第一篇：2011年12月英语四级听力原文
2011年12月英语四级听力原文
11：W: This crazy bus schedule has got mecompletely confused.I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?
M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
12.W: I really enjoyed the TV Special about giraffes lastnight.Did you get home in time to see it?
M: Oh, yes.But I wish I could have stayed awake long enoughto see the whole thing。
Q: What does the man mean?
13.W: Airport, please.I’m running a little late, so justtake the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct。
M: Sure, but there’s a lot of traffic everywhere todaybecause of the football game。
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
14.W: May I make a recommendation, sir? Our sea food with thisspecial sauce is very good。
M: Thank you.But I don’t eat shellfish, I’m allergic to it。
W: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
15.W: Now one more question if you don’t mind, what position ina company appeals to you most?
M: Well, I’d like the position of sales manager if thatposition is still vacant。
Q: What do we learn about the man?
16.M: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year.I need more privacy。
W: I know what you mean but check out the cost of renting anapartment first, I won’t be surprised if you change your mind。
Q: What does the woman imply?
17.M: You’re on the right track.I just think you need to narrowthe topic down。
W: Yeah, you’re right.I always start by choosing too broad a topic whenI’m doing your research paper。
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
18.W: This picnic sure beats the last one we went to, doesn’tit?
M: Oh, yeah.We had to spend the wholetime inside.Good thing the weather was cooperative this time。
Q: What do we learn about the speakers from theconversation?
第二篇：2013年12月英语四级听力原文
2013年12月英语四级听力填空原文 When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate apart and alone, they replied, “Because it is right.” If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers because it’s right, because that’s the way it’s done, because it’s the custom or even I don’t know.The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that they are controlled by social norms shared rules or guide lines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.Norms define how people ought to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.We conform to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist.In fact we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them.You will not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you on both cheeks.Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate in other parts of the world.When we visit another society whose norms are different, we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do that way.
第三篇：2003年1月英语四级真题听力原文
Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes)
1.M: Mary, would you join me for dinner tonight?
W: You treated me last weekend.Now, it's my turn.Shall we try something Italian? Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
2.W: Good afternoon, I'm calling to inquire about the four bedroom house you advertised in the newspaper.M: I am sorry, but it's already sold.Q: What do we learn about the house from the conversation?
A)It's only for rent, not for sale.B)It's not as good as advertised.C)It's being redecorated.D)It's no longer available.3.W: John, what are you doing on your computer? Don't you remember your promise? M: This is not a game.It's only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.Q: What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
4.M: Do you still keep in touch with your parents regularly after all these years? W: Yes, of course.I call them at weekends when the rates are down fifty percent.Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
5.M: Hurry, there is a bus coming.W: Why run? There will be another one in two or three minutes.Q: What does the woman mean?
6.M: Wow, that's a big assignment we got for the English class.W: Well, it's not as bad as it looks.It isn't due until Thursday morning.Q: What does the woman mean?
7.W: Hello, is that Steve? I'm stuck in a traffic jam.I'm afraid I can't make it before seven o'clock.M: Never mind.I'll be here waiting for you.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
8.M: You really seem to enjoy your literature class.W: You're right.It has opened a new world for me.I'm exposed to the thoughts of some of the world's best writers.I've never read so much in my life. Q: What does the woman mean?
9.W: Listen to me, Joe, the exam is already a thing of the past.Just forget about it.M: That's easier said than done.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
10.M: I hear you drive a long way to work everyday.W: Oh, yes.It's about sixty miles.But it doesn't seem that far, the road is not bad, and there's not much traffic.Q: How does the woman feel about driving to work?
Section B Compound Dictation
It's difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish.It's so vast, so deep, so mysterious.Unfortunately, it's not bottomless.Over-fishing, coupled with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and ruining their environment.Destroy the fish, and you destroy the fishermen's means of living.At least 60 percent of the world's commercially important fish species are already
over-fished, or fished to the limit.As a result, governments have had to close down some areas of sea to commercial fishing.Big, high-tech fleets ensure that everything in their path is pulled out of water.Anything too small, or the wrong thing, is thrown back either dead or dying.That's an average of more than 20 million metric tons every year.When you consider that equal a quarter of the world catch, you begin to see the sides of the problem.In some parts of the world, for every kilogram of prawns(对虾)caught, up to 15 kilograms of unsuspecting fish and other marine wildlife die, simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.True, some countries are beginning to deal with this problem, but it is vital we find rational ways of fishing, before every ocean becomes a dead sea.It would make sense to give the fish enough time to recover, grow to full sizes and
reproduce, then catch them in a way that doesn't kill other innocent sea life.
第四篇：2003年6月英语四级真题听力原文
2003年6月英语四级真题听力原文
Section A
W：Gorge, look at the long waiting line.I am glad you've made a reservation.M：More and more people enjoy eating out now.Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place?
W: 乔治，看看这里排着这么长的队，真高兴你订到了座位。
M：越来越多的人喜欢在外面吃饭。而且这个地方尤其受留学生亲睐。Q：对话可能在哪里发生？
M:I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening.The Stevensons are coming over to dinner.I'd like you to meet them.W: Sure, I'd love to.I've heard they are very interesting people.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
M：你明天晚上能到我这来一趟吗？史蒂文森一家明天到我家吃晚饭，我希望你能见见他们。
W：当然，我非常愿意。我听说他们非常有意思。
Q：我们可从该对话中了解到什么？
W: The presentation made by Professor Jacksonwas complicated to understand.M: Well, I think he didn't speak slowly enough for us
for us to take the notes.Q: What did the man complain?
W：杰克森教授作的报告太难懂了。
M；我觉得他的语速太快，我们根本没法做笔记。
Q：男士抱怨什么？
W: You've got your apartment furnished, haven't you?
M: I've bought some used furniture from Sunday market.It was a real bargain.Q: What does the man mean?
W：你买了家俱，是吗？
M：我从周日市场买了一些旧家俱。价钱便宜。
Q：男人什么意思？
M Mary doesn't want me to take the job.She says our child is too young.And the job requires much travelling.W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out.Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
M：玛丽不想让我干那个工作，她说孩子还些这个工作又需要我经常出差。W：你应该和她再谈谈，看你们能不能想出个两全其美的办法。权衡一下利弊，再做决定。
Q：从对话中我们可以了解到什么？
M:I haven't got my scores on the GRE test yet.Do you think I should call to make inquiries?
W: There is no hurry.The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?
M：我还不知道GRE考试的分数。你觉得我是不是该打电话问问？
W：不要急。考试的分数至少要在考试后八周之后公布。
Q：女人建议男人干嘛？
M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?
W: oh, I didn't read straight through the way you read a novel,I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.Q: How did the woman read the book?
M：你读上个月你买的那本书了吗？
W：哦，我不象你读小说那样从头读到尾。我读了我感兴趣的几章。
Q：女人采用什么读书方式？
W: Hello, Joe, Haven't seen you for quite a while.Are you fine?M: Oh,yes, but not a thing to go against me.I had a car accident, only someminor injuries though.Q: What happened to Joe?
W：你好，乔，很久不见，你好吗？
M：还好，我吉人自有天相，出了车祸，只不过受了轻伤。
m: The taxi is waiting downstairs, let's hurry.W: Wait a minute.I'll take some food with us.I don't like the meal served on the train.Q: What are the speakers going to do?
M：出租车在楼下等着，赶紧！
M：等等，我要带点吃的东西。我不喜欢吃火车上供应的食物。
Q：两个谈话者准备做什么？
W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?
M: It's actually even worse, believe it or not.Q :What did the man say about the course?
W：那门选修课象别人说的那么难吗？
M：不管你信不信，难极了。
Q：他们如何评价选修课？
Section B
Passage 1
My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced “Get up, you are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business.Still, that first day was very hard.From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city.By the end of the day I was exhausted, but I felt good.I put out a hard day's labor and earned six dollars.One day, my father spotted some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside.“Cut that section again!” he said firmly “and don't make me have to tell you again.” The message was very clear.Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time.Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine on the construction site.I have learned something that help me in my next job.If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.Q: How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass? 13 Q: What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?14 Q:What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?
Passage B
I am living in a small village in the country.My wife and I run a village shop.We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say.But we love it.We know all the people in the village.They have plenty of time to stop and chat.I have plenty of time for my hobbies too--gardening, fishing, walking in the country side.I love the outdoor life.It wasn't always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening.I often bring work home at the weekends.The advertising world is very competitive.And when I look back, I can't imagine how I stood it.I have no private life at all.No time for the really important things in life.Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much.The crisis came when my wife left me.She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life.This made me realize what is really important to me.I talked things through with her and decided to get back together and started a new and better life together.I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies.Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream.What did the speaker do for a living?What do we know about the speaker's life in the past?What made the speaker change his life style?
Passage 3
”Where is the university?" is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask.But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus.The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges.It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city.Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university.And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very full groups.Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings.There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates.About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas.As well as teaching, research is of major importance.Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes.The university has
a huge number of buildings for teaching and research.It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy-right libraries, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain.Examinations are held and degrees are awarded by the
university.It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees.Why is it difficult to located Cambridge University?What does the passage tell us about the colleges of the university?19 What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?What does we know from the passage tell us about the women students in Cambridge university?
第五篇：2003年9月英语四级真题听力原文
Section A
1.M: I can t understand why Bob isn t here yet? Do you think we should try to call him or go look for him?
W: He probably just got held up in traffic.Why don t we give him a few minutes? [Q] What are the speakers probably going to do?
2.M: Hi, Susan!Have you decided where to live when you get married?
W: I d like to live in the downtown area near my work but Nelson wants to live in suburbs to save our expenses. [Q] Why does Susan want to live in the city?
3.M: I d like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin s book on American culture. W: I m sorry.The book has been out of print for sometime now. [Q] Where does the conversation probably take place.
4.W: I ve just locked my keys in my room.Now what should I do?
M: I can t believe it.You are always so careless.Anyhow let s calm down and try to figure things out. [Q] What does the man suggest?
5.W: Can you give us your e-mail address, so we can get back to you as soon as possible? M: I ll send you an e-mail so we don t have to do the spellings on the phone.Okay?
[Q] What are the speakers doing?
6.W: Hi, George!Could you give me a ride? I want to buy some food for the picnic. M: Okay.I m going home but I can drop you at the supermarket. [Q] What does the woman want to do?
7.W: My name is Helen WARE.W-A-R-E.Can I get a class permit for biology? M: Oh, no.Not now.Registration for students whose last names begin with W doesn t start until tomorrow. [Q] What does the man mean?
8.M: What was the weather like when you were in New York last week?
W: It was very much like the weather here in Beijing.So you needn t take much
clothes if you don t plan to stay there long. [Q] What can we learn from the conversation?
9.W: What are the things in our our suitcase? There aren t any toys at all.Where
have you put them?
M: Oh, no.This is not our suitcase.The old lady must have taken ours by mistake.She was sitting next to us at the restaurant.
[Q] What can be inferred from the conversation?
10.M: Are you really leaving for Hongkong tomorrow morning?
W: Yeah, I guess so.I got the air tickets.I can t wait to see Bill there.[Q] What is the woman going to do?
Section B
Passage One
Pamcla Royal and her partner, Edith Clark, are the owners of the Sea View Hotel in
Brighton.As much of their business is seasonal, they do a good deal of the work
themselves.In order to make a profit, it is necessary to keep down the cost of extra
staff.Although they will never make a fortune, for the last ten years they have
earned a reasonable living from the hotel.They work extremely will together and each has her own duties.In general, Pamela
does the book keeping.She is excellent with figures and seldom makes a mistake.She also takes care of the decorations, particularly the flower arranging, which
is her hobby.Edith, on the other hand, makes all the staff arrangements, and when
necessary does the cooking.She is a very patient woman, and if guests make complaints
she tries her best to solve their problem.However, the two ladies do not do all the work themselves.They usually employ college
students to do the cleaning and the washing up.Bob Albert, who is a retired policeman,goes in two hours a day to do the gardening, or take care of the swimming pool.Both ladies are very popular.They believe in having an informal relationship with
the guests, and often make friends with their regular visitors.Last month was their
tenth anniversary in Brighton, and they had a dinner with their friends to celebrate.Pamela gave a speech and everyone wished them lots of success for the future.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.How do Pamela and Edith manage to keep down the cost of the hotel?
12.What jobs in the hotel are given to the college students?
13.Why are the two ladies popular in the area?Passage Two
Some people dream of being President of the United States.Some dream of becoming
stars in a Hollywood movie, and others of making millions of dollars overnight.But,could a dream like that come true in real life? Well, it did happen to peter Johnson.Peter was an auto mechanic.One day, he walked into the Union Trust Bank in Baltimore
and took 5,000 dollars that did not belong to him.The guards and other employees
stood back and let him stuff the bills in his shirt and pants without trying to prevent
him from taking the money.(16)No one tripped an alarm.No one pulled a gun.No one
called the police.Why did the allow him to get away with it?
Well, everything was legal.Peter had won a contest promoted by a Baltimore radio
station.The first prize entitled him to enter the union Trust bank and gather up
as much money as he could lay his hands within five minutes.Because he could not
bring any large bags or boxes into the bank, all the money had to be placed in his
pockets.As the time went by, Peter ran about wildly, trying to pick up as many large bills
as he could find.When his time was up, he was out of breath, but was $ 5,000 richer.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.Why did peter go to the Union Trust bank?
15.What was Peter s job?
16.What did the guards do when Peter stared gathering the money?
17.Why didn t Peter take more money from the bank?Passage Three
Larry Smith is one of the rescuers on the Golden Gate Bridge.His job is to save
people who attempt to jump into the sea.If the telephone rings at three in the morning,he knows it s trouble.Someone is threatening to commit suicide.Larry will get his
things ready, and in no time he ll be out the door and heading to the spot.“If you aren t too late,” Larry says, “you climb out onto the cold steel and try
to talk to the poor, and pull him anyhow back to safety.For many suicide attempts
are made on the spur of the moment, and lives can be saved.But if you fall, if the
person jumps into the bottomless pool, there s no describing how helpless you feel.Often, would-be jumpers are driven to despair and see no hope out of their misery.The trick is to open channels of communication with them.Following are some tricks
that have worked: If you re going to jump, at least give me your mom s phone number
so I can call and tell her.Or That s a nice watch.If you re going to jump, can
I have it? Sometimes, all it takes is the voice of the human being who cares.”
Larry estimates he has rescued about thirty people in his ten years of service.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18.What is Larry s job?
19.What is happening if Larry s phone rings at 3 o clock in the morning?
20.What does Larry Smith usually do to stop someone from jumping off the bridge?
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