精听练习答案及原文

1、四级听力原文Section A11. M: What was it like working with those young starsW: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that wedidn t get along, just because wea great time.Q: What does the woman mean re girls, there was neverhad a fight. We12. M: Are you telling me you donhousekeeper(thavea

2、管家 )W: No, we donifyout. make a mess, you clean up yourself.Q: What do we learn from this conversation make a mess 弄脏，13. M: I hear that the Edwards are thinking of buying another house.W: Should they be doing that with all the other expenses they have o pay Anyhow, they are over 70 now, theirpresen

3、t house is not too bad.Q: What does the man imply14. W: You look like you arefreezing to death. Why don t you put this onM: Thank you, it was so warm at noon, I didn expect the weather to change so quickly.Q: What do we learn from the conversation15. W: I ll havestheeak, French fries, and letsee,sch

4、ocolate ice creamfor dessert.（甜点）M: Oh, oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat（脂肪） and sugar, how about ordering（点餐） some vegetables and fruitinsteadQ: Where does the conversation most probably take place16. W: What was it like growing up in New YorkDistrict（s地Bronx区，区域）Was it

5、 safeM: To me it was, it was all I knew. My mom would send me to the shop and I d go and buy things when I was about 8 years old.Q: What do we learn from the conversation17. W: Nice weather, isn it t Oh, I veseen you around the office, but Idon t think we ve met, I am Henry ISmith,work in the Market

6、 ResearchSection.（市场调查部门）M: Nice to meet you, Henry, I am Helen Grant, I am in the Advertising Section（广告部门） on the ninth floor. Q: What can we infer from the conversation18. M: Ma am,Ihear you have anapartment （公寓）for rent（供出租）, can I take a look at itW: Sure, you re welcome any timeappointmentby（约

7、会）, but I have totell you the building is close to a railways. And if youcan put up withthe noise you might as well save the trip.（省得跑一趟）Q: What do we learn from the conversationConversation 1W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I received your job resume last week, and it was very impressed.M: Than

8、k you!W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds(股票和债券 ).may I ask why you are so interested in working for usM: Your company has an impressive reputation and I ve always wanted to work for a smaller company. Q19W: That s good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit

9、about your present jobM: I m currently working in a large international companyin charge of a team of 8 brokers. (经纪人 ) Q20. We buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide .W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this positionM: As a head broker, I have a lot of experiences in the st

10、ock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.W: Well, you might just be the person we vebeen looking for. Q21Do you have any questionsM: Aha, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handlingW: you will be working with two other head brokers, in anothe

11、r words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.M: And who would I report toW: Directly to me.M: I see. What kind of benefits package （一揽子福利） do you offerW: Two weeks of paid vacation（带薪休假）in your firstyearemployment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is

12、 something you should discuss with our PersonnelDepartment. Do you have any other questionsM: No not at the moment.W: Well, I have to discuss you application with mycolleagues and we llget back to you early next week.M: OK, thanks, it s been nice meeting you!W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for c

13、oming in today.19.What s the purpose of Mr. Saunders visit20.What is Mr. Saunders current job21.What can we conclude from the conversationConversation 2M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are youW: PardonM: The book! You haven t turned the page in the last ten minutes.W: No, Jim, I suppose

14、 I haven t. I need getto through it, though, but I keep drifting away.（走神） Q22M: So it doesn t really hold your interestW: No, not really. I wouldnbother with it, to be honest, Q22 but I haveto read it for a seminar.I m at a university.M: It s a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.W: I s

15、hould say, I don t like Dickensreally,at theall author, indeed, I amstarting to like the whole course less and less.M: It s not just the book, it s the curse as wellW: Yeah, in a way, although the curse itself isn t really that bad, a lotis pretty good, in fact, and the lecturer is fine, as to me, I

16、 suppose, you see, I want to do philosophy rather than English, Q23 but my parentstook me out of it.M: So the courses are OK as such, it s just that had if been left to you,you would choose a different one.W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, theyalways do, don t Ttheyli

17、mited with the degree ofbelieve that my job prospect would be pretty philosophy. Q24 Plus, they give me a reallygenerous allowance(可观的津贴 ), but I am beginning to feel that I m wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting . Q2522. Why can t Karen

18、concentrate on the book23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limitedjob opportunities25. What is Karen thinking of doingSection BPassage OneIn Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die. Most of the population, howe

19、ver, will be undisturbed for only three years, then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed(部分腐烂 ), it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when

20、it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. Q26 The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose torent the grave for three years and even after it has been dug up, lasting peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in

21、 the bone room, the skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town.Lack of space in Athens is the main reason why the dead are dug up after the three years. Q27 The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in the hospitals for over a week until a grave isfo

22、und. Athens city council wants to introduce cremation,（火化，火葬） that is burning dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problems. But the Greek church resists this practice, Q29 they believe the only place where people burn is hell, so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after

23、death. Q29To save space, the church suggestedburying the bodies standing up instead of lying down. Q28Some people proposed building multi-storey underground grave yards.26. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in ever-lasting peace27. Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after three yea

24、rs28. What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies29. What practice does the Greek church object toPassage TwoIf you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find arestaurant would serve the food of your own native country.Most large cities in the United St

25、ates offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds ofrestaurants in the United States. A second reason is that many Americans come from other part of the world Q30. They enjoy tasting the foo

26、ds oftheir native lands. In the city of Detroit（底特律）, for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the f

27、oods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. Q31One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the

28、 family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Q32 Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business.Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese, they are v

29、ery delicious and tasty.30. Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States31. Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the foods there32. How is a typical Italian family restaurant run in the United StatesPassage ThreeOne winter day in 1891,

30、a class at a training school in Massachusetts, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season hadended, most of the young man felt they were in for（必定遭到） a boring time. But their teacher, James Nasmith had other ideas.He had been working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of the American football. Q33 Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung a