1999年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案

第一篇：1999年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案

听力原文

PARTⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTIONASTATEMENT

1.During this morning’s test, I couldn’t do the last four questions, but I did the first five.

2.According to Jane there is no better cheese than Swiss cheese in our local supermarket.

3.Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brakechecked and fixed at the service station near the local cinema.

4.Betty would rather that her husband didn’t send away the cleaning lady, but he will anyway.

5.Fred would have paid twice as much as he did for his car if the salesman had insisted, as he really needed a car.

6.The idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning.Of course there are certain limits but these are not age limits.

7.It is getting much easier to travel nowadays, but increasingly harder to get away from people, and that is perhaps the most difficult thing for holiday makers.

8.According to Tom, William lost his job not because he was always sick and usually went to work late, but because he made a big error in last month’s accounting and the boss was angry with him.

SECTION BCONVERSATION

9.W: Do you know that Mark turned down that job offer by a travel agency?

M: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet.

10.W: Can we eat somewhere else? Very few small restaurants like this serve good food.

M: I know, but there isn’t anywhere else in this town.Look!The waiter is coming over for our order.

11.W: Mary is fluent in English and she’s just started to learn Japanese.

M： I hear she also knows a few words in Chinese and French.

12.M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.

W: Don’t be so sure.He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house.

13.W: Excuse me, I wonder if the bus would come at all.It’s already 10:45.

M: Oh, I’m afraid you’ve just missed the last one which left 5 minutes ago.

14.W: Hi, John, haven’t seen you for a quite few days.I heard you’ve been sick.How are you

feeling now?

M: They must confuse me with my brother, Jack.Anyway, he is feeling better now.

15.W: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it through the rest of

the year.

M: The year!It’s supposed to be good for four!

16.W: Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry.There must be at least 40 ahead of ours.

M: True, I think it will takequite a while for us to be on board.

SECTION CNEWS BROADCAST

News Item One(17-18)

Haitian hunger strikers at the US labor base at Guantannamo Bay, Cuba, have begun refusing all fluids and medical treatments.15 of the 267 Haitians are at the base.7 are prepared to die, if necessary, to force the US to admit the rest of them.The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus.The Clinton Administration says they would lift the ban on their entry, but it is not known when.

News Item Two(19)

The top three US auto-makers have decided not to proceed with plans to file a trade complaint with Japanese auto-makers.General Motors, Ford and Chrysler had planned to accuse Japanese companies of dumping cars below market prices in the US, but they dropped the idea, citing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to address the US-Japan trade imbalance.

News Item Three(20-21)

About 100 people are now known have died in what has been described as “the worst storm” ever to hit the eastern US this century.The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico and have now spread across the Canadian border, continuing to bring reckless snowfalls, severe flooding, and causing millions of dollars in damage.All major airports have now reopened and airlines are beginning to cope with a backlog of thousands of stranded passengers.The storm also paralyzed areas of Cuba, where several people were killed, and property and crops destroyed.

News Item Four(22)

France has carried out another underground nuclear test in the South Pacific.It is the fifth in the region since September.The test was conducted at the Moruroa atoll on Wednesday.Paris has

come under strong criticism for its nuclear testing programme, especially from Asia-Pacific countries.A State Department spokeswoman in Washington expressed disappointment at the latest French test.France has promised to sign a global test ban treaty after it completes its current series of nuclear tests in the Pacific.

News Item Five(23)

The association representing British airline pilots says that there is an urgent need to raise levels of air safety throughout the world.In the statement,the association, known as Bobo, warns that unless air safety improves travelers face a perilous future.The association also said that the standard of training must be raised among fly crews and air traffic controllers as the sky has become ever more crowded.

News Item Six(24-25)

The Western European Union, the defense organization linking most countries of the European Community, is meeting in Luxembourg to discuss ways to reinforce economic sanctions against the Serbs by tightening controls on the River Danube.It is expected to approve of a proposal to send patrol boats manned by armed police and customs officers with power to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.International efforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegal supplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia after ignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them.It is reported that most of the illegal traffic of goods is believed to be arriving in Serbia over land from Greece and former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonian.

PART Ⅲ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A STATEMENT

1．答案：C

【问句译文】讲话者考试做得怎样？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键是听清“I couldn't do the last four...but I did the first five．”这里是说她不会做后面的四个题，但做了前面的五个题，故选项C为正确答案。

2．答案：A

【问句译文】 Jane认为瑞士奶酪怎样？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是“no better cheese than Swiss cheese ”，由此可知，Jane认为瑞士奶酪是最好的，故选A。

3．答案：D

【问句译文】John先去了哪儿？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键是分清做事的先后顺序，“Before．．．John had his emergency brake checked and fixed at the service station...”，由此得出John应该首先去“the service station”。

【问句译文】Betty的愿望是什么？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】 解答本题的关键词有would rather（宁愿......倒愿意......）和send away（解雇，开除，赶走）。故“Betty would rather that her husband didn't send away...”是说“Betty倒宁愿丈夫不解雇那个清洁女工，但她丈夫将会解雇她。”故选项C为正确答案。

5．答案：A

【问句译文】Fred花了多少钱买那辆车？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键是要听出这是一个虚拟语气句，“...would have paid twice as mush as he did...if the salesman had insisted...”，意思是说“如果售货员坚持的话，Fred宁愿为此付两倍的价钱。”由此可知，售货员没有坚持原价，Fred只用要价的一半的钱就把车买下了。

6．答案：B

【问句译文】为何终身教育是有实际意义的？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】在谈到终身教育时，讲话者说“Of course there are certain limits but these are not age limits.”由此可知，选项B为正确答案。

7．答案：B

【问句译文】根据讲话者的观点，最困难的事是什么？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是“And that is perhaps the most difficult...”，但这里的that指的是上句中的“get away from people”，故本题的正确答案为B。

8．答案：C

【问句译文】William为何被解雇？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】只要听清关键句“...because he made a big error...”，就可判断正确答案为C。 SECTION B CONVERSATION

9．答案：B

【问句译文】Mark为何拒绝了那份工作？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】当女士说到Mark拒绝了那份工作时，男士说“the hours were convenient but he wouldn't have been able to make ends meet．”由此可以看出，Mark嫌这份工作的薪水太低，所以拒绝了。

10．答案：B

【问句译文】他们认为那家餐馆如何？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】本题可以从女士的话中推理出答案，她说“Very few small restaurants like this serve good food”，即“很少有像这样的小餐馆能提供好的食物的。”也就是说这餐馆的食物可能不好吃，因此答案选B。

11．答案：D 

【问句译文】Mary说得好的是哪种语言？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是“fluent in English”，由此判断Mary说得好的是英语。

【问句译文】那位女士认为John怎样？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】男士说“John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.”他认为John说要去波士顿居住是一句玩笑话，女士则说“Don't be so sure”，说明她不同意男士的看法，也就是说她认为John或许真的要去波士顿居住，故选项C为正确答案。

13.答案：B

【问句译文】那位女士应该在几点种之前赶到？

【试题分析】本题为计算题。

【详细解答】已经是l0:45，女士还没有等到公汽，就问身边的一位男士是否还有公汽，男士回答说“...you've just missed the last one which left 5 minutes ago”，意思是说末班车5分钟前已离去，由此可以计算如果女士在10:40赶到，就可以赶上末班车。故答案选B。

14．答案：A

【问句译文】由对话我们可以知道什么？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】女士以为男士病了，男士说“They must have confused me with my brothe Jack．”意思是说“把我和我弟弟Jack搞混了”，由此可知，John并没生病，生病的是他的弟弟Jack，故答案选A。

15．答案：A

【问句译文】男士的语气如何？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】当女士说按照现在这样使用的话，影印机将用不到年底。男士回答说“The year? It's supposed to be good for four．”意思是“今年?那可是说要用四年的。”可见男士对影印机只用一年就要坏感到吃惊，故答案选A。

16.答案：B

【问句译文】两位讲话者很可能在哪儿？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】由关键句“cars and trucks lined up for the ferry”和“take a quite while for us to be on board.”可以知道，谈话者是在等渡船过河，故答案选B。

SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

17.答案：C

【问句译文】一些海地人罢工是为了什么？

【试题分析】本题为推理题。

【详细解答】新闻第四句说“The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus.”即“这些海地人是有资格在美国寻求政治避难的，但却因为他们大部分携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境。”由此可知，海地人是因为反对美国政府禁止他们入境而罢工的，因此选项C为正确答案。

18．答案：A

【问句译文】那些罢工者为何被禁止进入美国？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】本题答案在上一题中已分析过，新闻第四句说“...because most have the AIDS virus．”即“因为他们大部分人携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境”，故答案选A。

19．答案：B

【问句译文】美国汽车制造商为何决定停止行动？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】新闻最后一句说“But they dropped the idea，signing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to address the US-Japan trade imbalance．”意思是“他们放弃了这种想法是因为克林顿政府声称要对美日贸易不平衡提出抗议。”因此选项B为正确答案。

20．答案：B

【问句译文】暴风最先袭击哪儿？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】新闻的第二句说“The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico...”，由此可直接得知飓风最先袭击了墨西哥湾。

21．答案：D

【问句译文】暴风没有造成下列哪一灾难？

【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。“About 100 people are now known to havedied...”，“...and causing millions of dollars in damage.”，“All major airports have now reopened ”，“...and property and crops destroyed”，新闻中没有提到“relocation of people”这一问题，故答案选D。

22．答案：B

【问句译文】根据该新闻，法国为何遭受强烈的批评？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】新闻第四句说“Paris has come under strong criticism for its nucleartesting program...”，由此可知，法国是因为其核试验而遭受强烈的批评，故答案选B。

23．答案：B

【问句译文】该新闻主要是关于什么的？

【试题分析】本题为主旨题。

【详细解答】新闻首句说“...there is an urgent need to raise levels of air safetythroughout the world.”，可见这篇新闻主要讲的是提高航空安全性的问题，故选项B为正确答案。

24.答案：C

【问句译文】Luxembourg会议的目的是什么？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】新闻首句就点明了会议的目的，“The Western European Union...is meeting in Luxembourg to discuss ways to reinforce economic sanctions against the Serbsby tightening controls on the River Danube.”即西欧联盟会晤是为了商讨通过加强对多瑙河的控制重新施加对塞尔维亚的经济制裁，故选项C为正确答案。

25.答案：A

【问句译文】国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力失败的原因是什么？

【试题分析】本题为细节题。

【详细解答】新闻倒数第二句说“International efforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegal supplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia after ignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them.”，由此可知国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力之所以失败，是因为运送石油和其他非法物资的船只仍然能够在多瑙河上通行，所以答案选A。

第二篇：2002年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案

2002年英语专业四级考试听力答案

Part Three Listening Comprehension

答案

Section A Statement

1.D2.A3.C4.B5.C6.C7.A8.D

Section B Conversation

9.A10.B11.C12.B13.D14.C15.D16.A17.B

Section C News Broadcast

18.D19.B20 C21.A22.C23.A24.D25.C

STATEMENT

2.It used to take a fortnight to travel from London to Edinburgh by coach.However, you'll concentrate on the methods used in the study of animals.(Q6).CONVERSATION

9.M: I'm really getting worried about Mary.She will sit in for the exam in two weeks'

time.But all she is talking about now is nothing but the upcoming concert.W:10.W:Tony, do you have a belief in UFO?

M:

11.M:

W: Wow, that's a long way away from civil engineering.12.W: I bought a pint of milk for our breakfast.But it doesn't seem to look fresh now.Do you think it is still all right to drink?

M:(Q12).12.What does the man mean?

A.The milk is safe to drink.B.The milk is not safe to drink.C.She shouldn’t have bought the milk.D.He wouldn’t have milk for breakfast.13.M: Is it true that all of them survived the fire last night?

W:!them? M: Later in the afternoon they will announce who will get permission for the study trip to Africa.17.W:M:That certainly sounds like Bill.NEWS BROADCAST

News Item One(questions 18 and 19)

Britain has announced that it is to cancel about 200 million pounds worth of the debts owed to it by poorer commonwealth countries.The International Development

in Mauritius.Britain is expected to put forward a fresh initiative on reducing the debts which has not yet provided any relief.News Item Two(questions 20 and 21)people and just missing another underground train standing on the opposite track.French E-mergency Services said the train was traveling at 35 kilometers per hour trapped in the train during the accident.Ambulances rushed to the scene and doctors began treating casualties in the station and at a nearby cafe.Some people had broken LastLnight it was not known why the train came off the tracks.News Item Three(questions 22 and 23)12 to 15 percent for anyone earning more than 1,000 US dollars a month.Public Service Unions and local teamsters planned to hold a protest rally in front of the when many of Argentina's 12 million workers stayed home after the nation's powerful General Workers' Confederation, the nation's largest union group, called a one-day strike to protest spending cuts and free market reforms.News Item Four(questions 24 and 25)(Q24), making it the first major industrial nation to commit to withdrawing from nuclear energy.Talks between Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Government and the chiefs of German energy industry were to begin at 8!

第三篇：英语专业四级听力讲座

英语专业四级听力讲座

（一）I.简介：

1.教学大纲要求：

根据《高等院校英语专业基础阶段英语教学大纲》对听力理解部分的要求：能听懂英语国家人士关于日常生活﹑社会生活的讲演或交谈，听懂难度与TOEFL中Minitalk等相同的材料，及以BBC和VOA为主的国际新闻节目的内容，并就以上材料进行推理﹑分析。

2.考试大纲要求：

根据1997年出版的《高等院校英语专业基础阶段英语考试大纲》（修订本），听力理解部分共包含三个部分：单人陈述﹑两人对话﹑新闻广播。所选材料可以是描述性﹑解释性或说明性的，反映日常生活的句子﹑对话，及一般性的新闻报道和短评等，题材涉及社会﹑文化﹑经济﹑科学﹑艺术﹑人文等等。其中出现的语法难度不超出大纲的相关规定，词汇原则上不超过大纲对四级的词汇要求，但BBC和VOA中有个别新闻报道的用语或生词，要求考生能根据上下文猜测。背景知识应在考生掌握或理解的常识之内，不会出现超出原文专门测试背景知识或智力的题目。

听力理解部分为客观测试题型，共25道题目，要求考生从所提供的四个选择项中选择一个最佳答案，每题仅限选择一个答案，多选无效，答错不倒扣分。

听力理解材料的录音由来自英美国家的专家录制，有英式也有美式英语，但不带明显的地方口音。录音的语速为120词/每分钟，只念一遍，在每个问句后留有约10秒的间隙，供考生回答问题。考试时间长度共20分钟，原始积分为25分，在总分中所占比重为15%。

II.建议：

听力虽然属于接受性技能，但听力理解部分的考试实际上是对考生进行听﹑读﹑理解和记忆能力的综合性测试。它要求考生在听懂语言材料后，运用语言知识，如语音语调﹑语义﹑句法，以及调动非语言知识，如文化背景﹑常识，推测并判断出合乎原文的正确答案。但是由于听力内容瞬间即逝的特点，还要求考生具有一定的记忆能力。因此，听力考试对非英语国家的学生来说，一直是个颇具挑战的项目。那么如何提高考生的成绩呢？ 那就要考生从听力测试所涉及的几个方面有的放矢地提早做些准备。

1.语言知识方面：

（1）语音语调：只有掌握标准的读音，熟悉连读﹑重读﹑弱读﹑爆破﹑同化的英语发音特点，考生才能不受答案项中的语音干扰；了解美式与英式发音的异同，才能正确理解所听内容。除了具有一般的语调知识外，还要特别注意口语中语调的的表意功能：因为同一句话用不同的语调，表达的是说话者也许完全相反的情绪和态度，如：陈述句通常用降调表示肯定，而有时用升调，表达的就不是肯定语气，而是相反，即不肯定﹑疑惑﹑惊奇等；通常情况下用升调的一般疑问句，如果用降调，更多的是表示肯定而非疑问。只有具备扎实的基础，才能更快更准确地理解原文；只有长期坚持不懈地进行大量的泛听，接触各种不同题材﹑不同语音语调的听音材料，才能为此做好准备。

（2）词汇：单词是构成一切语言的基础。我们强调的不是脱离大纲的难词﹑偏词，而是对大纲内的词汇的熟练程度。在此基础上积累词组﹑习惯用语﹑成语﹑同义词﹑近义词及谚语

等方面的知识。如：在问题中经常要求对原文释义（What does the speaker mean），而答案项通常用与原文不同的词或词组表达与原文相同或相近的意思，不彻底了解单词词组或惯用语，没有足够的词汇量，即便听懂了，面对四个选择也只能是束手无策。同时考生要养成用英语思维的习惯，用英英字典查询，用英语的概念理解原文，潜移默化，才能更快作出反应。

（3）句法结构：掌握不同的句型结构，有助于正确理解其所表达的功能和意念。如：“No sooner...than...”，如果我们了解这个结构，就知道它所表示的时间前后关系了。

另外：

表示建议：

I suggest / propose...What / how about...Why not...Let's...Shall we...What do you think of...If I were you, I'd...表示同意:

I agree...I share the opinion

I can't agree more.Why not?

Of course / certainly

By all means

You said it.

第四篇：2003年英语专业四级试题及答案

Salmon

Everyyear,millioofsalmonswimfromtheoceanintothemouthsofriversandthensteadilyuptherivers.Paingthroughwaters,aroundrocksandwaterfalls,thefishfinallyreachtheiroriginalstreamsorlakes.Theydigoutnestsintheriverbedandlaytheireggs.Then,exhaustedbytheirjourney,theparentsalmondie.Theyhavefinishedthetaskthatnaturehasgiventhem.Months,oryea

rslater,theyoungfishstarttheirtriptotheocean.Theyliveinthesaltwaterfrom2-7years,untilthey,tooarereadytoswimbacktoreproduce.Theirlifecyclehelmanprovidehimselfwithabasicfood-fish.Whentheadultsalmongatherattherivermouthsfortheaualtripuptherivers,theyareinthebestpoiblecondition,andnearlyeveryharborhasitssalmonfishingfleetreadytocatchthousandsformarkets.Now,youhavetwominutestocheckthroughyourwork.

PARTⅢLISTENINGCOMPREHEION

InsectioA,BandC,youwillheareverythingonceonly.Listencarefullyandthenawerthequestiothatfollow.Markthecorrectawertoeachquestiononyourawersheet.SECTIONASTATEMENT

Inthissection,youwillhearsevenstatements.Attheendofeachstatementyouwillbegiven10secondstoawerthequestion.

1.Youmustrelax.Don'tworktoohard.Anddowatchyourdrinkingandsmoking.

2.Wehadn'tquiteexpectedthecommitteetoagreetorebuildthehoital,soweweretakenabackwhenwegottoknowthatithadfinallyagreed.

3.Thecoachleavesthestationevery20minutes.It's9:15now,andyouhavetowaitforfiveminutesforthenextone.

4.PerhaJaneshouldn'thavegotmarriedinthefirstplace.Nooneknowswhatshemighthavebeendoingnow,butnotwashingup.That'sforsure!

5.Ihaentobeworkingonasimilarprojectatthemoment.Iamonlytoopleasedtohelpyou.

6.Themanarrivedfortheceremonywithpatchedjacketsandfadedjeathattheaveragepersonwouldsaveformowingthelawninhisgardenattheweekend.

7.Mark!Hereyouare!ThisisthelastplaceintheworldIwouldhaveexpectedtofindyou.

SECTIONCONVERSATION

Inthissectionyouwillhear10shortconversatiobetweentwoeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,youwillbegiven10secondstoawerthequestion.

8.W:Icouldn'tstandthismorning.Myrightlegwentstiff.M:I'mafraidit'sprobablyaside-effectfromthedrugsIputyouon.

第五篇：2003年英语专业四级试题及答案

Salmon

Everyyear,millioofsalmonswimfromtheoceanintothemouthsofriversandthensteadilyuptherivers.paingthroughwaters,aroundrocksandwaterfalls,thefishfinallyreachtheiroriginalstreamsorlakes.Theydigoutnestsintheriverbedandlaytheireggs.Then,exhaustedbytheirjourney,theparentsalmondie.Theyhavefinishedthetaskthatnaturehasgiventhem.Months,oryearslater,theyoungfishstarttheirtriptotheocean.Theyliveinthesaltwaterfrom2-7years,untilthey,tooarereadytoswimbacktoreproduce.Theirlifecyclehelmanprovidehimselfwithabasicfood-fish.Whentheadultsalmongatherattherivermouthsfortheaualtripuptherivers,theyareinthebestpoiblecondition,andnearlyeveryharborhasitssalmonfishingfleetreadytocatchthousandsformarkets.Now,youhavetwominutestocheckthroughyourwork.

pARTⅢLISTENINGCOMpREHEION

InsectioA,BandC,youwillheareverythingonceonly.Listencarefullyandthenawerthequestiothatfollow.Markthecorrectawertoeachquestiononyourawersheet.SECTIONASTATEMENT

Inthissection,youwillhearsevenstatements.Attheendofeachstatementyouwillbegiven10secondstoawerthequestion.

1.Youmustrelax.Don'tworktoohard.Anddowatchyourdrinkingandsmoking.

2.Wehadn'tquiteexpectedthecommitteetoagreetorebuildthehoital,soweweretakenabackwhenwegottoknowthatithadfinallyagreed.

3.Thecoachleavesthestationevery20minutes.It's9:15now,andyouhavetowaitforfiveminutesforthenextone.

4.perhaJaneshouldn'thavegotmarriedinthefirstplace.Nooneknowswhatshemighthavebeendoingnow,butnotwashingup.That'sforsure!

5.Ihaentobeworkingonasimilarprojectatthemoment.Iamonlytoopleasedtohelpyou.

6.Themanarrivedfortheceremonywithpatchedjacketsandfadedjeathattheaveragepersonwouldsaveformowingthelawninhisgardenattheweekend.

7.Mark!Hereyouare!ThisisthelastplaceintheworldIwouldhaveexpectedtofindyou.

SECTIONCONVERSATION

Inthissectionyouwillhear10shortconversatiobetweentwoeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,youwillbegiven10secondstoawerthequestion.

8.W:Icouldn'tstandthismorning.Myrightlegwentstiff.M: