星火英语2008年12月英语四级考试预测试卷

　　Part ⅢListening Comprehension
　　Section A
　　11. M: Gordon needs to find another place to live. The apartment he rents now has been sold to a new owner.
　　W: He’d better start looking right away. When all the students come back in a few weeks, he won’t find any near the campus.
　　Q: What does the woman suggest Gordon do?
　　A)。从选项可以猜测本题是对行为的考查，考查某人应该做某事，因此听录音时要侧重建议性的句型信息。男士说Gordon needs to find another place to live,可知此人想找房子，接着女士说He’d better start looking right away。had better do sth.是建议句型的提示信息，后面的内容即是答案所在。
　　12. W: Judy earned a lot of money over the summer as an advisor for that agency.
　　M: I don’t doubt it. What surprises me is that she is still working there, now that classes have started again.
　　Q: What does the man say about Judy?
　　B)。由选项预测本题考查男士的观点，听录音时应着重理解男士的话。从女士话中的earn money，over the summer可知对话涉及学校兼职工作，男士的回答中出现了What surprises me is that…，这是明显的提示信息，其后即是答案所在。
　　13. M: There is an article here in this magazine that might interest you. It’s about buying running shoes.
　　W: If it’s not chemistry and it’s not on the final exam, I can read it now.
　　Q: What is the woman probably doing now?
　　B)。由选项预测本题考查正在发生的动作。对话中男士在向女士推荐一篇文章，解题关键在于理解女士答话中的if条件句，“如果不是因为化学和期末考试，我现在就能读了”。那么真实情况也就是“我在准备考试，没时间读文章”。
　　14. W: Please turn down the television. I can’t hear anything my friend is saying on the phone.
　　M: Hurry up and finish your call. I don’t like standing so close. The light hurts my eyes.
　　Q: Why is the woman upset?
　　C)。由选项预测本题是对原因提问，并且是针对女士，听录音时应着重体会因果关系。对话中女士要求关闭电视，并直接说明了理由，can’t hear anything on the phone，与C)相符。至于男士的要求及其理由是本题的干扰项，注意辨别。
　　15. W: I was quite surprised when I heard William play the violin. From the way he talked I thought he was just starting his lessons.
　　M: Oh, that’s the way he always talks.
　　Q: What do we learn about William from this conversation?
　　C)。由选项预测本题是对William的行为进行判断。听力考试中考生不仅要辨别细节和事实，还要具备根据内涵、语气等进行推断的能力。本题女士话中的surprised暗示William的violin表现出人意料，但从From the way…his lessons可推出他说话谦虚，让女士原以为他刚开始学习violin。
　　16. W: It’s really a big problem to teach our children how to behave. When I get angry, I say things I don’t mean.
　　M: If you want your kids to be polite, you’ll have to be polite to them.
　　Q: What conclusion can be drawn from this conversation?
　　A)。由选项预测本题是对孩子的行为进行判断。从女士话中的children，teach，behave可知对话是在讨论孩子教育问题。本题关键在于理解男士的回答，“如果你希望孩子们有礼貌，你就必须对他们有礼貌”，强调父母的榜样力量，由此可归纳出Children learn by example的结论。