2013年四级听力模拟试题(十二)

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　　《英语周报大学综合版》大学英语四级考试模拟试题(12)
        　　听力部分
        　　English Weekly CET-4 Listening Practice Test 12
        　　Part III Listening Comprehension
        　　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 centre.
        　　11. M: My leg is still hurting from the fall I had in the basketball match last week. I wonder if I
        　　should visit a doctor.
        　　W: Well, it could be due to muscle injuries. To play it safe, I think you should.
        　　Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
        　　12. M: Thomas is always late when we have a meeting. Maybe one of us should give him a ring
        　　each time.
        　　W: That’s really annoying. But I’ll volunteer.
        　　Q: What will the woman probably do?
        　　13. M: The restaurant doesn’t seem to be making ends meet this year. Don’t you think so?
        　　W: Yes, but there’s no competitor along this street. So it’s probably worthwhile to keep it
        　　running.
        　　Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
        　　14. M: Would you like to drink another cup of tea?
        　　W: I’d be overdoing it if I had one more.
        　　Q: What does the woman mean?
        　　15. M: Will you be able to give me the report by tomorrow?
        　　W: Well, it still takes time to estimate the budget. But hopefully I will pull everything together.
        　　Q: What does the woman imply?
        　　16. M: Oh, my god, the soup dried up so fast!
        　　W: I told you not to keep the heat on high, didn’t I?
        　　Q: What did the woman suggest that the man do?
        　　17. M: That’s an awfully bad color for the bedroom.
        　　W: Well, that’s the color Tommy and Alice insisted on. You know how hard it is for them to make the same decision.
        　　Q: What does the woman imply about Tommy and Alice?
        　　18. M: The novel’s been selling like hot cakes since it was launched last month.
        　　W: I understand they will be running a second print soon.
        　　Q: What can be inferred about the book?
        　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
        　　Conversation One
            
            

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        　　M: Hi Janice, please come in and take a seat.
        　　W: Well, you would like to check the progress of the website-design, right?
        　　M: Yes, but it seems that we’ve got some problems with the BBS. The part-time web designer was not as good as what we had thought before. She informed us just now that she could not complete this task.
        　　W: Well, didn’t you talk with her about what she should do at the beginning?
        　　M: Not really. She was recommended by Jason and from what he told me, she sounded to be pretty qualified to do the job. I’m not asking for a terrific web design but to build up a structure with all the basic elements of web design.
        　　W: Did you ask her why she wasn’t frank with you in the beginning if she couldn’t do the BBS?
        　　M: I did. But she said it was a communication problem.
        　　W: So now what do you plan to do since she got the job half done?
        　　M: On one side, I will not pay her full fees since she wasn’t honest with me in the beginning. On the other side, I have to search around for another guy to complete the job.
        　　W: Agreed. That should also teach her a lesson. For us, I think we had better turn to our Part-time Job Center for help. There, we can get a professional to work at it.
        　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
        　　19. Why hasn’t the website been completed?
        　　20. What was the website designer not honest about?
        　　21. How did the man deal with the dishonest website designer?
        　　22. What does the woman suggest about the following steps to be taken?
        　　Conversation Two
        　　M: Look at all the equipment here. They must be used for some kind of sport.
        　　W: You are right. They are for climbing mountains. Have you ever tried that before?
        　　M: No, never, have you?
        　　W: Almost for two years.
        　　M: Two years? Wow! What was it like the first time?
        　　W: Well, you’ve got to take it step by step even though you are anxious to do certain indoor practice at first.
        　　M: Isn’t it a bit dangerous? I heard that a 20-year-old colleague student lost his life when climbing the cliff the other day.
        　　W: Yes, it does happen from time to time, most often by people who just try when they are not yet ready for any risk.
        　　M: Are there any climbing clubs for freshmen to join then?
        　　W: Yes, for sure. But you need time to pick out the best one. Nowadays, too many of these climbing clubs are too eager to initiate trips without checking properly the skill levels of the climbers.
        　　M: Well, anyway, Katrina, thanks for your kind suggestion. I have to leave for class now.
        　　W: My pleasure. See you then.
        　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
        　　23. Where did the conversation probably take place?
        　　24. According to the woman, why do most climbing accidents occur?
        　　25. What is important for freshmen to do before climbing?
        　　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 carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 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 Romans built great “aqueducts” to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Roman (36) Emperors even set up a (37) government health service. They built the first great public hospitals in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.
        　　When the Roman Empire fell to pieces, these (38) civilized methods of treatment (39) disappeared from most of Europe, for more than a thousand years. People went back to the old ways. They lived in dirty conditions, which helped to cause diseases; and they asked God to cure the (40) diseases. They shut up (41) mentally sick people in prisons. Or they burnt them alive because they were supposed to have (42) magic powers. But the work of the Greek and Roman doctors was not lost.
        　　Over a thousand years ago, the Arabs moved into many of the (43) Mediterranean countries. They took big parts of the old Roman lands. (44) They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic. Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries.
        　　(45) When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin. Slowly, European doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known so long ago. (46) Slowly, they began to make new discoveries and found out more about the way the body works.