2015年12月四级真题（第3套）.doc

[00:01.20]College English Test (Band 4) [00:04.76]Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension [00:08.51]Section A [00:10.09]Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations [00:15.39]and 2 long conversations. [00:18.05]At the end of each conversation, [00:20.45]one or more questions will be asked about what was said. [00:24.64]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. [00:29.70]After each question there will be a pause. [00:33.07]During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), [00:39.80]and decide which is the best answer. [00:42.73]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 [00:46.70]with a single line through the centre. [00:49.09]Now Let's begin with the 8 short conversations. [00:53.84]1. M: I don't know what to do with Timmy. [00:58.95]This morning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor. [01:02.92]W: Don't be so hard on him. He's only four. [01:06.42]Q: What does the woman mean? [01:23.70]2. W: Excuse me, sir. [01:26.20]I would like to know about the fitness training program in your club. [01:29.92]M: I'll have you speak with the director in charge of new accounts. [01:34.48]Q: What is the woman interested in? [01:52.35]3. W: It's really cold in this apartment. [01:55.95]Can we turn up the heat a little bit? [01:58.17]M: Sorry. I've run out of money and can hardly pay the fuel bill. [02:02.79]Maybe you'd better put on a sweater. [02:05.84]Q: What does the man mean? [02:23.43]4. M: I'm sorry, Miss. But you have to come with me to [02:28.04]the security office. The video cameras in our shop [02:31.47]have recorded everything you did. [02:33.61]W: No. No. I... I didn't do anything. [02:37.21]I'll call the police if you dare insult me. [02:40.94]Q: What does the man think the woman was doing? [02:59.18]5. M: I think you ought to see a doctor right away about that cough. [03:05.01]W: Well, I'll wait a few more days. I'm sure I'll get over it soon. [03:10.35]Q: What do we learn about the woman? [03:27.82]6. M: I've heard that Pamela made quite a few mistakes in her lab report. [03:35.21]W: Well, she wouldn't have if she hadn't been in such [03:38.06]a hurry to get it done. [03:40.17]Q: What does the woman imply? [03:57.94]7. M: We'd better check out before 12 o'clock, Mary. [04:02.63]And now there are only 30 minutes left. [04:06.28]W: Let's hurry up. You go pay the bill [04:08.81]and I'll call the reception to have our luggage taken downstairs. [04:14.22]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place? [04:33.25]8. W: Have you ever heard this speaker before? [04:37.22]M: Yeah. She's excellent. She gets her point across [04:40.72]and is entertaining at the same time. [04:44.32]Q: What does the man say about the speaker? [05:02.50]Now, you'll hear the two long conversations. [05:06.29]Conversation One [05:09.29]M: What should I do about Mr. Romero? Remember? [05:12.13]He said it was important and couldn't wait. [05:14.65]I think he may want you for that new movie he's directing. [05:18.45]W: That's absolutely correct. [05:20.56]Now, we have to fit him in somewhere. [05:23.29]Mmm, what does Monday morning look like? [05:26.37]M: That doesn't look so good. [05:28.28]You have a make-up session starting at 6:00. [05:31.43]Then filming starts at 8:00 and that's going to take the whole morning. [05:36.14]W: Well, what's after that? [05:37.81]M: You have lunch with your agent to discuss [05:40.53]the awards ceremony and you ought to meet him [05:42.71]at one o'clock at the restaurant. [05:44.85]W: Oh, terrific. Listen, I cannot miss that. [05:47.78]But I still have to make time for Mr. Romero. [05:50.48]M: Well, now, don't forget you've got a three-o'clock [05:53.30]appointment with your fashion designer. [05:55.74]W: That's right. You know he's showing the latest fashions from Japan? [06:00.59]You know that loose-fitting look? Those clothes are on show in this year. [06:04.97]M: At 4:30, you have an appointment with your hairdresser. [06:08.53]Then at 7:00, you have dinner with a journalist. [06:11.85]Now remember, be nice to that guy. [06:14.78]W: Do I have to? That won't be easy and it's likely to run late. [06:19.54]How does Tuesday look? [06:21.20]M: Well, you have to spend the whole morning at the photographer's. [06:24.82]They are taking photos to publicize your new movie. [06:28.49]W: What about the afternoon? Am I free then? [06:30.97]M: Let me see...Yes, you are free after 3:30. [06:35.21]W: Then you can set up a meeting with Mr. Romero at 4:00. [06:38.48]M: OK. I'll get on it right away. [06:41.81]Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. [06:47.35]9. What are the speakers doing? [07:06.17]10. What is the woman going to discuss with her agent [07:10.90]over lunch on Monday? [07:28.01]11. What do we learn from the conversation about the man? [07:48.90]Conversation Two [07:51.11]M: I'm phoning up about this job you advertise in this paper. [07:55.24]This...er...young sales manager? [07:58.54]W: Oh, yes. [08:00.05]M: I'd like to apply for it. [08:02.00]Would you send me an application form? [08:04.86]W: No. You simply send in a written application, a letter. [08:08.59]M: Can you tell me a bit more about the job? [08:11.81]W: Well, we are really looking for someone [08:14.29]who isn't too concerned about working fairly long hours. [08:17.34]M: What do you mean by “long hours”? [08:20.45]W: This is a job which does, [08:22.66]as the advertisement says, have travel possibilities, [08:26.09]and very often, one would be away at weekends, for instance. [08:29.71]M: Oh, I thought you meant working [08:31.84]in the evenings and working overtime. [08:34.43]W: Well, it could also mean working in the evenings. [08:36.98]But for a managerial post, I'm afraid we don't pay overtime. [08:40.98]Mmm...that's for other grades. [08:42.97]M: Oh. What kind of money are you paying then? [08:46.67]W: Well, this is to be negotiated. [08:48.76]Oh, it depends partly on your experience and education. [08:52.72]Perhaps you can tell me briefly what that is? [08:55.44]M: I've just left school and got A level in geography. [08:59.67]W: Oh, I see. [09:01.07]M: And it's the travel that appeals to me. [09:03.39]That's why I'm inquiring about the job. [09:06.16]W: Yes, I see. What sort of salary were you thinking in terms of? [09:10.28]M: Starting off, I thought it would be something like ￡500 a week? [09:15.26]W: Well, send in a written application and then we'll consider your case [09:18.76]along with all the other applicants. [09:21.01]M: Alright. Many thanks. Goodbye. [09:23.75]W: Bye. [09:25.23]Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. [09:30.45]12. What does the woman say an applicant [09:34.23]should do first to apply for the job? [09:51.72]13. What kind of a person is the company looking for? [10:11.88]14. What does the man like most about the job? [10:32.70]15. What does the woman say about the salary [10:37.29]if the man is accepted by the company? [10:55.25]Section B [10:56.60]Directions: In this section, [10:58.80]you will hear 3 short passages. [11:01.55]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. [11:05.08]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. [11:09.46]After you hear a question, [11:10.98]you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). [11:16.49]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 [11:19.63]with a single line through the centre. [11:22.13]Passage One [11:23.63]A typical large supermarket offers around 17 000 to 20 000 items [11:29.40]for sale and it wants to make sure [11:31.87]that its customers see as many of them as possible. [11:35.55]That's why you'll only find essential goods like bread, [11:39.39]vegetables and meat in completely different parts of the store. [11:43.86]Products with a high profit margin are always placed on shelves within [11:48.06]easy reach of the customer, while lower margin items like sugar or [11:52.75]flower are on the top or bottom shelves. [11:56.47]Many people make shopping lists before they visit supermarkets. [12:00.55]But even so, around 60% of all supermarket [12:04.65]purchases are the result of decisions that are taken in the store. [12:09.33]For this reason, supermarkets try to attract [12:12.54]their customers by placing certain kinds of products next to each other. [12:16.81]In the UK, beer will often be found next to items for babies [12:22.17]because research shows that fathers of babies buy them [12:26.27]on their way home from work and will buy beer at the same time. [12:31.59]Research has also shown that this kind of impulse buy happens more [12:35.97]frequently when no sales assistants are nearby. [12:40.17]Supermarkets have made selling such a fine art that their [12:43.94]customers often lose all sense of time. When interviewed, [12:48.53]customers normally guess they've only spent half an hour [12:51.53]in the supermarket even when they have been there for over [12:55.07]45 minutes. But that shouldn't be too surprising. [12:59.21]Any witty profitable supermarket knows [13:02.06]that it should keep its clocks well hidden. [13:05.76]Question 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard. [13:11.25]16. Why are essential goods displayed in totally [13:15.17]different parts of the supermarket? [13:32.99]17. Where are goods with a high profit margin usually found? [13:53.51]18. What does the speaker say about supermarket goers? [14:13.73]19. What shouldn't be too surprising according to the speaker? [14:34.65]Passage Two [14:36.14]When Matty Sallin was working on a degree in arts and [14:39.23]technology at university, he got an interesting [14:42.60]assignment in electronics class: create something for the household. [14:47.79]He decided to create an alarm clock. [14:50.61]“Everybody has to use an alarm clock of some kind every day, [14:54.82]and it's extremely unpleasant!” [14:56.60]he says. He asked different people what they'd like to [15:00.11]wake up to instead of a noisy alarm. A lot of them said, [15:03.88]“the smell of bacon.” So Sallin invented a new kind of alarm clock: [15:08.10]a wooden box with a pig face and a digital clock that uses [15:11.70]the smell of cooking bacon rather than sound to wake someone up. [15:16.42]He explains, “There's no danger of burning, because [15:19.57]I built it carefully. It uses light bulbs instead of a flame [15:23.48]for cooking and turns off automatically after ten minutes.” [15:27.45]Just a few easy steps are required to set the “alarm.” [15:31.14]“What you do is put in a couple of frozen strips the night before,” [15:34.68]says Sallin. Bacon is preserved, so there is no danger of its spoiling overnight. [15:40.00]“If you set the alarm for 8:00, [15:42.17]it will turn on at 7:50 and slow cook for ten minutes under the bulbs,” [15:46.54]he says. “Then the bulbs turn off and a fan blows the smell [15:50.93]out through the nose of the pig. So instead of an alarm, you smell yourself awake,” [15:56.00]says Sallin. “Then you can open the door on the side [15:59.46]and pull the bacon out and eat it.” [16:02.59]Questions 20 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. [16:08.20]20. What was Matty Sallin doing when he created an alarm clock? [16:28.99]21. What did Matty Sallin do before making the new type of alarm clock? [16:50.47]22. What makes the newly invented alarm clock so unique? [17:10.84]Passage Three [17:12.74]Most people feel lonely sometimes, [17:15.46]but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. [17:20.45]For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. [17:24.62]Psychologists are studying this complex phenomenon [17:28.14]and have identified three different types of loneliness. [17:32.11]The first kind of loneliness is temporary. [17:35.21]It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. [17:40.30]The second kind, situational loneliness, [17:43.49]is a natural result of a particular situation, for example, [17:47.68]a divorce or moving to a new place. [17:50.94]Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, [17:54.94]it usually does not last for more than a year. [17:58.40]Unlike the second type, the third kind of loneliness usually lasts [18:02.81]more than two years and has no specific cause. [18:06.68]People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing [18:11.55]and becoming close to others. [18:14.05]Unfortunately, many of them think there is little or nothing [18:17.32]they can do about it. [18:19.17]Psychologists agree that one important factor [18:21.67]in loneliness is a person's social contacts, [18:24.89]for example, friends, family members, etc. [18:28.84]We depend on various people for different reasons. [18:32.38]For instance, our families give us emotional [18:35.91]support and our friends share similar interests and activities. [18:40.01]However, psychologists have found that the number [18:44.16]of social contacts we have is not the only reason for loneliness. [18:48.81]It is more important how many social contacts [18:52.00]we think or expect we should have. [18:55.07]In other words, though lonely people may have many social contacts, [18:59.81]they sometimes feel they should have more. [19:03.03]They question their own popularity. [19:06.11]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. [19:12.51]23. What does the speaker say about situational loneliness? [19:33.22]24. What problem will people have if they experience habitual loneliness? [19:54.82]25. Why do some people suffer loneliness according to psychologists? [20:16.47]Section C [20:18.22]Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage [20:21.95]three times. When the passage is read for the first time, [20:25.29]you should listen carefully for its general idea. [20:28.45]When the passage is read for the second time, [20:31.34]you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words [20:34.66]you have just heard. [20:36.34]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, [20:39.73]you should check what you have written. [20:41.74]Now listen to the passage. [20:44.03]There was a time when any personal information [20:46.89]that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper [20:49.99]and locked away in a file cabinet. [20:52.58]It could remain there for years and, [20:54.36]often forgotten, never reach the outside world. [20:57.78]Things have done a complete about-face since then. [21:01.29]Responsible for the change has been the astonishingly [21:04.54]swift development in recent years of the computer. [21:07.58]Today, any data that is collected about us in one place or another—and [21:11.33]for one reason or another—can be stored in a computer bank. [21:15.7