2004年英语专业四级考试全真试卷

ti ar al by 00 01 44 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS 2004 GRADE FOUR 00 06 80 PART I DICTATION 00 09 54 Listen to the following passage 00 11 83 Altogether the passage will be read to you four times 00 16 86 During the first reading 00 18 83 which will be done at normal speed 00 21 68 listen and try to understand the meaning 00 25 39 For the second and third readings 00 27 80 the passage will be read sentence by sentence 00 30 97 or phrase by phrase with intervals of 15 seconds 00 36 55 The last reading will be done at normal speed again 00 40 71 and during this time you should check your work 00 44 10 You will then be given 00 45 96 2 minutes to check through your work once more 00 49 89 Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE 00 53 94 Now listen to the passage 00 57 52 MONEY 00 58 94 Money is accepted across the world 01 01 78 as payment for goods or services 01 05 07 People use money to buy food clothes 01 08 68 and hundreds of other things 01 11 41 In the past many different things were used as money 01 16 44 People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods 01 22 46 The Chinese used cloth and knives 01 26 18 In Africa elephant tusks or salt were used 01 31 31 Even today some people in Africa are still paid in salt 01 37 44 Coins were first invented by the Chinese 01 41 60 Originally they were round pieces of metal 01 45 20 with a hole in the center 01 47 50 so that a piece of string could keep them together 01 51 44 This made doing business much easier 01 55 16 but people still found coins inconvenient to carry 01 59 86 when they wanted to buy something expensive 02 03 58 To solve this problem the Chinese again came up with a solution 02 09 92 They began to use paper money for coins 02 13 86 Now paper notes are used throughout the world 02 32 23 MONEY 02 33 98 Money is accepted across the world as payment for goods or services 02 54 66 MONEY 02 56 19 Money is accepted across the world as payment for goods or services 03 16 27 People use money to buy food clothes and hundreds of other things 03 38 04 People use money to buy food clothes and hundreds of other things 03 58 16 In the past many different things were used as money 04 18 60 In the past many different things were used as money 04 37 76 People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods 04 58 62 People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods 05 18 21 The Chinese used cloth and knives 05 37 27 The Chinese used cloth and knives 05 56 16 In Africa elephant tusks or salt were used 06 15 77 In Africa elephant tusks or salt were used 06 34 92 Even today some people in Africa are still paid in salt 06 55 22 Even today some people in Africa are still paid in salt 07 15 73 Coins were first invented by the Chinese 07 34 38 Coins were first invented by the Chinese 07 51 53 Originally they were round pieces of metal with a hole in the center 08 13 07 Originally they were round pieces of metal with a hole in the center 08 32 94 so that a piece of string could keep them together 08 51 93 so that a piece of string could keep them together 09 10 65 This made doing business much easier 09 28 59 This made doing business much easier 09 47 54 but people still found coins inconvenient to carry 10 07 15 but people still found coins inconvenient to carry 10 25 40 when they wanted to buy something expensive 10 43 49 when they wanted to buy something expensive 11 02 26 To solve this problem the Chinese again came up with a solution 11 23 75 To solve this problem the Chinese again came up with a solution 11 44 17 They began to use paper money for coins 12 02 90 They began to use paper money for coins 12 20 95 Now paper notes are used throughout the world 12 38 71 Now paper notes are used throughout the world 12 57 71 MONEY 12 59 68 Money is accepted across the world 13 02 52 as payment for goods or services 13 05 59 People use money to buy food clothes 13 09 31 and hundreds of other things 13 12 26 In the past many different things were used as money 13 17 07 People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods 13 23 09 The Chinese used cloth and knives 13 26 92 In Africa elephant tusks or salt were used 13 32 17 Even today some people in Africa are still paid in salt 13 38 18 Coins were first invented by the Chinese 13 42 44 Originally they were round pieces of metal 13 45 95 with a hole in the center 13 47 87 so that a piece of string could keep them together 13 52 02 This made doing business much easier 13 55 96 but people still found coins inconvenient to carry 14 00 88 when they wanted to buy something expensive 14 04 49 To solve this problem the Chinese again came up with a solution 14 10 84 They began to use paper money for coins 14 14 56 Now paper notes are used throughout the world 14 20 77 Now you have 2 minutes to check through your work 16 24 86 That is the end of the Part I Dictation 16 38 68 PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION 16 43 17 In Sections A B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY 16 50 50 Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow 16 55 86 Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet 17 01 87 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS 17 05 15 In this section you will hear several conversations 17 10 18 Listen to the conversations carefully 17 12 81 and then answer the questions that follow 17 16 74 Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation 17 22 21 At the end of the conversation 17 25 60 you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions 17 30 85 Now listen to the conversation 17 34 58 W Frank do you use E mail 17 38 30 M Yes Chris 17 39 61 W Do you like it 17 41 36 M I like it for its convenience with which 17 44 09 to communicate with people 17 46 27 But there s another side to the picture 17 49 12 W What s that 17 50 65 M For one thing it creates extra workload 17 54 15 I mean people are bolder in making requests 17 57 76 in their E mails 17 59 40 In a face to face situation 18 01 70 people don t ask you to do one thing after another 18 05 42 W That s surely a problem 18 08 15 M Another thing that bothers me 18 10 08 is that I get lots of forwarded messages 18 13 91 People just want to share something 18 16 10 they believe extremely interesting or valuable 18 20 04 W These are not spam or junk mails 18 22 99 M No they are not 18 24 85 But these people simply don t understand 18 28 13 that you may not have the time to read them 18 31 09 How about spam 18 33 05 W My inbox is flooded with 30 to 50 unwanted messages every day 18 38 85 M Well you have a particularly worse case 18 42 79 W What do you think I can do 18 45 52 since you know more about spam than I 18 48 58 M Well first of all 18 50 88 use the filters of E mail providers 18 54 05 The second solution 18 55 47 is to come up with a few different E mail addresses 18 59 19 The last thing I would say 19 01 07 is to get an E mail address 19 03 56 that isn t provided by one of the big providers 19 06 95 such as Yahoo or Hotmail 19 09 25 because that is who the spammers target 19 26 60 Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation 19 32 07 At the end of the conversation 19 34 47 you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions 19 39 50 Now listen to the conversation 19 42 56 W Good afternoon Melrose Apartments 19 45 52 May I help you 19 46 83 M Yes I m interested in renting a one bedroom apartment 19 51 42 Do you have any available 19 53 40 W No I m sorry None are available at this time 19 57 88 but I expect a vacancy in about three weeks 20 01 92 Could I interest you in a two bedroom 20 04 98 M Well I m a student and I have to cut corners 20 10 02 How much more would a two bedroom apartment cost me 20 13 95 W The one bedroom rents for 150 a month 20 19 20 and the two bedroom is only 35 more 20 23 47 M Is the two bedroom a great deal larger 20 26 42 than the one bed room 20 28 06 W Yes it is Also I might tell you 20 31 46 that the one bedroom doesn t have a dishwasher 20 35 07 All of our two bedroom do 20 37 91 M What about signing a lease 20 40 31 W We do require a 6 month lease 20 43 48 and there is a deposit of 100 20 46 44 in case any damage is done to the apartment 20 50 05 M When could I see the apartment 20 52 46 W How about later this afternoon 20 55 29 M Let me see I have an appointment at 3 30 20 59 24 and another one at four 21 01 42 How about five o clock this afternoon 21 04 26 W That would be fine 21 05 80 M I ll pick my wife up from work 21 08 09 and we ll come right over 21 09 95 W I ll be looking forward to seeing you then 21 12 58 M Thank you Good bye 21 14 00 W Good bye 21 29 78 Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation 21 34 48 At the end of the conversation 21 36 44 you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions 21 40 61 Now listen to the conversation 21 43 56 W Hi you re just back from New York 21 46 40 M Yes 21 47 49 W It must be an exciting trip 21 50 01 M Well I ve really seen lots of things 21 53 29 I saw the most spectacular view 21 56 24 when I was crossing a bridge to Manhattan at dusk 21 59 96 and the skyscrapers were lit up 22 02 48 producing a classic nighttime view of Manhattan 22 06 31 W That s really beautiful 22 08 05 M But that s not the whole picture 22 10 68 Some of the streets in New York are very rough 22 13 74 I saw large piles of garbage cans at the roadside 22 17 79 and drawings all over garage doors and store shutters 22 22 50 W I can t believe it 22 24 36 M The garbage are tidily bagged and boxed though 22 28 62 W Did you stay in a hotel 22 30 92 M Yes The hotel we stayed at turned out to be fairly decent 22 36 82 though the room was small 22 38 58 with a tiny bathroom 22 40 04 that was only about 3 feet larger than the bed 22 43 76 As I was inexperienced with tourist area hotels 22 47 70 I was startled I mean 22 49 55 the room was 129 a night 22 53 16 But at least the room was clean 22 55 57 and the bed reasonably comfortable 22 58 41 W What s your general impression of New York 23 02 02 M Well restaurants pack their tiny tables very tightly 23 06 62 grocery stores and bookstores have aisles that are narrow 23 10 88 the sidewalks are stacked with newsstands 23 14 19 vendors and their carts 23 16 27 and places that aren t restrictively small 23 19 22 such as the lawns around the Natural History Museum 23 22 94 are full of people so they re no escape 23 46 14 SECTION B PASSAGES 23 49 09 In this section you will hear several passages 23 53 47 Listen to the passages carefully 23 56 31 and then answer the questions that follow 23 59 81 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage 24 05 60 At the end of the passage 24 07 79 you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions 24 12 72 Now listen to the passage 24 16 43 Food supply is very important 24 18 78 in explaining the behavior of many animals 24 22 06 In many parts of Africa for example 24 25 34 large numbers of different animals move from place to place 24 30 05 looking for the best grass and plants to eat 24 33 76 Every year large numbers of elephants and other animals move 24 39 14 at the same time from one place to another 24 42 54 where food supply is better 24 44 83 The land they move away from is given a chance to rest 24 48 98 so that the grass and plants 24 51 28 can grow fully again 24 52 93 and will offer a good supply of food 24 55 77 at the same time next year 24 58 17 In some parts of Africa 25 00 15 where these migrations 25 01 67 have been taking place naturally for so long 25 05 07 there is now a new problem 25 07 36 Men have started cattle farming 25 10 09 and these cattle are killing the grass and plants 25 13 60 The wild animals have mouths which are shaped 25 17 43 so that they do not pull up all of these grass and plants 25 21 25 So the grass and plants are not killed 25 23 99 and can grow again 25 25 85 But the cattle have mouths 25 27 81 which pull up all of the grass and plants 25 30 65 and so kill them 25 32 40 If this goes on for long all the grass will die 25 36 12 and there will be no food for 25 37 87 either the wild animals or the cattle 25 54 87 Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage 26 00 67 At the end of the passage 26 02 74 you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions 26 07 45 Now listen to the passage 26 10 18 The family is changing 26 12 26 In the past grandparents parents 26 15 10 and children used to live together 26 17 84 and they had an extended family 26 20 79 Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children 26 26 03 were part of this large family group 26 29 10 But family structure is changing throughout the world 26 33 47 The nuclear family consists of only one father 26 37 81 one mother and children 26 40 32 it is becoming the main family structure everywhere 26 44 59 The nuclear family offers married women some advantages 26 49 94 they have freedom from their relatives 26 53 01 and the husband does not have all the power of the family 26 57 93 Studies show that in nuclear families 27 01 32 men and women usually 27 03 29 make an equal number of decisions about family life 27 07 77 But wives usually have to pay 27 10 72 for the benefits of freedom and power 27 13 78 When women lived in extended families 27 17 17 sisters grandparents and aunts 27 20 05 helped one another with housework and childcare 27 23 88 Wives in nuclear families do not often enjoy this benefit 27 29 24 Studies show that women are generally 27 31 92 less satisfied with marriage than men are 27 35 53 In the past 27 36 84 men worked outside the home and women worked inside 27 41 22 Housework and childcare were a full time job 27 44 94 and there was no time for anything else 27 48 10 Now women work outside 27 50 48 and have more freedom than they did in the past 27 54 20 but they still have to do most of the housework 27 58 46 The women actually have two full time jobs 28 02 50 and they have not much free time 28 19 85 Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage 28 25 53 At the end of the passage 28 27 39 you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions 28 31 11 Now listen to the passage 28 34 28 There are three types of noise that can block communication 28 39 48 If you notice these ways 28 41 67 you may make full use of them 28 43 73 to avoid the disadvantages 28 45 70 and achieve your goals in communication 28 48 97 The first external noise 28 51 17 includes those obvious things 28 53 68 that make it difficult to hear 28 56 20 as well as many other kinds of distractions 28 59 81 For instance too much cigarette smoke in a crowed room 29 03 93 might make it hard for you to pay attention to another person 29 07 75 and sitting in the rear of an auditorium 29 11 36 might make a speaker s remarks unclear 29 14 43 External noise can disrupt communication 29 18 26 almost anywhere in our model 29 20 47 in the sender channel message or receiver 29 24 96 The second type of noise is physiological 29 28 46 A hearing disorder is probably the most obvious type 29 32 09 of physiological barrier 29 34 39 although many more exist 29 37 02 Consider the difficulty you experience as a listener 29 41 39 when you are suffering from a cold 29 43 36 or are very tired 29 45 11 In the same way you might speak less 29 48 06 when you have a sore throat or a headache 29 50 90 Psychological noise 29 52 68 refers to forces within the sender or receiver 29 55 85 that make these people less able to express 29 59 67 or understand the message clearly 30 02 75 An outdoorsman might exaggerate the size and number of fish 30 07 24 caught in order to convince himself and others of his talents 30 31 87 SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST 30 35 26 In this section you will hear several news items 30 39 63 Listen to them carefully 30 41 93 and then answer the questions that follow 30 45 22 Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news 30 50 90 At the end of the news item 30 53 42 you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions 30 58 34 Now listen to the news 31 01 95 A court in Zimbabwe 31 03 61 is due to deliver its verdict today 31 06 79 in a trial of a journalist 31 08 65 who works for the British newspaper The Guardian 31 12 48 The trial is seen as a test case 31 15 00 for the country s strict new media laws 31 18 72 Andrew Meldrom an American 31 21 23 who s lived in Zimbabwe for over 20 years 31 24 76 is accused of publishing an untrue story 31 28 15 and faces up to two years in prison if found guilty 31 33 07 A dozen other journalists 31 35 05 have also been charged with offenses relating to the new laws 31 39 96 In court Mr Meldrom s defense 31 42 82 argued that his story was published in Britain 31 46 65 It was beyond the jurisdiction of Zimbabwean laws 32 00 17 Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news 32 05 86 At the end of the news item 32 07 76 you will be given 32 08 97 10 seconds to answer the questions 32 12 03 Now listen to the news 32 14 53 Kuala Lumpur Afghanistan will play soccer at the Asian Games 32 20 40 Mongolia s withdrawal 32 22 25 has given the war torn nation a confidence boost 32 26 30 The Asian Football Confederation AFC 32 30 24 announced in a statement yesterday 32 32 54 that Afghanistan would play in the under 23 tournament 32 37 35 at the Games in Busan 32 39 97 Afghanistan s first match 32 42 38 will be against Iran on September 28 32 46 10 The group s other teams are Qatar and Lebanon 32 49 82 Afghanistan was a founding member of the confederation in the 1950s 32 55 50 before entering long periods of war and factional fighting 33 00 54 The country s chaos was largely ended 33 03 93 after US led forces overthrew the Taliban regime last year 33 09 33 in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks 33 13 05 in the United States 33 15 02 During the Soccer World Cup in June 33 17 97 the president of Afghanistan Football Association AFA 33 23 00 Abdul Alim Kohistaniy 33 25 52 said he hoped his country 33 27 38 would be able to take part in the Asian Games 33 39 70 Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news 33 45 38 At the end of the news item 33 47 68 you will be giv