2008年12月英语四级听力模拟题(十四)

　　Passage Three
　　I don’t often lose things and I’m especially careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay for the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have slipped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. Thinking about that possibility, I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unfortunately, there were several people sitting at the table at the time, so I called a waiter and explained to him that my wallet had fallen out of my pocket while I was sitting at the table a few minutes earlier. I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor.
　　While the waiter was looking for it, the manager of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I didn’t want to get a lot of people involved in the problem, but I knew I had to get the wallet back. I told the manager what had happened. He had me describe the wallet to him, and then he insisted that I report the missing wallet to the police. I told him that I didn’t particularly want to get the police involved in it; besides, I was in a hurry because I had an appointment with my doctor in just a few minutes. I explained to him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay the check. He told me not to worry about that. He had me write down my name and address and he said he would send me a bill.
　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　32. Why was the writer so sure he had brought his wallet with him?
　　33. According to the passage, when did the writer most probably lose his wallet?
　　34. Why did the writer walk back to the table where he had been sitting?
　　35. Why did the manager have the writer write down his name and address?
　　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.hxen.net
　　On Sept.11, the nation’s aviation system quickly and safely (36) landed almost 4,500 planes that were in the air when the terrorist attacks took place. How was this (37) accomplished? What was it like inside air traffic control centers and at airline (38) headquarters? How was the decision made to land all the planes? And how did controllers execute it?
　　Some USA TODAY reporters spent seven months (39) interviewing more than 100 people involved in key decisions that day. The reporters traveled to New York, Washington, Chicago, Texas and Atlanta.
　　The (40) scenes, thoughts and quotes in the stories are based on interviews with (41) participants or with sources who had (42) access to tape recordings. Accounts of the day’s events were (43) verified. Reporters and editors also scrutinized hundreds of pages of records, (44) including transcripts of radio calls with the four hijacked jets and a log kept by the Federal Aviation Administration.
　　(45) USA TODAY compiled and analyzed data from several sources. A key source was the FAA radar data from the Traffic Situation Display. (46) The system tracks all aircraft in the United States and Canada that have filed flight plans: commercial jets, private planes, cargo jets and military aircraft. It also estimates the location of planes over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans flying to and from North America.