1、2003年6月21日四級(jí)聽(tīng)力試題原文及譯文Section A W：Gorge, look at the long waiting line. I am glad youve made a reservation. M：More and more people enjoy eating out now. Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students. Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place? W: 喬治，看看這里排著這么長(zhǎng)的隊(duì)，真快樂(lè)你訂到

2、了座位。 M：越來(lái)越多的人喜歡在外面吃飯。而且這個(gè)地方尤其受留學(xué)生親睞。 Q：對(duì)話可能在哪里發(fā)生？ M:I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. Id like you to meet them. W: Sure, Id love to. Ive heard they are very interesting people. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? M：你明天晚上能到我這來(lái)一趟嗎？史蒂文森一家明天到我

3、家吃晚飯，我希望你能見(jiàn)見(jiàn)他們。 W：當(dāng)然，我非常愿意。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)他們非常有意思。 Q：我們可從該對(duì)話中了解到什么？ W: The presentation made by Professor Jacksonwas complicated to understand. M: Well, I think he didnt speak slowly enough for us for us to take the notes. Q: What did the man complain? W：杰克森教授作的報(bào)告太難懂了。 M；我覺(jué)得他的語(yǔ)速太快，我們根本沒(méi)法做筆記。 Q：男士抱怨什么？ W: Youve

4、got your apartment furnished, havent you? M: Ive bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain. Q: What does the man mean? W：你買了家俱，是嗎？ M：我從周日市場(chǎng)買了一些舊家俱。價(jià)錢廉價(jià)。 Q：男人什么意思？ M Mary doesnt want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling.

5、W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? M：瑪麗不想讓我干那個(gè)工作，她說(shuō)孩子還些這個(gè)工作又需要我經(jīng)常出差。 W：你應(yīng)該和她再談?wù)劊茨銈兡懿荒芟氤鰝€(gè)兩全其美的方法。權(quán)衡一下利弊，再做決定。 Q：從對(duì)話中我們可以了解到什么？ M:I havent got my scores on the GRE

6、 test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries? W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test. Q: What does the woman advise the man to do? M：我還不知道GRE考試的分?jǐn)?shù)。你覺(jué)得我是不是該打 問(wèn)問(wèn)？ W：不要急。考試的分?jǐn)?shù)至少要在考試后八周之后公布。 Q：女人建議男人干嘛？ M: Have you finished reading the book you

7、bought last month? W: oh, I didnt read straight through the way you read a novel,I just covered a few chapters which interested me most. Q: How did the woman read the book? M：你讀上個(gè)月你買的那本書(shū)了嗎？ W：哦，我不象你讀小說(shuō)那樣從頭讀到尾。我讀了我感興趣的幾章。 Q：女人采用什么讀書(shū)方式？ W: Hello, Joe, Havent seen you for quite a while. Are you fine? M

8、: Oh,yes, but not a thing to go against me. I had a car accident, only someminor injuries though. Q: What happened to Joe? W：你好，喬，很久不見(jiàn)，你好嗎？ M：還好，我吉人自有天相，出了車禍，只不過(guò)受了輕傷。 m: The taxi is waiting downstairs, lets hurry. W: Wait a minute. Ill take some food with us. I dont like the meal served on the train

9、. Q: What are the speakers going to do? M：出租車在樓下等著，趕緊！ M：等等，我要帶點(diǎn)吃的東西。我不喜歡吃火車上供給的食物。 Q：兩個(gè)談話者準(zhǔn)備做什么？ W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says? M: Its actually even worse, believe it or not. Q :What did the man say about the course? W：那門選修課象別人說(shuō)的那么難嗎？ M：不管你信不信，難極了。 Q：他們?nèi)绾卧u(píng)價(jià)選修課？ Section B Pass

10、age 1 My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced Get up, you are going with me to cut grass. I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father,

11、my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted, but I felt good. I put out a hard days labor and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside. Cut that section again! he s

12、aid firmly and dont make me have to tell you again. The message was very clear. Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time. Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine on the construction site. I have learned something that help me in my next

13、 job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do. 11 Q: How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?13 Q: What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves? 14 Q:What did the speak want to tell us in this passage? Passage B I am living in a s

14、mall village in the country. My wife and I run a village shop. We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village. They have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too-gardening, fishing, walking in the country side.

15、 I love the outdoor life. It wasnt always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening. I often bring work home at the weekends. The advertising world is very competitive. And when I look back, I cant imagine how I stood it. I have no private li

16、fe at all. No time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me. She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what is really important to me. I talk

17、ed things through with her and decided to get back together and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream. 14 What did the speaker do for a living? 15 What do we

18、 know about the speakers life in the past? 16 What made the speaker change his life style? Passage 3 Where is the university? is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges.

19、 It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university. And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very fu

20、ll groups. Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates. About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is

21、 of major importance. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes. The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy

22、-right libraries, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are held and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees. 17 Why is it difficult to located Camb

23、ridge University? 18 What does the passage tell us about the colleges of the university? 19 What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University? 20 What does we know from the passage tell us about the women students in Cambridge university? Graduated licensing systems hav

24、e reduced leenage driver crashes, according to recent studies, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated Hcensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice(新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger u

25、nder 20(without the presence of an adult over 25)for the first six months. 21. Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage? A) Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. B) A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. C) Adults dr

26、iving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. D) A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. 22. According to Robert Foss. The high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _ A) their frequent driving at nightC) their lack of driving experience B) their i

27、mproper way of drivingD) their driving with passengers 23. According to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. B) Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to learn. C) Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying

28、 to take driving lessons. D) The licensing authonties are partly responsible for teenagers driving accidents. 24. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers driving accidents is that _ . A) driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule B) they should be prohibited from taking on

29、 passengers C) they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m. D) the licensing system should be improved 25. The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system _. A) is under discussionC) has been put into effect B) is about to be set up D) has been perfected

30、 Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies the graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little

31、 on-the-job training.Thats especially true of booing fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornells School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelors degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances f

32、or rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization doesnt pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may o

33、pen doors and command a higher salary injtially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years. As further evidence of the erosion (銷蝕) of corporate(公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan States Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices, Although companies tend to take on s

34、pecialists as new hires, they often seek out gencralists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isnt constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,says Scheetz. This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time a

35、nd again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adapeability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or

36、 an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things, says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behaviorplus a computer course or tw

37、o. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace, says Scheetz. 26. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market? A) Students with a bachelors degree in humanities. B) People with an MBA degree front top universities. C) People with formal schooling plus work experience. D) People with special training