07年12月四级听力原文

1、07年12月四级真题听力原文Section A ConversationsShort Conversations11. W: I ran into Sally the other day. I could hardly recognize her. Do you remember her from high school?M: Yeah, she was a little out of shape back the n. Well, has she lost a lot of weight?Q: What does the man remember of Sally? C12. W: We d

2、on seem to have a reservation for you, sir. Im sorry.M: But my secretary said that she had reserved a room for me here. I pho ned her from the airport this morning just before I got on board the pla ne.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? D13. W: What would you do if you were in

3、my place?M: If Paul were my son, I d just not worry. Now that his teacher is giving him extra help and he working hard himself, he sure to do well in the n ext exam.Q: Whats the mans suggestion to the woman? B14. M: You ve had your hands full and have been overworked during the last two weeks. I thi

4、nk you really need to go out and get some fresh air andsunshine.W: You are right. That just what Im thinking about.Q: What is the woman most probably going to do? A15. W: Hello, Joh n. How are you feeli ng now? I hear you ve bee n ill.M: They must have con fused me with my twin brother Rods. He bee

5、n sick all week, but Ive n ever felt better in my life.Q: What do we learn about the man? D16. M: Did you really give away all your furniture whe n you moved into the new house last mon th?W: Just the useless pieces, as Im planning to purchase a new set from Italy for the sitting room only.Q: What d

6、oes the woman mean? B17. M: I ve brought back your Oxford Compa nion to En glish Literature. I thought you might use it for your paper. Sorry not to have retur ned it earlier.W: I was won deri ng where that book was.Q: What can we infer from the conversation? D18. W: To tell the truth, Tony, it n ev

7、er occurs to me that you are an athlete.M: Oh, really? Most people who meet me, in clud ing some friends of mine, dontth ink so either.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? CLong ConversationsConversation 1M: Mary, I hope you re packed and ready to leave.W: Yes, Im packed, but not quite ready.

8、I can find my passport.M: Your passport? That the one thing you must n leave beh ind.W: I know. I haven lost it. I ve packed it, but I can remember which bag it in. (19)M: Well, you have to find it at the airport. Come on, the taxi is wait ing.W: Did you say taxi? I thought we were going in your car

9、.M: Yes, well, I have planned to, but I lexplain later. You ve got to be there in an hour.W: The pla ne does n leave for two hours. Any way, I m ready to go now.M: Now, you re taking just one case, is that right?W: No, there is one in the hall as well. _ (22)M: Gosh, what a lot of stuff! You re tak

10、ing eno ugh for a month in stead of a week. (20)W: Well, you can tdepend on the weather. It might be cold.M: Its never cold in Rome. Certainly not in May. Come on, we really must go.W: Right, we，re ready. Weve got the bags, Im sure theres no need to rush. (21)M: There is. I asked the taxi driver to

11、wait two minu tes, not twen ty.(21)W: Look, I m supposed to be going away to relax. You re making me nervous.M: Well, I want you to relax on holiday, but you can t relax yet.W: OK, I promise not to relax, at least not until we get to the airport and I find my passport.Questions 19-22 are based on th

12、e conversation you have just heard.Q19: What does the woman say about her passport? AQ20: What do we know about the woman s trip? CQ21: Why does the man urge the woman to hurry? BQ22: Where does the conversation most probably take place? AConversation 2W: Oh, I m fed up with my job. 一 (23)M: Hey, th

13、eres a perfect job for you in the paper today. You might be in terested.W: Oh, what is it? What do they want?M: Wait a minu te. Uh, here it is. The Europea n Space Age ncy is recruit ing tran slators.W: The Europea n Space Age ncy?M: Well, that what it says. They need an English translator to work f

14、rom French or German. _ (24)W: So they need a degree in French or German, I suppose. Well, I ve got that. What more, I have plenty of experienee. What else are they asking for?M: Just that. A uni versity degree and three or four years of experie nee as a tran slator in a professi onal environment. T

15、hey also say the pers on should have a lively and inq uiri ng mi nd, effective com muni cati on skills and the ability to work in dividually or as a part of the team.W: Well, if I stay at my prese nt job much Ion ger, I won have any mind or skills left. By the way, what about salary? I just hope it

16、isnlower tha nwhat I get now.M: It said to be negotiable. It depends on the applicant seducation and experienee. (25) In additi on to basic salary, there a list of extra ben efits. Have a look yourself.W: Hm, travel and social security plus relocation expenses are paid. Hey, this isn bad. I really w

17、ant the job.Questions 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Q23: Why is the woman trying to find a new job? CQ24: What position is being advertised in the paper? AQ25: What are the key factors that determine the salary of the new position? DSection B Short PassagesPassage 1When cou

18、ples get married, they usually plan to have children. Sometimes, however, a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt a child. In fact, adopti on is very com mon today. There are about 60 thousa nd adopti ons each year in the Un ited States alone. Some people p

19、refer to adopt infants, others adopt older children, some couples adopt children from their own countries, others adopt children from foreign countries. In _ any case, they all adopt childre n for the same reas on they care about childre n and want to give their adopted child a happy life. -(26)Most

20、 adopted childre n know that they are adopted. Psychologists and child-care experts gen erally thi nk this is a good idea. However, many adopted childre n or adoptees have very little in formatio n about their biological pare nts. As a matter of fact, it is ofte n very difficult for adoptees to find

21、 out abouttheir birth pare nts because the birth records of most adoptees are usually sealed. The in formati on is secret so no one can see it. (27)Naturally, adopted childre n have differe nt feeli ngs about their birth pare nts. Many adoptees want to search for them, but others do not. (28)The dec

22、isi on to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make. Most adoptees have mixed feeli ngs about finding their biological pare nts. (29) Even though adoptees do not know about their n atural pare nts, they do know that their adopted pare nts want them, love them and will care for them.Questio

23、ns 26-29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. According to the speaker, why do some couples adopt children? A27. Why is it difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents? B28. Why do many adoptees find it hard to make the decision to search for their birth parents? C29. Wha

24、t can we infer from the passage? DPassage 2Katheri ne Gram graduated from Uni versity of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a n ews reporter in San Fran cisco. Katheri nefather used to be asuccessful investment banker. I n 1933, he bought a faili ng n ewspaper, the Wash ington Post. (30)Then Katherine

25、 returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law position shortly after and became publisher of the Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. Aft

26、er her husba nd death, Katheri ne operated the n ewspaper. I n the 1970s, the n ewspaper became famous around the world and Katheri ne was also recog nized as an importa nt leader in n ewspaper publishi ng. She was the first woma n to head a major America n publish ing compa ny, the Washington Post

27、companv. (31) In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable compa ni es.She died of head injuries after a fall whe n she was 84. More tha n 3 thousa nd people atte nded her fun eral in cludi ng many gover nment and bus in ess leaders. Her f

28、riends said she would be remembered as a woma n who had an importa nt in flue nce on eve nts in the Un ited States and the world. Katheri ne once wrote, “ The world withonewspapers would not be the same ki nd of world rote,world without Katheri ne would not be the same at all. -(32)”Questions 30-32

29、are based on the passage you have just heard.30. What do we learn from the passage about Katherine father? B31. What does the speaker tell us about Katherine Gram? A32. What does the comment by employees of the Washington Post suggest? DPassage 3Obtai ning good health in sura nce is a real n ecessit

30、y while you are study ing overseas. It protects you from minor and major medical expe nses that can wipe out not only your savi ngs but your dreams of an educati on abroad. (33) There are ofte n two differe nt types of health in sura nce you can con sider buying, intern atio nal travel in sura nce a

31、nd stude nt in sura nce in the country where you will be going.An intern ati onal travel in sura nce policy is usually purchased in your home country before you go abroad. It gen erally covers a wide variety of medical services and you are ofte n give n a list of doctors in the area where you will t

32、ravel who may even speak your n ative Ian guage. (34)The drawback might be that you may not get your money back immediately, in other words, you may have to pay all you medical expenses and then later submit your receipts to the insurance company.(35) On the other hand, gett ing stude nt heath in su

33、ra nee in the country where you will study might allow you to only pay a certa in perce ntage of the medical cost at the time of service and thus you don have to have sufficie nt cash to pay the en tire bill at once. Whatever you decide, obtai ning some form of health in sura nee is someth ing you s

34、hould con sider before you go overseas. You should n wait un til you are sick with major medical bills to pay off.Questions 33-35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. Why does the speaker advice overseas students to buy health insurance? C34. What is the drawback of students buying inter

35、national travel insurance? A35. What does the speaker say about students getting health insurance in the country where they will study? DSection C Compound DictationMore and more of the word spopulati on are livi ng in tow ns or cities. The speed at which cities are grow ing in the less developed co

36、untries is (36) alarming . Between 1920 and I960 big cities in developed countries (37) increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.They (38) sheer size of growth is bad eno ugh, but there are now also very (39) disturbing sig ns of trouble in the (40) comparison of perce ntagesof people liv ing in tow ns and perce ntagesof people working in in dustry. During the nin etee nth cen tury cities grew as a result of the growth of in dustry .In Europe the (41) proportion of people livi ng in cities was always smalle