新题型大学英语四级听力全真模拟试题听力原文 (17)

英语 四级 听力 模拟

TEST 16

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the

end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.

Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question

there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),

C), and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter

on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

1. M: I would like two tickets for the 9 o’clock show this evening.

W: I’m sorry, sir. They are sold out. But we have a few left for tomorrow.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

2. W: What do you think of Professor Brown’s lecture?

M: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had

expected.

Q: What does the man say about the lecture?

3. W: What do you think of the apple pie? I made it myself.

M: Very delicious indeed. Even my mother can’t match this.

Q: What does the man mean?

4. M: Jane, you won’t be able to get to the airport in time to catch the ten o’clock flight. W: I realize that now. I’ll have to get my ticket changed.

Q: What will the woman have to do?

5. W: I think I’ll take the half-day tour of the city?

M: Why not the whole day?

Q: What does the man suggest?

6. W: Excuse me, Prof. Hill. May I ask you a few questions?

M: Yes, of course, but I’m sorry I have a class at 10. Why don’t you come during my

office hours. That’s four to five p.m. Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Q: Why can’t Prof. Hill answer her questions now?

7. M: Susan, how long will your sister be staying with you?

W: Just a week or so.

Q: What does Susan mean?

8. W: Jane told me that she was going to quit her job. I’ll certainly be sorry to see her go. M: Oh, she always says that. I wouldn’t buy her a going-away present if I were you. Q: What does the man think about Jane?

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Now you will hear two long conversations.

Conversation One

W: Hey, man, that was a really terrible accident you were in yesterday.

M: Yeah. Very terrible. Just think a bus with 35 passengers crashed into a truck.

W: How about your injury? I have heard all the passengers have been sent here, including the

drivers.

M: The doctor says I was pretty lucky though. I only have a few broken bones. You know, Cindy,

some of those people didn’t make it.

W: I know. I saw the news report late last night. Hey, but look at the bright side—you’re going to

be just fine!

M: Yeah, after several days in the hospital and six months in physical therapy. The doctor says if I

work really hard, I may be able to play football again.

W: Our school really needs you on the team. So you’d better work hard!

M: I’ll try, but it’s not going to be easy. My leg bone was shattered and the doctors had

to use metal pins to put it back together.

W: Cheer up! Just think about our cheer girls who will be lining up to see you!

M: I hadn’t thought about that—maybe this isn’t such a bad deal after all.

W: And you know, Jimmy, we’ll be there for you; whatever you need.

M: Thanks a lot. You are a great help.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

9. Where does the conversation occur?

10. What are they mainly talking about?

11. What is the probable relationship between Cindy and Jimmy?

Conversation Two

M: And now, Mrs. Sharp, can you tell us what happened at your farm when the

earthquake ended?

W: Oh, it was terrible. I’ll never forget it. Well, Jack and I always get up at a quarter to five. He

has to milk the cows early. You see, while I was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, the quake came. Well, I knew it’s safer to get outside. So I ran through the house and opened the front door. Then I stopped—I couldn’t believe it—nothing was in the right place any more. You know outside our house there is a path to the gate. Well, the path wasn’t there any more. In front of the front door was our rose-garden, not the path! And next to the rose-garden were the trees, but they had all moved about five meters to the left to the south that is.

M: But that’s incredible, Mrs. Sharp. Do you mean that everything in front of your house had

moved five meters to the left, I mean to the south?

W: Yes, everything had moved into the place of the other!

M: And your front path had completely disappeared?

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W: Yes, that’s right.

M: Was your husband all right?

W: Yes, Jack was all right—I could see him running around after the cows—all the cows had

escaped, you see.

M: So Jack, your husband, was all right. And what about your house?

W: The house—can you believe it? —it had moved the other way—the house had moved north.

So the house went one way and everything else went the other way.

M: Incredible, Mrs. Sharp, absolutely incredible.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. What was her husband probably doing when the earthquake came?

13. When did the earthquake occur?

14. Where had her house moved after the earthquake?

15. What had completely disappeared?

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will

hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices

marked A), B), C), and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Most summer school courses in Britain last for two to four weeks. During that time the students live either with a British family or at the school or in a hotel. They have about fifteen hours of lessons every Monday to Friday—usually in the mornings. Each school has a lot of different courses. Some are for beginners and others are for intermediate or advanced students. The lessons are fun, the classes are small and the teachers are all from English-speaking countries. But summer school students don’t just speak English in the classroom. They’re in Britain, so they speak (and read and hear) it outside, too. That’s why they learn so quickly and why a summer school course is really a holiday. Only one third of each course is taught in the classroom—the rest takes place during a busy afternoon and evening timetable of visits, sports and games. These activities help everyone to make new friends, have fun and improve their English.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. What kind of courses do summer schools offer?

17. Why do summer schools arrange visits and other activities for the students?

18. Why do students in summer schools learn quickly?

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Passage Two

We have all heard about the importance of a balanced diet and seen poster after poster illustrating the four basic food groups and advising us to eat something from each group every day. Medical research has shown that the lack of a balanced diet can cause any number of physical problems, from fatigue to headaches to cancer. But if we take a wider view we realize that it is not the lack of a balanced diet that causes problems. A bad diet is the symptom of more deeply rooted social, cultural, and economic problems. When people don’t eat right, it is often because they can not afford to do so or because they have been so inundated with ads for fast food that they find convenience more attractive than good health. It may be because the stress of competing for success in school or at work has them seeking the comfort of candy bars, alcohol, and perhaps even drugs. Poverty, mass-marketing, and aggressive competition: these are the real causes of all the diet-related diseases. Putting posters of the four food groups in our classrooms will not begin to solve the real problems, which are too large to reduce to pictures on the wall.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. What is the major topic of this talk?

20. What does the speaker conclude about posters illustrating the four food groups?

21. According to the speaker, what can a bad diet cause?

Passage Three

When Mr. Finch retired, he bought a small cottage in the seaside village. The cottage was built in the late 16th century, but it was in a very good condition. Mr. Finch was looking forward to a quiet life, but in the summer holidays, he got a shock. Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village. Mr. Finch’s cottage was the most interesting building in the village, and many of the tourists came to see it. From morning till night there were tourists outside the cottage. They kept looking through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. Finch’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Finch.

He decided to drive the unwelcome visitors away, so he put up a notice in the window. The notice said, “If you want to satisfy your curiosity, come in and look around: Price￡5.” Mr. Finch was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. The number of visitors increased, and Mr. Finch spent every day showing them around his cottage. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide,” he complained. In the end he sold the cottage and bought a small modern house. It is an uninteresting little place and no one wants to see it, but it is certainly quiet and peaceful.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. When was Mr. Finch’s cottage built?

23. Why did tourists come to see Mr. Finch’s cottage?

24. Why did Mr. Finch put up a notice in the window?

25. Why did Mr. Finch buy another house?

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Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

first time you should listen for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again.

When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks

numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For the blanks

numbered from 34 to 36 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these

blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main

points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you

should check what you have written.

The number of products and services now available on-line is growing. Now, some Americans can get a medical (26) check-up on-line.

For most Americans, a visit to the doctor is a (27) lengthy process. They may have to take time off from work, get to the clinic or medical office, then wait until the doctor is available before they can even begin (28) explaining why they’re there. But, do patients really have to go through all that?

Probably not, says Chuck Kilo. “(29) Undoubtedly, 50%~70% of the cases in primary care, the answer is no, they did not really need to be there.” Dr. Kilo (30) heads a medical practice in Oregon that specializes in e-visits.

Dr. Kilo says on-line consultations aren’t much different from office visits. Patients with chronic (31) ailments like hypertension or diabetes usually came to see him just to have their charts (32) reviewed. Now, he uses e-mail and electronic spreadsheets to (33) monitor their blood pressure or insulin levels. (34) He says that a lot of what we do in primary care can be done electronically or over the phone.

Advocates of e-visits—like Jack Friedman, CEO of Providence Health Plan—say the technology allows everyone to benefit. (35) Patients can get medical advice quickly, securely and confidentially on-line, directly from their primary care physician. As he sees it, “(36) Jumping in your car, taking an hour and a half off work, going to the doctor’s office, waiting 35 to 40 minutes to see your primary care doctor for a 7- or 8-minute visit isn’t always the most productive way to get your primary care needs met.”

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