2009年6月英语四级听力答案和点评

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he get pensioned off at last?(19题答案标志：1.前二回合出题;2.升调常出)
M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea(19题答案,听见什么选什么,其它三项均未提到时SEA). He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.
W: He is all alone, isn’t he?(20题答案标志:1.反问必出.2.升调常出)
M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years(20题答案,听到DEAD,根据选项PASS AWAY进行同义替换,仍然是听见什么选什么). They had one daughter, Dories. (21题答案标志:1.转折项标志词必出)But she went off to town as soon as she left school. (21题答案,同义替换程度较深,有一定难度) And he hasn’t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.
W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?
M: I don’t suppose she come. She never got on with her father. He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly.
W: Are you his doctor?
M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.
W: That bad-tempered old thing?(22题答案标志:1.升调常出)
M: Oh, (22题答案,听见什么选什么,本题无难度)he isn’t bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.
W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.
19. Why does old Jake look terribly depressed?

    B.He can no longer work at sea
20. What do we learn about Jake’s wife?

    A.She passed away years
21. What does the man say about Jake’s daughter?

    C.She has never got on with her father
22. What does the man say about Jake’s doctor?

    B.He is excellent but looks bad-tempered

Conversation Two

W: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today?
M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green.
W: What can I do for you?
M: Well, unfortunately, (23题答案标志:1.前二回合必出.2.强调项标志词必出)there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday. (23题答案:1.听见什么选什么2.重读原则,反复读MANUAL,包含此词的选项必是答案)It seems we haven’t seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system.
W: Oh, dear, that’s bad news. I’m very sorry to hear that, and you don’t know how many packs are without manuals?
M: No, because we haven’t opened every pack. （24题答案标志：1.转折项标示词必出)But in several of those that have been opened there are none, no manuals.
W: I’m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield.(24题答案:听见什么选什么) We’ll send out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at the latest.
M: All of them, right?
W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure. So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack.
M: Yes. Yes, I see.(25题答案标志:1.停顿常出) That would be great.(25题答案)
W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up. I assure you we will do everything possible to find out why the mistake happened
M: Right. Thanks for your swift action.(25题答案)
W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye for now. Do call if there is anything else.
M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green.
W: Goodbye.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard.
23. What problems are the speakers discussing?

    C.Some of the packs do not contain manuals
24. What does the woman promise to do?

    D.solve the problem at her company's cost
25. What does the man think of the solution?

    A.Ideal