do?12.Man: Can you recommend something that a school boy of seven or eight will really like?Woman: I suggest this toy train, sir. Its an excellent brand, very popular, all over the world these days。Question: What is the man doing?13.Woman: Do you let people know when you are taking pictures of them?Man: I try not to. You know, any picture of a person who poses for the camera would look dull and unnatural。Question: What are the speakers talking about?14.Woman: I need to talk to someone who knows Baltimore well. Im told you lived there。Man: Oh, but I was really young at the time。Question: What does the man mean?15.Woman: Arent you disappointed that you didnt get the promotion?Man: Maybe a little. But I know I need more experience before Im ready for that kind of responsibility。Question: What do we learn about the man from this conversation?16.Woman: Ive been working out the gym since January. I was a bit out of shape。Man: You look terrific! It seems that your effort has paid off。Question: What does the man imply about the woman?17.Woman: Prof. Clark suggested that I get a tutor for advanced physics。Man: Well, that might help. Advanced physics is a pretty difficult course。Question: What does the man mean?18.Woman: Bill, have you heard the latest news? It appears we two wont be laid off after all。Man: Oh, Im somewhat tired of working here. Ive been wondering whether I should resign. Anyway, the news seems to be good for you。Question: How does the man feel about the news?Conversation OneWoman: Hello, Parkson college. May I help you?Man: Yes. Im looking for information on courses in computer programming. I would need it for the fourth semester。W: Do you want a day or evening course?M: Well, it would have to be an evening course since I work during the day。W: Aha. Have you taken any courses in data processing?M: No。W: Oh. Well, data processing is a course you have to take before you can take computer programming。M: Oh, I see. Well, when is it given? I hope its not on Thursdays。W: Well, theres a class that meets on Monday evenings at seven。M: Just once a week?W: Yes. But thats all most three hours from seven to nine forty-five。M: Oh. Well, thats alright. I could manage that. How many weeks does the course last?W: Mmmm, let me see. Twelve weeks. You start the first week in September, and finish, oh, Just before Christmas. December 21st。M: And how much is the course?W: Thats three hundred dollars including the necessary computer time。M: Aha. Okay. Ah, where do I go to register?W: Registration is on the second and third of September, between 6 and 9 in Frostall。M: Is that the round building behind the parking lot?W: Yes. Thats the one。M: Oh, I know how to get there. Is there anything that I should bring with me?W: No, just your checkbook。M: Well, thank you very much。W: You are very welcome. Bye!M: Bye!19. Why does the man choose to take an evening course?20. What does the man have to do before taking the course of computer programming?21. What do we learn about the schedule of the evening course?22. What does the man want to know at the end of the conversation?Conversation TwoW: So, why exactly does your job have a reputation for being stressful?M: Stress is generally driven by the feeling of being out of control of a situation, and the feeling of a situation controlling you. Trading in financial markets combines both。W: How do you relax in the evening?M: I very rarely do anything work related. So its easy to escape the markets. I generally go to the gym or go for a run, especially If Ive had a bad day. I always cook a meal rather than have a takeaway. To do something my brain would regard as creative。W: Do you think what you do for relax is an effective way to beat stress?M: I dont think theres a specific rule about how to beat stress. I generally find that what I do is effective for me。W: Would you consider changing your job because of the high stress factor?M: I have considered leaving my job due to stress related factors. However, I do think that an element of stress is a good thing, and if used the right way, can actually be a positive thing。W: What do you enjoy about the stressful aspects of your job?M: Having said all that, I do actually enjoy an element of uncertainty. I enjoy a mental challenge. Trading generates a wide range of emotions second by second. How you deal with and manage those emotions dictates short, medium and long term trading performance and success。23. What is the mans job?24. Why does the man prefer to cook a meal rather than have a takeaway?25. What does the man say about an element of stress in his job?Section A注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。11.A) Get some small change.B) Find a shopping center.C) Cash a check at a bank.D) Find a parking meter.12.A) Shopping with his son.B) Buying a gift for a child.C) Promoting a new product.D) Bargaining with a salesgirl.13.A) Taking photographs.B) Enhancing images.C) Mending cameras.D) Painting pictures.14.A) He moved to Baltimore whe