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[ti:TEM4-2005]

[al:英语专业四级真题]

[00:12.49]TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005)

[00:16.56]-GRADE FOUR-

[00:18.46]PART I DICTATION

[00:21.22]Listen to the following passage.

[00:23.93]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.

[00:28.49]During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed,

[00:32.96]listen and try to understand the meaning.

[00:36.93]For the second and third readings,

[00:39.34]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,

[00:42.56]or phrase by phrase,

[00:44.54]with intervals of 15 seconds.

[00:47.76]The last reading will be read at normal speed again

[00:51.71]and during this time you should check your work.

[00:55.35]You will then be given 2 minutes

[00:57.32]to check through your work once more.

[01:00.62]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

[01:05.25]Now, listen to the passage.

[01:09.75]The Wrist Watch

[01:11.85]It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception

[01:16.61]to the normal sequence in the evolution of men's jewelry.

[01:21.63]Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women,

[01:26.14]and then adopted by men.

[01:29.11]In the old days, queens included wrist watches

[01:32.78]among their crown jewelry.

[01:35.55]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers.

[01:40.74]Until World War I,

[01:42.61]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters.

[01:47.37]Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch

[01:51.02]was most practical for active combat.

[01:54.86]Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches.

[01:59.22]And pilots found them most useful while flying.

[02:04.14]Soon, men dared to wear wrist watches

[02:07.86]without feeling self-conscious.

[02:11.03]By 1924, some 30 percent of men's watches

[02:15.62]were worn on the wrist.

[02:18.59]Today, the figure is 90 percent.

[02:22.67]And they are now worn by both men and women

[02:26.71]for practical purposes rather than for decoration.

[02:33.14]The second and third readings.

[02:36.23]You should begin writing now.

[02:40.08]It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception

[02:59.59]It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception

[03:19.35]to the normal sequence in the evolution of men's jewelry.

[03:38.07]to the normal sequence in the evolution of men's jewelry.

[03:57.31]Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women,

[04:16.49]Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women,

[04:35.59]and then adopted by men.

[04:52.39]and then adopted by men.

[05:09.49]In the old days, queens included wrist watches

[05:13.16]among their crown jewelry.

[05:30.11]In the old days, queens included wrist watches

[05:33.77]among their crown jewelry.

[05:50.83]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers.

[06:09.65]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers.

[06:28.75]Until World War I,

[06:30.57]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters.

[06:49.51]Until World War I,

[06:51.37]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters.

[07:10.09]Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch

[07:13.93]was most practical for active combat.

[07:31.81]Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch

[07:35.43]was most practical for active combat.

[07:53.28]Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches.

[08:12.01]Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches.

[08:30.71]And pilots found them most useful while flying.

[08:49.14]And pilots found them most useful while flying.

[09:07.80]Soon, men dared to wear wrist watches

[09:11.50]without feeling self-conscious.

[09:28.54]Soon, men dared to wear wrist watches

[09:32.28]without feeling self-conscious.

[09:49.56]By 1924, some 30 percent of men's watches

[09:53.97]were worn on the wrist.

[10:11.43]By 1924, some 30 percent of men's watches

[10:16.03]were worn on the wrist.

[10:33.36]Today, the figure is 90 percent.

[10:51.40]Today, the figure is 90 percent.

[11:09.60]And they are now worn by both men and women

[11:27.89]And they are now worn by both men and women

[11:46.50]for practical purposes rather than for decoration.

[12:05.28]for practical purposes rather than for decoration.

[12:24.11]The last reading.

[12:25.90]The Wrist Watch

[12:28.18]It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception

[12:32.75]to the normal sequence in the evolution of men's jewelry.

[12:37.80]Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women,

[12:42.16]and then adopted by men.

[12:45.31]In the old days, queens included wrist watches

[12:49.00]among their crown jewelry.

[12:51.69]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers.

[12:56.97]Until World War I,

[12:58.75]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters.

[13:03.29]Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch

[13:07.25]was most practical for active combat.

[13:11.04]Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches.

[13:15.51]And pilots found them most useful while flying.

[13:20.43]Soon, men dared to wear wrist watches

[13:24.13]without feeling self-conscious.

[13:27.18]By 1924, some 30 percent of men's watches

[13:32.00]were worn on the wrist.

[13:34.94]Today, the figure is 90 percent.

[13:39.01]And they are now worn by both men and women

[13:42.97]for practical purposes rather than for decoration.

[13:47.66]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.

[15:53.32]That is the end of part 1 dictation.

[15:59.95]PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

[16:04.60]SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

[16:09.40]Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation.

[16:14.53]W: Good morning. Sit down please, Mr. Johnson.

[16:17.81]M: Thank you, ma'am.

[16:19.28]W: I have read your letter here.

[16:21.20]You seemed to have done very well at school.

[16:24.31]Can you tell me something about your school work?

[16:27.54]M: As you can see, my strongest subjects were arts subjects.

[16:31.38]My best subject was history and my second best was geography.

[16:35.77]However, my favorite subject was math,

[16:38.89]and the results I got in the math paper were quite reasonable.

[16:42.29]W: That's true. Now can you tell me why you think

[16:45.85]these subjects will help you in this job?

[16:49.01]M: Well, ma'am, I understand that you manufacture computers,

[16:52.46]prepare software and advise clients on how to use them.

[16:56.22]Is that right?

[16:57.18]W: That's right.

[16:58.62]M: And I've been told that working with computers

[17:00.87]needs a logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics.

[17:05.57]That's especially true, I believe,

[17:07.92]when it comes to writing programmes.

[17:10.68]So I think my results show

[17:12.36]that I have some ability in logic and in mathematics as well.

[17:16.57]W: So you would like to write material for computers, would you?

[17:20.74]M: Yes, ma'am. That's what interests me most about computers,

[17:24.84]writing programmes.

[17:26.50]But I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously.

[17:31.59]I'm sure that career prospects in the industry

[17:34.12]would be very good no matter what sort of job I went into.

[17:37.58]W: I see. Well, thank you. I've enjoyed our talk.

[17:41.63]We'll be writing to you.

[17:43.50]M: Thank you, ma'am. Good morning.

[18:00.47]Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.

[18:05.87]W: Excuse me. Could I ask you some questions?

[18:09.67]M: Of course.

[18:10.94]W: I work for an advertising agency,

[18:13.70]and I'm doing some research.

[18:16.06]It's for a new magazine for people like you.

[18:19.23]M: People like me.

[18:20.66]What do you mean?

[18:22.23]W: People between twenty-five and thirty-five years old.

[18:25.81]M: OK.

[18:26.62]W: Right.

[18:27.59]Um, what do you do at the weekend?

[18:30.74]M: Well, on Fridays, my wife always goes to her exercise class.

[18:35.33]Then she visits friends.

[18:37.50]W: Don't you go out?

[18:38.75]M: Not on Fridays.

[18:39.87]I never go out on Fridays.

[18:41.77]I stay at home and watch television.

[18:44.00]W: And on Saturdays?

[18:46.26]M: On Saturdays my wife and I always go sailing together.

[18:49.99]W: Really?

[18:50.71]M: Mm.

[18:51.28]We love it.

[18:52.31]We never miss it.

[18:53.60]And then in the evening we go out.

[18:56.14]W: Where to?

[18:57.31]M: Different places.

[18:58.86]We sometimes go and see friends.

[19:01.17]We sometimes go to the cinema or a restaurant.

[19:04.35]But we always go out on Saturday evenings.

[19:07.04]W: I see. And now Sunday.

[19:09.66]What happens on Sundays?

[19:11.81]M: Nothing special.

[19:13.26]We often go for a walk.

[19:15.14]And I always cook a big Sunday lunch.

[19:18.06]W: Oh. How often do you do the cooking?

[19:21.27]M: Um, twice a week, three times a week.

[19:24.56]W: Thank you very much.

[19:26.35]All I need now are your personal details

[19:29.41]-your name, job and so on.

[19:32.58]What's your surname?

[19:34.02]M: Robinson.

[19:56.12]Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

[20:01.41]M: Parcel Express. Good morning.

[20:03.40]How can I help you?

[20:04.65]W: Good morning.

[20:05.72]I'm thinking of sending a parcel to New York next week.

[20:09.24]Can you tell me what the procedure is, please?

[20:12.02]M: Certainly. When you ring us,

[20:14.47]we need the following information:

[20:16.70]the invoice address-that's probably your address, isn't it?

[20:20.67]-and then the pick-up address if that's different.

[20:24.00]And the contact phone number...

[20:25.87]W: Just a moment...

[20:27.28]I'm taking notes.

[20:29.11]Phone number... right.

[20:31.91]M: Then we need the full name,

[20:33.24]address and phone number of the person

[20:35.49]you're sending the parcel to.

[20:37.57]W: OK. Anything else?

[20:39.69]M: Yes, the weight and dimensions of the parcel

[20:43.25]-that's height, weight and length...

[20:46.20]and the value of the goods...

[20:47.88]and a full description.

[20:49.67]W: ... value... description.

[20:51.96]M: Yes, but don't seal the parcel.

[20:54.77]You need to leave it open so that the driver can

[20:57.18]check the contents when he collects it.

[20:59.94]After the recent bombing, the airline said

[21:02.57]that we'd have to check all parcels;

[21:04.93]they told us we had to do it.

[21:06.98]W: Fine. Now, last question,

[21:09.79]how long will the parcel take to get to New York?

[21:12.91]M: One to two working days.

[21:15.09]There are daily flights at midday.

[21:17.48]And if we collect the parcel from you at 10:15,

[21:20.39]then your parcel catches that flight,

[21:22.55]and it'll arrive within 24 hours.

[21:25.09]W: Right. Thank you very much.

[21:27.53]You've been very helpful.

[21:29.11]M: Not at all. Goodbye.

[21:30.69]W: Goodbye.

[21:47.89]SECTION B PASSAGES

[21:53.03]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following announcement.

[21:58.39]Attention, all passengers.

[22:00.40]Platform change-this is a platform change.

[22:04.07]The train now standing at Platform 9 is the 10:48 train

[22:08.97]calling at all stations to Nanjing.

[22:12.40]Please note.

[22:13.41]The train on Platform 9 is not the 10:52 train to Jinan.

[22:18.85]It's the 10:48 train calling at all stations to Nanjing.

[22:23.62]The 10:52 to Jinan will now leave from Platform 7.

[22:28.94]Train announcement.

[22:30.32]The 11:20 train to Zhengzhou from Platform 8

[22:34.14]will be subject to a fifteen-minute delay.

[22:37.78]I repeat, there will be a fifteen-minute delay for

[22:41.15]the Zhengzhou train on Platform 8.

[22:43.92]It will now leave at 11:35, not 11:20.

[22:48.47]The 11:28 train to Hangzhou has been cancelled.

[22:52.49]We apologize to customers,

[22:54.34]but due to signal problems the 11:28 train to Hangzhou

[22:58.66]from Platform 15 has been cancelled.

[23:02.10]The 11:32 train to Tianjin is now standing at Platform 13.

[23:07.64]Please note-there will be no restaurant car on this train.

[23:11.97]I repeat, there will be no restaurant car

[23:14.88]on the 11:32 to Tianjin now standing at Platform 13.

[23:36.93]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.

[23:43.04]The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

[23:45.92]was opened in Geneva in 1988.

[23:49.63]It tells the story of men and women who,

[23:52.39]in the course of the major events of the last 150 years,

[23:56.70]have given assistance to victims of war and natural disasters.

[24:02.44]The organization was established in 1863,

[24:06.13]and was based on the idea

[24:07.78]by a Swiss businessman called Henry Durant.

[24:11.68]He had witnessed the heavy casualties of the Battle of Solferino

[24:15.21]in Italy four years earlier,

[24:17.80]and which 40,000 people were killed, wounded, or missing.

[24:22.32]He had seen the lack of medical services and

[24:24.79]the great suffering of many of the wounded,

[24:27.40]who simply died from lack of care.

[24:31.04]The International Red Cross or Red Crescent exists to

[24:34.80]help the victims of conflicts and disasters

[24:37.56]regardless of their nationalities.

[24:40.71]The symbol of the organization was originally just the red cross.

[24:45.16]It has no religious significance;

[24:47.77]the founders of the movement

[24:49.04]adopted it as a tribute to Switzerland.

[24:52.46]However, during the Russo-Turkish war,

[24:55.61]the Turks felt that the cross could be seen

[24:57.66]as offensive to the Muslim soldiers

[24:59.89]and a second symbol, the red crescent,

[25:02.71]was adopted for use by national organizations

[25:05.81]in the Islamic world.

[25:07.73]Both are now official symbols.

[25:25.74]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage.

[25:31.11]At major college or high school sports events,

[25:34.22]cheerleaders, both male and female,

[25:36.92]jump and dance in front of the crowd and

[25:39.44]shout the name of their team,

[25:41.61]running around yelling "Go, team, go!"

[25:45.01]The first cheerleader ever was a man.

[25:47.78]In 1898, Johnny Campbell jumped in front of the crowd

[25:51.84]at the university of Minnesota and shouted for his team.

[25:56.45]He shouted, "Hoo-rah Minn-e-so-tah!"

[26:00.15]This was the first organized show, or "yell".

[26:04.35]For the next thirty-two years cheerleaders were men only.

[26:08.47]Cheerleading is not just about cheering.

[26:11.03]They practice special shows, dances, and athletic shows.

[26:15.89]The men throw the women high in the air and catch them.

[26:19.89]The team members climb on each other's shoulders

[26:22.53]to make a human pyramid.

[26:24.60]They yell and dance too.

[26:26.69]It is like human fireworks.

[26:29.28]Of course, they may often suffer serious knee and

[26:32.42]wrist injuries and bloody noses.

[26:35.68]Cheerleaders have their own contests every year at local,

[26:39.55]state, and national levels.

[26:42.33]And a crowd shouts for them.

[26:44.66]It is not fair to think cheerleading is just being cheerful and

[26:48.31]lively and having a loud voice.

[26:51.42]Cheerleading is a sport in itself.

[27:14.63]SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

[27:19.10]Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news.

[27:25.15]The bodies of dozens of African emigrants

[27:28.33]discovered off the Italian coast last week

[27:31.39]might have been thrown overboard,

[27:33.66]Italian officials said on Monday.

[27:36.45]A coastguard spokesman said 15 illegal immigrants,

[27:40.66]all believed to come from Somalia,

[27:43.17]survived being thrown into the Mediterranean sea,

[27:47.04]but one of the survivors, a woman, was in a serious condition.

[27:51.99]They told the coastguard that their boat had left Libya 20 days

[27:55.88]before with around 100 emigrants aboard.

[27:59.68]They said most had died during the trip.

[28:03.02]Last Friday, seven Africans, including three children,

[28:06.91]died before their boat could reach the island.

[28:10.17]A further 25 people survived.

[28:23.63]Question 23 is based on the following news.

[28:28.25]China has set its sight on putting three people into space for a week,

[28:32.14]the China News Service said on Tuesday.

[28:35.32]The news agency reported an official as saying

[28:38.12]that preparations were under way for the next Shenzhou launch.

[28:43.28]The Shenzhou VI is expected to blast off within the next two years.

[28:48.29]Shenzhou V carried a Chinese astronaut aloft.

[28:51.94]He circled the earth 14 times during his 21-hour trip, October 15 to 16, 2003,

[28:59.64]making China the third country to put a man into space.

[29:09.40]Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news.

[29:14.28]Gigantic waves of flame that covered entire neighborhoods

[29:18.08]and filled the skies over southern California

[29:20.50]with ash have killed at least 13 people.

[29:24.30]At least six separate wildfires

[29:26.56]were still burning on Monday morning,

[29:28.85]all the way from the Mexican border

[29:30.89]to the suburbs of Los Angeles.

[29:34.10]They were reported to have destroyed 800 homes

[29:37.29]and consumed about 120,000 hectares of land.

[29:42.27]Authority said they were seeking two men

[29:44.32]in connection with the fires,

[29:46.62]which they believe were started deliberately.

[30:00.03]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the following news.

[30:05.23]There has been modest growth in tourism worldwide

[30:09.09]despite two years of terrorism, war, and disease,

[30:12.96]and China is the engine driving it,

[30:15.31]according to the World Tourism Organization.

[30:18.49]International tourists' numbers hit a record 702 million last year,

[30:24.31]a rise of 2.7 per cent over 2001,

[30:28.51]the year of the September 11 attacks.

[30:31.58]France remains the most popular destination,

[30:34.74]receiving more than 77 million visitors,

[30:37.95]followed by Spain, United States and Italy.

[30:42.58]China, however, marked 11 per cent growth over that period,

[30:46.82]attracting 36.8 million international visitors.

[30:50.94]It ranks fifth among leading tourism nations.

[30:54.99]By 2020, it will be top,

[30:57.78]with predictions of 130 million visitors per year.

[31:02.29]Chinese themselves are also becoming a major force as travelers.

[31:06.96]According to a Xinhua report,

[31:09.54]over 16.6 million Chinese traveled abroad last year,

[31:14.09]up 37 per cent from the previous year.

[31:17.38]Their numbers are expected to grow to 30 million

[31:20.64]by the end of the decade, and 100 million in 2020.

[31:42.03]Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news.

[31:47.47]Around forty former military officers in Argentina

[31:50.62]have been arrested for possible extradition

[31:53.36]to Spain on human rights charges.

[31:56.57]The arrest came as the Argentine government

[31:58.99]struck down the decree

[32:00.41]prohibiting such extradition,

[32:02.58]saying all Argentine should be equal before the law.

[32:06.83]Those detained include a former navy captain

[32:09.51]and several other ex-officers suspected of torture or murder

[32:13.76]during the last period of military rule in Argentina,

[32:17.22]which ended in 1983.

[32:30.02]This is the end of Listening Comprehension.

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