英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Nine

[by:和谐英语学习网||和谐英语||和谐英语学习网]
[00:00.00]喜欢hxen.net，请把hxen.net放在QQ资料上，多谢支持！1.W:Do you have a calculator that you could lend me for a few days?
[00:06.11]I just have no idea where mine is.
[00:10.27]M:Well,yes,I have one.But actually my sister is using it now.
[00:16.33]Q:What do we learn from this conversation?
[00:21.50]2.W:I can't seem to wake up in the morning without coffee at breakfast.
[00:28.76]M:You know,I'm just like you except that I prefer tea.
[00:34.93]Q:What does the man mean?
[00:39.13]3.W:If the weather doesn't get any better,we may have to cancel our plans for this afternoon's picnic.
[00:48.33]M:Don't give up yet.The forecast says the clouds should clear up by mid morning.
[00:54.49]Q:What are they going to do?
[00:58.70]4.W:My hand still hurts from falling on the ice yesterday.I wonder if I broke something.
[01:07.87]M:I'm no doctor,but it's not black and blue or anything.
[01:12.10]Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days.
[01:16.17]Q:What do we know about the woman?
[01:21.35]5.W:How many students took part in the Band Four exam last time?
[01:30.46]M:Well,let me see.400 had registered,but not all students showed up.
[01:36.57]I think there were 180 from Grade One and 178 from Grade Two.
[01:43.73]Q:How many students took part in the Band Four exam last time?
[01:50.39]6.M:Last week I went to New York on business,guess whom I met?
[01:57.19]It was Robert Williams.Do you still remember him?
[02:01.13]W:Yes.It's amazing,we haven't seen each other since our graduation.
[02:07.92]Q:Who is Robert Williams?
[02:12.13]7.M:I'm going to ask my neighbours to turn the music down,I can't concentrate on my paper.
[02:19.23]W:Do you really think it makes any difference to them?
[02:23.91]Q:What does the woman imply?
[02:28.06]8.W:Mr.Taylor must have been joking when he said that he was going to quit his job.
[02:35.32]M:Don't be too sure.He told me that he was trying to sell his house.
[02:40.99]Q:What conclusion does the man want us to make?
[02:46.71]9.W:I'm worried about my jewelry business.I really thought I'd do better.
[02:55.33]M:At least you broke even.That's better than most people do in their first year.
[03:01.58]Q:What can be inferred from the conversation?
[03:07.64]10.W:I love sailing on the lake.
[03:12.26]It's so refreshing to feel the wind in my hair and the water on my face.
[03:17.43]M:I guess I would feel the same way,if I could swim.
[03:22.06]Q:What do we know about the man?
[03:26.68]Passage one
[03:29.79]In the United States,it is not customary to telephone some one very early in the morning.
[03:37.00]If you telephone him early in the day,while he is shaving or having breakfast,
[03:43.16]it shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention.
[03:49.28]The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00P.M.
[03:54.53]If someone receives a call during sleeping hours,he assumes it's a matter of life and death.
[04:01.68]The time chosen for the call indicates its importance.
[04:06.86]In social life,time plays a very important part.
[04:11.53]In the United States guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
[04:23.78]But it is not true in all countries.
[04:26.89]In other areas of the world,it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance ,
[04:34.05]because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten.
[04:40.11]The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.
[04:44.79]Thus,misunderstandings can arise between people from cultures that treat time differently.
[04:52.49]Promptness is highly valued in American life,for example,if people are not prompt,they may be regarded as impolite or not truly responsible.
[05:05.19]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[05:11.85]11.What would it mean if you phone somebody deep at night?
[05:18.98]12.In what aspect of life does time play an important role according to the passage?
[05:28.18]13.Why can misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures according to this passage?
[05:39.28]Passage Two
[05:41.39]The oldest stone building in the world are the pyramids.
[05:46.59]They have stood for nearly 5,000 years,and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet.
[05:55.71]There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of the Nile,
[05:59.84]some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids.
[06:03.99]The most famous of these are the "Stop "pyramid and the "Both"pyramid.
[06:10.65]Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago.
[06:17.31]Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or,
[06:22.93]more often,for stone to use in modern buildings.
[06:27.19]The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids,and their very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin.
[06:36.36]These are good reasons why they can still be seen today,
[06:40.46]but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last for ever.
[06:46.67]It is practically certain that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works have fortunately been preserved.
[06:55.87]However,there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves.
[07:04.57]Consequently,we are only able to guess at the methods used.
[07:08.75]Nevertheless,by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found,
[07:14.96]archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.
[07:19.61]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[07:25.34]14.Why do some pyramids remain well preserved?
[07:31.50]15.What has caused the most damage to the pyramids?
[07:38.58]16.Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?
[07:45.66]Passage Three
[07:47.88]Many primitive peoples believed that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves.
[07:57.05]They thought,for example,that eating deer would make them run as fast as the deer.
[08:04.15]Some primitive tribes believed that eating enemies that had shown bravery in battle would make them brave.
[08:12.33]Man_eating may have started because people were eager to become as strong and brave as their enemies.
[08:20.56]Among civilized people it was once thought that ginger root by some magical power could improve the memory.
[08:29.13]Eggs were thought to make the voice pretty.
[08:32.34]Tomatoes also were believed to have magical powers.
[08:36.91]They were called love apples and were supposed to make people who ate them fall in love.
[08:43.02]Later another wrong idea about tomatoes grew up__the idea that they were poisonous.
[08:50.70]How surprised the people who thought tomatoes poisonous would be if they could know that millions of pounds of tomatoes were supplied to soldiers overseas during World War II.
[09:03.87]Even today there are a great many wrong ideas about food.
[09:08.47]Some of them are very widespread.
[09:13.27]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[09:19.44]17.What does the passage seem to be talking about?
[09:26.62]18.Why did some primitive tribes eat enemies according to the passage?
[09:35.71]19.What was once thought to have magical power to improve memory?
[09:43.84]20.What will the speaker probably talk about next?