录音文字材料范文

录音文字材料范文录音文字材料范文 英语专业四级考试录音文字材料Model Test1PART DICTATION Listen to the followingpassage Altogether the passage will be readto youfour times During the first reading which will be readat normalspeed listen andtry tounderstand themeaning For the second andthird readings the passage will be read sentenceby sentence or perhapsphrase byphrase with intervalsof15seconds The lastreading will be readat normalspeed again and duringthis timeyou shouldcheck your work You willthen be given2minutes tocheck throughyour workonce more Please writethe wholepassage onANSWER SHEETTWO Light travels at a speed whichis about a million times fasterthan thespeed ofsound In onesecond light travels about300 000km but soundtravels only0 334km You canget someidea ofthis differenceby watchingthe startof arace If youstand somedistance awayfrom thestarter you can see smokee fromthe referee s gunbefore thesound reachesyour ears This greatspeed oflight producessome strangefacts Sunlight takesabout8minutes to reach us If youlook at the lightof the moon tonight remember that the lightrays leftthemoon1 3seconds beforethey reachyou The neareststar isso faraway that the lightwhich you canseefrom it tonight startedto travel towards youfour years ago The lightfrom someof tonight s starsmay havestarted onits journeyto youbefore youwere born PART LISTENING PREHENSION In SectionsA B andC you will heareverything onceonly Listen carefullyand thenanswer thequestions thatfollow Mark thecorrect responsefor eachquestion in your AnswerSheet SECTION ASTATEMENT In thissection you will hear eight statements At theend of the statement you will be given10seconds to answer eachof the following eight questions 1 Samuel visitedDallas on his way to New York He is planning togo toChicago andPhiladelphia Now heis onplane 2 Heavy rainscaused thedam tocollapse 3 There won t bea lecturefor thestudents unlessProfessor Caseyapproves ofit 4 Born andbrought upin Europe Alice wouldbe muchdelighted ifshe couldexchange herjob inLos Angelesfor onein Berlin 5 John s writinghas beenimproved sincehe tookthat Englishcourse 6 Mr Jones has been underthe weatherfor quitea fewdays 7 Although thecharity appealraised onlyhalf of what itexpected one quarterof amillion dollarsis respectable 8 Many peopleuse brighterlight bulbsthan theyneed SECTION BCONVERSATION In thissection you will hear eightconversations between two speakers At theend ofeach conversation you will be given10seconds to answer eachof thefol lowingeightquestions 9 M Shall Ilock upthe puterlab nowbefore Igo home W Don t bother I m notleaving for a while I cancheck iton myway out 10 M Hello this isTom Davis I havean appointmentwith Mrs Jones for9o clock thismorning But I m afraidI ll haveto be15minutes late W That s allright Mr Davis She doesn t haveanother appointmentsc heduleuntil10o clock 11 M Did youfind what you wanted You ve beengone allafternoon W I lookedall overthe town but couldn t find any bookcaseson sale They re soexpensive I guessI ll waita while 12 M Can youlend me 300until payday W It s outof thequestion 13 W I ve builtthis up to apoint whereI m just beside myselfwith anxiousness I ve gotto gethold ofmyself M Would youlike atranquilizer You appearto needone 14 W Good afternoon officer I ama strangerhere Can youtell mehow to get to the postoffice M Yes Go upthis streetand takethefirstturning on the left The postoffice isnext toa children s park You won t miss it 15 W I ve beenwaiting herefor a good20minutes Why didit takeyou so long toe back M Oh I m sorryto havekept yousitting heresolong I hadto drivetwo blocksbefore Ifinally founda placeto parkthe car 16 M If youdon t havean aounthere I can t cashyour check I m sorry but that s theway it is W Well thanks alot You re abig help SECTION EWS BROADCAST Passage One Questions17to18are basedon the following news At theend of the newsit em you will be given20seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news Sudanese oppositionleader Sadeqal Mahdi who travels to Washingtonnext week says hewill pushthe Bush administration tourge both sides inhis country s civilwar tomake peaceand createa truedemocracy In aninterview withReuters newsagency Mr Mahdi says the United States canplay an important rolein pressuringbothsidestoreacha justpeace throughpolitical talks not warfare Last week Secretary ofState ColinPowell visitedthe regionand promisedto tryharder to end theSudanese war which haskilled anestimated twomillion people It pits the Muslimnorth against the largelyChristian andanimist south Sudan s PresidentOmar HassanAl Bashir andrebel leaderJohn Garangare tohold proximitytalks Saturdayin Nairobialong witheast Africanleaders tryingto mediatean end to the18year conflict In additionto theKenyan host President DanielarapMoi the Ugandan Ethiopian andEritrean leadersare to attend thesession Passage Two Questions19to21are basedon the following news At theend of the newsitem you will be given30seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news The United Nations ispredicting foodshortages in Zimbabwe this year because of governmentpolicies that allowed warveterans totake overhundreds ofwhite owned farms crippling theirproduction In areport publishedFriday the U N Food andAgricultural Organizationforesees anearly one quarter dropinZimbabwe s cerealproduction fromlast year This includesa plungeof more than50percent incorn yields The reportsays Zimbabwewill probablyneed toimport more than500 000tons ofcereals thisyear but hasonly thehard currencyto purchaseabout one fifth thatamount The FAOstudy says the urbanpoor andlow ine residentsof southernand easternZimbabwe aremost vulnerable to foodshortages Zimbabwe PresidentRobert Mugabehas describedthe seizureof farmsas ajustified protestagainsttheownership bywhites of aboutathird of the country s productiveland The governmentwants toexpropriate white owned landwithout pensationand redistributeittolandless blacks Passage Three Questions22to23are basedon thefollowing news At theend of the newsitem you will be given20seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news Negotiations totry torescue Argentina s nationalairline Aerolineas Argentinas from bankruptcyresume Friday in BuenosAires The country s mainworkers syndicate Confederation Generaldel Trabajo CGT is sponsoringtalks amongthe airline s sevenunions inhopes ofreaching an agreement thatwill bringthe carrierdesperately neededcash Spain hasa majoritystake in the troubledairline andhas offereda 350million financialrescue packagein exchangefor acut inworkers benefits But theairline technicians union isso farrefusing toaept thedeal The othersix unionsassociated withthe carrierhave agreedto thepackage Aerolineas Argentinasfaces some 900million indebts andis losingbetween 20 30million amonth Passage Four Questions24to25are basedon thefollowing news At theend of the newsitem you will be given20seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news Japanese ForeignMinister MakikoTanaka is reported to have voicedconcerns overWashington s planfor amissile defensesystem Japanese newsreports Fridaysaid Ms Tanaka toldItalian ForeignMinister LambertoDini inBeijing lastFriday thatshe wasconcerned aboutU S plans todeploy missiledefenses The reportssaid shealso suggestedthat Japanand Europemust cooperatein urgingWashington toshow cautionabout theplan If theremarks areconfirmed it wouldput Ms Tanaka atodds withTokyo s officialposition thatit understands Washington splanto developthe NationalMissile Defenseproject Washington saysthe systemis neededto protectthe UnitedStates andits alliesfrom attackby so called roguenations Model Test2 PART DICTATION Listen to thefollowingpassage Altogether the passage willbe readto youfour times During thefirst reading which willbe readat normalspeed listen andtry tounderstand themeaning For thesecond andthird readings the passage willbe read sentenceby sentence or perhapsphrase byphrase with intervalsof15seconds The lastreading willbe readat normalspeed again and duringthis timeyou shouldcheck your work You willthen be given2minutes tocheck throughyour workonce more Please writethe wholepassage onANSWER SHEETTWO I amthankful to the Americanpeople for the greatprivilege ofbeing ableto serveas yournext president I wantto thankmy wifeand daughtersfor theirlove Laura s active involvement asFirst Ladyhas madeTexas abetter place and shewillbea wonderfulFirst Ladyfor America I amproud tohave DickCheney bymy side and Americawillbeproud tohave him as ournext vicepresident I was not electedto serve one party but toserveonenation The Presidentof the UnitedStatesis the president of every singleAmerican ofeveryrace andevery background Whether youvoted forme ornot I willdo mybest toserve yourinterests and I will workto earnyour respect I willbe guidedby PresidentJefferson s senseof purpose to standfor principle to bereasonable inmanner and above all to dogreat goodfor thecauseoffreedom andharmony The presidencyis morethan anhonor It ismorethanan office It isa chargeto keep and Iwill giveit myall Thank youvery much and Godbless America PART LISTENING PREHENSION In sectionsA B andC you will heareverything onceonly Listen carefullyand thenanswer thequestions thatfollow Mark thecorrect answerto eachquestion onyour AnswerSheet SECTION ASTATEMENT In thissection you will heareight statements At theend ofeach statementyou willbe given10seconds toanswer eachof thefollowing eightquestions 1 There isno chancewhatever ofgetting myhusband to change hismind 2 Mr Anderson I needsome advicefrom you 3 I ve beenup muchof thenight tryingto catchup onmy reading 4 One wayto fightboredom isto alternateone subjectwith anotherwhen youstudy 5 Jim willnever beabletoget throughthese assignmentsby Friday 6 Maggie plannedtochangehis jobfor awhile butfinally decidedto keepthe presentone 7 Sam isreally aterrific guy friends likehim arefew andfar between 8 Well at thestart Iwas winningeasily but thenI hurtmy wristand couldn t hitthe ballproperly SECTION BCONVERSATION In thissection you will heareightshort conversations between two speakers At theend ofeach conversationyou willbe given10seconds toanswer eachof thefollowing eightquestions 9 W You lookvery drawn What sthematter M I ve beenup muchof thenight tryingto catchup onmy reading 10 M Did youfind thekind ofhandbag youwere lookingfor W I gota niceone for30dollars atthe Macy s but thenext daythey wereon specialfor22dollars I would have saved8dollars if I had waited 11 W It s already9 Aren tyou up yet M Give mea break will you After all it isSunday 12 W Are thereany non stop flightsfrom Paristo New York today M I m afraidnot madam Both oftoday s flightsstop overin London 13 W George what gamesshould wearrange for the childrento play M Why don t wejust givethem cakeand ice cream first and thenlet themmake uptheir ownamusement 14 W Which ofthe candidateswe ve interviewedso fardo youthink is the best M I d stronglyremend theengineering graduatefrom ImperialCollege His academicqualifications areexcellent andhe canthink onhis feet 15 W Should Imake anappointment tosee youagain Mr James M I m notsure thatwillbenecessary You mightcall meThursday morning Iwillbe outof townTuesday andWednesday 16 W Could youhelp Peterfindajob M It llbevery difficult His timein prisonhas labeledhimasa criminal SECTION EWS BROADCAST Passage One Questions17and18are basedon thefollowing news At theend ofthe newsitem you willbe given20seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news Israelis andPalestinians aremourning theirdead Five peoplewere killed and morethan200wounded duringTuesday s53rd anniversaryof whatPalestinians call the great catastrophe the creationof Israeland themass displacementof Palestinians Violence flaredthroughout the West Bankand Gazaon Tuesday Israeli gunfirekilled at least fourPalestinians asprotest marchesbecame clasheswith Israelisoldiers nearmilitary checkpointsand Jewishsettlements A Jewishsettler wasalso killedand herfather waswounded asthey drovedown aroad in theWestBank Psaasage Two Questions19to21are basedon thefollowing news At theend ofthe newsitem you willbe given30seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento the news Secretary ofState ColinPowell hasspoken outagainst possiblecuts inU S foreign aidto Egyptand thePalestinians whilethe Bushadministration isworking forMiddle Eastpeace Secretary Powellappeared Tuesday before aSenate submitteeon theforeign aidbudget Republican SenatorMitch McConnellsaid Egyptmay notdeserve aproposed 2billion militaryand fiscalaid packagebecause hesays anti Semitic rhetoricin government run mediais atan all time high Secretary Powellsays Cairois veryactivein the peaceprocess andplays animportant rolein theregion Mr Powell alsosaystheBushadministrationspeaks outwhen Egyptiannewspapers printwhat hecalls inappropriateremarks Secretary Powellalso defendedproposed 75million inhumanitarian aidto thePalestinians in the faceof Senatecriticism blamingthem for the violencewith Israel Mr Powell saidit isin the U S national interestnot tocut fundsto thePalestinians Passage Three Question22is basedon thefollowing news At theend ofthe newsitem you willbe given10seconds toanswer thequestion Now listento the news About1 000supporters ofthe suspendedSolidarity LabourUnion haveheld ademonstration in the westernPolish cityof Poznan The demonstrators called for the releaseof jailedSolidarity leaderLech Walesa The demonstrationfollowed anofficial ceremonyto markthe anniversaryof aworkers revolt inPoznan26yearsago Passage Four Questions23to25are basedon thefollowing news At theend ofthenewsitem you willbe given30seconds toanswer thequestions Now listento thenews A newUnitedNationsreport ispredicting economicgrowth inLatin Americathisyearwillbeslower thananticipated The U N Economic Commissionfor Latin America and the Caribbeanreleased asurvey Tuesdayprojecting threepercent growthin theregion In February the missionforecast agrowth rateof three point eight percent The regionaleconomy grewby fourpercent lastyear Economists withthe U N mittee based inSantiago Chile say theslowing U S economy isthe primaryfactor inLatin America s economicslowdown The mitteesays adecline indirect foreigninvestment alsoplayed apart in the revisedeconomic forecast The U N agency isforecasting agood yearfor Brazil which hasLatinAmerica s largesteconomy The missionpredicts theBrazilian economywill expandby fourpercent thisyear The DominicanRepublic andChile alsoget highmarks The U N office saysColombian Ecuador andVenezuela willcontinue asteady recoveryfrom economicinstability Model Test3 PART DICTATION Listen to thefollowingpassage Altogether thepassagewillbe readto youfour times During thefirst reading which willbe readat normalspeed listen andtry tounderstand themeaning For thesecond andthird readings thepassagewillbe read sentenceby sentence or perhapsphrase byphrase with intervalsof15seconds The lastreading willbe readat normalspeed againand duringthis timeyou shouldcheck your work You willthen be given2minutes tocheck throughyourworkonce more Please writethe wholepassage onANSWER SHEETTWO Rose hada busyday yesterday She gotup at7o clock in the morning and quicklywashed herhands andface She droveto theairport andflew toNewYorktoattend animportantmeeting In theplane she readher latestresearch papers It was10o clock when she gotoff theplane Mr Whitemet herattheairport and theyhad lunchinafast foodrestaurant They gotto Professor Read s officeat12 50 The meetingbegan at1intheafternoon andlasted for4hours All theexperts weresatisfied withRose sreport ProfessorReadgave hersome goodadvice onher research After dinner Rose flewback andit was already11at nightwhenshegot home She wastired but veryhappy She likedto keepbusy PART LISTENING PREHENSION In SectionsA B andC you will heareverything onceonly Listen carefullyand thenanswer thequestions thatfollow Mark thecorrect answerto eachquestion onyour AnswerSheet SECTION ASTATEMENT In thissection you will hear nine statements At theend ofeach statementyou willbe given10seconds toanswer eachofthefollowing ninequestions 1 Alice slammedthe doorbehind her leaving aring inour ears 2 The collegewas foundedby a group ofwomen 3 Tom must have goo theparty insteadof studyingon Saturdaynight 4 California that sthemost heavily populated state intheUS 5 The weatherhasbeengenerally coldall week but aslight increasein temperatureis expectedtomorrow 6 We usedto ordertwo boxesof cookiesevery year but thisyear we doubled ourorder 7 The customerwanted abowl ofice cream 8 Ms Green isin courtright now but ifyou leaveyour number I ll haveher returnyour call 9 I ranacross myold friendduring mytrip toParis SECTION BCONVERSATION In thissection you willhear nineshort conversationsbetweentwospeakers At theend ofeach conversationyou willbe given10seconds toanswer eachofthefollowing ninequestions 10 M Can youlend meten dollarsuntil tomorrow W I justspent mylast dollarfor groceries I wishyou hadasked mean hourago 11 W I thinkyour carneeds atune up M You re right but Ican t spendthe moneyjust now I ll haveto waituntil nextpay day 12 M Have youever seenso muchsnow W I m tiredof allthis cold I wishwe d seethe sunfor achange 13 W How manystudents triedout forthe basketballteam thisyear M About80 but onlyhalf ofthem haveany realtalent forthe sport 14 W Can youtell howtogetto thestadium fromhere M Drive twoblocks and turn left Continue ontill youhit Sycamorestreet andturnright Then turnleft atthesecondstoplight You can t missit 15 M We ll haveto hurryif we re going to beontimeto theairport It salready8 30 M Well it leavesuntil9 15 I thinkwe ll makeit allright ifwe leaveimmediately 16 W I m lookingfor atextbook for my sociologycourse It scalledAmerican SocietyattheCrossroads Do you have it M Yes wedo You ll findit inSection24 on thetop shelf 17 W I ve beenaround the whole store but Icouldn t findany sixty watt bulbs Don tyoucarry themany more M Oh they usedto beon Aisle12 but wemoved themto thehardware section yesterday 18 M Can wetraveltoNewYorktogether W Certainly I ll pickyouupat2 00and weshould arrivein NewYork b