王迈迈英语四级预测试卷与详解听力MP3和文本下载Test 3

[00:01.80]Section A
[00:03.37]11. W: Mary has been in the night club since 8 o'clock.
[00:07.29]What time is it now? I'm worried.
[00:09.37]M: It's two o'clock in the morning.
[00:11.16]Q: How long has Mary been in the club?
[00:29.52]12. W: How do you feel about the dinner?
[00:32.01]M: I think I've never had such a terrible dinner, everything is dirty.
[00:35.83]Q: What did the man mean?
[00:53.74]13. M: Betty is supposed to be here at the meeting tonight. Where is she?
[00:58.10]W: She's come down with the flu and has to stay at home.
[01:01.53]Q: Why didn't Betty attend the meeting?
[01:19.86]14. W: I think we should stop playing around with the idea and buy a car.
[01:24.94]M: I didn't realize you are so serious about it.
[01:27.47]Q: What are the speaker's attitudes toward buying a new car?
[01:46.78]15. W: Hello, it's Kate speaking here at my home,
[01:51.01]but Tom and I are going to the concert tonight.
[01:53.53]Would you like to come over to look after my baby, just for two hours?
[01:57.52]M: Well, it's out of question.
[01:59.60]Q: What is not true about the conversation?
[02:17.99]16. W: The shoes were a bargain. I got them for half price.
[02:23.03]M: You mean you only paid $ 40 for them?
[02:26.47]Q: How much did the shoes cost originally?
[02:45.27]17. M: Tara is really enthusiastic about her ballet class, isn't she?
[02:51.31]W: Yes. She used to take lessons only one day a week,
[02:55.10]but now she goes every other day after class.
[02:58.78]Q: How many days a week does Tara take ballet lessons?
[03:19.07]18. W: Did you hear the weather forecast?
[03:22.10]M: Yes. It said it would be slightly above freezing tomorrow.
[03:26.20]Q: What kind of weather are they having?
[03:45.21]Now you'll hear two long conversations.
[03:49.33]Conversation One
[03:51.73]M: I can't find my wallet.
[03:53.13]W: Oh no! Are you sure?
[03:54.94]M: It's definitely not in any of my pockets.
[03:57.84]W: You must have left it in the taxi.
[03:59.84]M: Well, you paid the taxi fare.
[04:01.81]I don't remember having it when I was in the taxi.
[04:04.54]W: Then when did you last have it?
[04:06.38]Maybe you left it at the bank? Remember?
[04:08.86]You took it out when you cashed that check.
[04:11.70]You could have left it on the counter.
[04:13.43]M: Oh, the teller would have noticed it I'm sure.
[04:16.88]And anyway, I remember having it after that,
[04:19.02]when we were in that coffee shop.
[04:20.60]Maybe it slipped out of my pocket while we were having coffee.
[04:23.72]W: But you paid for the coffee, remember?
[04:25.90]M: That's right. And what did I do after that?
[04:28.96]I must have had it when I left the coffee shop
[04:31.02]because I remember feeling it in my pocket as we walked out.
[04:34.85]W: Well, I wonder if someone stole it.
[04:37.09]M: You mean a pickpocket?
[04:38.40]W: Yes. Do you think someone could have stolen it without you noticing it?
[04:42.67]M: I doubt it. I'm sure I would have noticed.
[04:44.92]No. Do you know where I think it could be?
[04:47.16]W: Where?
[04:47.96]M: Remember that little bookshop we stopped in on the way to the taxi stand?
[04:51.88]W: Yeah. Did you have it then?
[04:53.40]M: Yes I did. I remember taking it out of my pocket to write down
[04:56.74]the name of the book on a piece of paper.
[04:59.26]I think I must have put it on the shelf while I was writing, and left it there.
[05:03.14]I'll call the bookshop and see if they've found it.
[05:06.20]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[05:24.03]19. What did the man do in the bank?
[05:42.11]20. Who paid the taxi fare and who paid for the coffee?
[06:01.28]21. What did the woman think about the missing wallet?
[06:20.02]22. Where did the man most probably lose his wallet?
[06:40.10]Conversation Two
[06:42.08]W: Harry, what's the matter? You look pale. Are you sick?
[06:45.76]M: I just had a terrible experience.
[06:47.82]W: Sit down. Let me get you a glass of water.
[06:50.21]M: No, thanks. I'll be fine in a minute.
[06:52.19]W: Did you have an accident?
[06:53.41]M: Not quite, but almost.
[06:54.82]I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car.
[06:58.00]Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
[07:00.25]W: How awful! I hope you got the license number for the car,
[07:03.57]so you can report this man to the police department.
[07:06.50]M: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
[07:09.54]W: Drivers like that should have their licenses taken away from them.
[07:13.05]M: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
[07:15.64]W: I'm sure you won't.
[07:17.34]M: Yes, from now on I won't cross the street
[07:19.24]in the middle of the block reading my newspaper.
[07:21.92]I'll have to watch where I'm going,
[07:23.77]since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.
[07:27.74]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:33.46]23. Why did the man look pale?
[07:51.22]24. What was the man doing when the car almost hit him?
[08:10.22]25. What can be inferred from the conversation?
[08:29.77]Section B
[08:31.78]Passage One
[08:33.79]The city's museums are much more than cultural centers.
[08:37.55]They are major contributors to the city's economy.
[08:40.83]Not only do they provide jobs for people living in the city,
[08:44.26]but the museums also attract tourists
[08:46.60]who spend money in hotels, restaurants and stores.
[08:50.53]Each year mass motoring tours visit our museums
[08:54.30]and spend millions of dollars in the city,
[08:56.53]but only a fraction of that money is ever seen by the museums.
[09:00.72]This, in addition to recent cuts in government aid,
[09:04.12]has hurt the museums.
[09:05.61]And museums are in trouble,
[09:07.36]though we can all help by increasing our contributions
[09:10.62]and encourage others to support cultural institutions.
[09:14.53]We should help the museums and help ourselves, too.
[09:17.87]This message is by Crocker Bank,
[09:20.28]which is interested in keeping New York financially healthy.
[09:24.84]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[09:30.48]26. What is the main thought expressed in this appeal?
[09:49.85]27. Why are the city's museums economically important?
[10:09.32]28. Why are museums having problems?
[10:28.55]Passage Two
[10:30.47]Mrs. Baker's sister was ill.
[10:32.08]She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday,
[10:35.51]but not at the weekend,
[10:37.13]so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spent the weekend
[10:41.59]with her at her home in a neighbouring town.
[10:44.51]But as Mr. Baker could not cook,
[10:46.13]she had arranged for his sister to come over
[10:48.79]and spend the weekend looking after him at their home.
[10:51.99]This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time
[10:54.88]when he came home from work on Friday evening.
[10:57.81]First he had to drive home from the railway station.
[11:01.17]Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train.
[11:05.10]And then he had to wait until his sister's train arrived,
[11:08.55]so as to take her to his house.
[11:11.17]Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station
[11:14.16]to catch her train back home,
[11:15.80]and then wait for his wife's train,
[11:17.96]so as to bring her home.
[11:19.74]One Sunday evening he had seen his sister off on her train
[11:23.23]and was waiting for his wife's arrival when a porter,
[11:27.37]who had often seen him at the station,
[11:29.52]came over and spoke to him.
[11:31.45]"You are having a lot of fun," he said.
[11:33.49]"But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other,
[11:37.49]and then you will be in real trouble!"
[11:40.64]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[11:46.27]29. Who looked after the sick person on weekends?
[12:05.86]30. On weekends who cooked for Mr. Baker?
[12:24.22]31. What did Mr. Baker have to do at the railway station on Friday evening?
[12:46.08]Passage Three
[12:47.87]Thank you all for coming today to hear about
[12:50.28]new recycling program on campus.
[12:53.21]The recycling we've planned is really a three part program,
[12:56.75]sorting, collecting and distributing.
[12:59.84]The first part—sorting is the hardest to get people to do.
[13:03.47]Most people don't like to take the time to separate their trash
[13:06.61]and this is usually where most recycling programs fail.
[13:10.41]However we are determined to make our work.
[13:13.41]instead of seeing the usual brown trash cans all over campus,
[13:16.97]from now on you'll see four different colors of trash cans.
[13:20.39]Pink trash cans are for paper,
[13:22.39]green cans are for glass, brown ones are for metal,
[13:25.61]and white ones are for all other waste.
[13:28.00]Just remember pink paper; green glass; brown metal, and white waste.
[13:34.79]After the trash is sorted it needs to be collected
[13:37.68]and then distributed to the correct recycling facilities.
[13:41.56]That's where all of you come in.
[13:43.40]Since this program is still a volunteer program,
[13:46.09]we are asking students to give a little of their time
[13:48.99]to the project probably no more than six hours per person each week,
[13:54.11]and again your job would be to collect sorted trash
[13:57.78]and take it to the program by giving six hours a week,
[14:01.40]please write your name and phone number on his note pad.
[14:05.44]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:10.57]32. What is the main purpose of the talk?
[14:29.25]33. According to the speaker, why do most recycling programs fail?
[14:49.79]34. What will be the color of trash cans for paper?
[15:09.30]35. What will be the primary responsibility of the volunteers?
[15:29.34]Section C
[15:30.78]We often hear the expression,
[15:32.88]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
[15:37.63]This is really not true today.
[15:39.90]Something is, indeed, being done.
[15:42.50]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
[15:47.83]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
[15:51.18]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
[15:53.90]others analyze weather information,
[15:56.15]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
[16:00.90]The United States National Weather Service
[16:03.80]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
[16:07.78]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
[16:11.09]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
[16:14.80]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
[16:19.42]both during the day and night.
[16:21.86]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
[16:26.09]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
[16:28.81]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
[16:32.22]It may seem hard to believe,
[16:33.98]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate.
[16:38.06]In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
[16:43.29]This satellite was specially designed to collect, record,
[16:46.21]and send back weather information to earth.
[16:49.15]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
[16:54.74]They continue to provide valuable weather information
[16:57.76]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.
[17:03.44]We often hear the expression,
[17:06.26]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
[17:11.49]This is really not true today.
[17:14.48]Something is, indeed, being done.
[17:17.32]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
[17:23.58]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
[17:26.94]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
[17:30.56]others analyze weather information,
[17:32.75]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
[17:39.10]The United States National Weather Service
[17:41.97]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
[17:46.48]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
[17:49.82]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
[17:53.53]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
[17:58.22]both during the day and night.
[18:50.27]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
[18:54.35]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
[18:56.85]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
[19:00.53]It may seem hard to believe,
[19:01.76]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate.
[19:55.80]In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
[20:00.93]This satellite was specially designed to collect, record,
[20:04.07]and send back weather information to earth.
[20:06.79]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
[21:02.18]They continue to provide valuable weather information
[21:05.07]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.
[21:10.56]We often hear the expression,
[21:12.62]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
[21:17.33]This is really not true today.
[21:19.62]Something is, indeed, being done.
[21:22.33]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
[21:27.58]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
[21:30.90]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
[21:33.68]others analyze weather information,
[21:35.84]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
[21:40.74]The United States National Weather Service
[21:43.52]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
[21:47.50]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
[21:50.83]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
[21:54.55]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
[21:59.15]both during the day and night.
[22:01.62]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
[22:05.80]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
[22:08.36]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
[22:11.98]It may seem hard to believe,
[22:13.32]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate.
[22:17.80]In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
[22:22.97]This satellite was specially designed to collect, record,
[22:26.14]and send back weather information to earth.
[22:28.90]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
[22:34.63]They continue to provide valuable weather information
[22:37.53]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.