2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题听力原文式(无翻译版)

第一篇：2003年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题听力原文式(无翻译版)

2003年6月21日四级听力试题原文

Section A

1.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?

2.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?

3.W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand.M: Well, I think he didn't speak slowly enough for us to take the notes.Q: What did the man complain?

4.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?

5.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?

6.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?

7.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?

8.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 someminor injuries though.Q: What happened to Joe?

9.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?

10.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?

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?Q: What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?Q:What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?

Passage 2

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?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?

第二篇：大学英语四级翻译真题

2014年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

大熊猫是一种温顺的动物，长着独特的黑白皮毛。因其数量极少，大熊猫已被列为濒危物种。大熊猫对于世界自然基金会有着特殊意义。自1961年该基金会成立以来，大熊猫就一直是它的徽标。大熊猫是熊科中最稀有的成员，主要生活在中国西南部的森林里。目前，世界上大约有1000只大熊猫。这些以竹为食的动物正面临许多威胁。因此，确保大熊猫的生存比以往更重要。

Panda is a kind of docile animal, with unique black and white fur.Because of its scarcity, panda has been listed as the endangered species.Panda has been playing a special role in WWF.Panda has been the logo of WWF since it was founded in 1961.It is the rarest member among the ursidae animals, living mainly in the forests of the China Southwest.Up to now there are about 1000 pandas all over the world.These animals which live on bamboo face many threats.So it is more important to protect them than before.2014年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第二套）

越来越多的中国年轻人正在对旅游产生兴趣，这是今年来的新趋势。年轻游客数量的不断增加，可以归因于他们迅速提高的收入和探索外部世界的好奇心。随着旅行多了，年轻人在大城市和著名景点花的时间少了，他们反而更为偏远的地方所吸引。有些人甚至选择长途背包旅行。最近调查显示，很多年轻人想要通过旅行体验不同的文化、丰富知识、扩展视野。

Chinese young people in mounting numbers come to be interested in tourism, which is a new trend of this year.Rising number of young tourists, can be attributed to their rapidly increase income and the curiosity to explore the outside world.With the increase of traveling, the young spend less time in big cities and famous attractions;they are more attracted to remote locations.Some people even choose backpacking trip for long-distance.Recent survey indicates that many young people want to travel to experience different culture, enrich knowledge and broaden view.2014年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）

中国的互联网社区是全世界发展最快的。2010年，中国约有4.2亿网民（netizens），并且人数还在迅速增长。互联网的日渐流行带来了重大的社会变化。中国网民往往不同美国网民。美国网民更多的是受实际需要的驱使，用互联网为工具发电子邮件、买卖商品、规划旅程或付款。中国网民更多是出于社交原因使用互联网，因而更广泛地使用QQ、聊天室等。

China’s Internet community develops fastest all over the world.There were nearly 420 million netizens in China in 2010, and the number is still getting larger and larger.The increasing popularity of the Internet has created a significant social change.The Chinese netizens are different from the American netizens.American netizens are more driven by the real necessity, and they use the Internet to send emails, do some shopping, make a travel plan or make a payment.However, Chinese netizens use the Internet mainly out of the social intercourse , so the chat rooms and QQ are widely used by them.2014年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

中国应进一步发展核能，因为核电目前只占其总发电量的2%。该比例在所有核国家中居30位，几乎是最低的。

2011年3月日本核电站事故后，中国的核能开发停了下来，中止审批新的核电站，并开展全国性的核安全检查。到2012年10月，审批才又谨慎地恢复。

随着技术和安全措施的改进，发生核事故的可能性完全可以降到最低程度。换句话说，核能是可以安全开发和利用的。

China should further develop nuclear energy, because nuclear power currently accounts for only 2% of its total generating capacity.The proportion ranks the 30th among all countries possessing nuclear energy, which is almost the lowest.China’s nuclear power development stopped after the nuclear power station accident in Japan in March, 2011.The approval of new nuclear power plants was suspended, and the nationwide nuclear energy safety inspection started.It wasn’t until October, 2012 was examine and approval restored cautiously.With the improvement of technology and safety measures, the possibility of nuclear accidents can definitely be minimized.In other words, the nuclear energy can be exploited and utilized safely.2014年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第二套）

中国教育工作者早就认识到读书对于国家的重要意义。有些教育工作者2003年就建议设立全民读书日。他们强调，人们应当读好书，尤其是经典著作。通过阅读，人们能更好地学会感恩、有责任心和与人合作，而教育的目的正是要培养这些基本素质。阅读对于中小学生尤为重要，假如他们没有在这个关键时期培养阅读的兴趣，以后要养成阅读的习惯就很难了。

Chinese educators have long known that reading is of great importance to a nation.Some of them even proposed to establish the National Reading Day in 2003.They emphasized that people should read good books, especially the classic ones.By reading, people can better learn to be grateful, responsible and cooperative, the very basic qualities education intends to foster.Reading is especially important for students in the primary school and middle school;if the interest of reading is not fostered at that critical period, it will be quite difficult to cultivate the habit of reading later.2014年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）

为了促进教育公平，中国已投入360亿元，用于改善农村地区教育设施和加强中西部地区农村义务教育（compulsory education）。这些资金用于改善教学设施、购买书籍，使16万多所中小学受益。资金还用于购置音乐和绘画器材。现在农村和山区的儿童可以和沿海城市的儿童一样上音乐和绘画课。一些为接受更好教育而转往城市上学的学生如今又回到了本地农村学校就读。

In order to promote education equity, China has invested 36 billion yuan to improve the education facilities in rural areas and strengthen rural compulsory education in the central and western regions.The funds is used to better the school’s teaching facilities and purchase books, from which more than 160,000 middle and primary schools have gained benefits.The money is also spent on acquiring musical and painting instruments.Nowadays, children in rural and mountainous areas can have access to music and painting lessons just like children in coastal cities.Some students who had once transferred to urban schools for better education now return to the local rural schools.2013年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差异很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养(nutrition)。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。

Many people are fond of Chinese cuisine.In China, cooking is regarded not only as a craftsmanship, but also as an art.A well-prepared Chinese cuisine is both tasty and good-looking.Cooking skills and dish ingredients vary a lot in different regions of China.However, good Chinese cuisine always shares something in common, that is, the color, aroma, taste, and nutrition.As food is vital to one’s health, a good chef if always trying to strike a balance among grains, meat and vegetables.That’s why Chinese cuisine is tasty and healthy.2013年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第二套）

中国结（the Chinese knot）最初是由手工艺人发明的，经过数百年不断的改进，已经成为一种优雅多彩的艺术和工艺。在古代，人们用它来记录事件，但现在主要用于装饰的目的。“结”在中文里意味着爱情、婚姻和团聚。中国结常常作为礼物交换或用作饰品祈求好运和避邪。这种形式的手工艺（handicraft）代代相传，现在已经在中国和世界各地越来越受欢迎。

The Chinese knot, originally invented by the craftsmen, has become an elegant and colorful art and craft over hundreds of years’ continuous improvement.In ancient times, it was used to record events, but nowadays it is mainly functioning as decoration.“knot” signifies love, marriage and reunion in Chinese.Often used as gifts exchange or decoration, Chinese knot is believed to bring good luck as well as ward off evil spirits.The handicraft has been passed down from one generation to another and now enjoys more and more popularity both at home and abroad.2013年12月 大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）

“你要茶还是咖啡？”是用餐人常被问到的问题。许多西方人会选咖啡，而中国人则会选茶。相传，中国的一位帝王于五千多年前发现了茶，并用来治病。在明清（the Ming and Qing Dynasties）期间，茶馆遍布全国。饮茶在6世纪传到了日本，但直到17、18世纪才传到欧美。如今，茶是世界上最流行的饮料(beverage)之一。茶是中国的民族饮品，也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分。

This is what diners are often asked, “Would you like tea or coffee?” Many Westerners favor coffee while the Chinese tend to choose tea.Tradition has it that an ancient Chinese emperor discovered the tea five thousand years ago and used it to treat illnesses.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, teahouses spread all over the country.Tea drinking was introduced to Japan in the 16th century while it had not been introduced into Europe and America until the 17th and 18th centuries.Nowadays, tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world.It is not only a kind of Chinese national drink, but also an important part of Chinese tradition and culture.2013年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第一套）

春节贴年画（pasting New Year paintings）的风俗源自于往房子外面的门上贴门神(Door Gods)的传统。随着木质雕刻评（board carvings）的出现，年画包含了更广泛的主题，最出名的就是门神和三大神——福神、薪神和寿神(Three Gods of Blessing, Salary and Longevity)，寓意着庄家丰收、家畜兴旺和庆祝春节。年画的四大产地分别是苏州桃花坞、天津杨柳青、河北武强和山东潍坊。现在中国农村依然保持着年画的传统，而在城市里很少有人贴年画。

The custom of pasting New Year paintings in the Spring Festival originated from the tradition of pasting Door Gods on the external doors of the houses.With the creation of board carvings, New Year paintings cover a wider range of subjects.The most famous ones are Door Gods and Three Gods of Blessing, Salary and Longevity, signifying the abundant harvest of crops, the prosperity of domestic animals and the celebration of the Spring Festival.Four producing areas of New Year paintings are Taohuawu of Suzhou, Yangliuqing of Tianjin, Wuqiang of Hebei and Weifang of Shangdong.Now the tradition of pasting New Year paintings is still kept in rural China, while it is seldom followed in cities.2013年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第二套）

“春联(The Spring Couplet)”也被称为“对联(couplet)”，在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。春联是由贴在门口两侧两组对立的句子(antithetical sentences)组成的。在门上面的横批(horizontal scroll bearing an inscription)通常是一个吉祥的短语。贴在门右侧的句子被称作对联的上联(the first line of the couplet)，左侧的为下联。除夕那天，每家都会在门上贴上红纸写的春联，传递出节日喜庆和热闹的(hilarious)气氛。在过去，中国人通常用毛笔自己写春联或者请别人写春联，而现在，人们普遍在市场上买印刷好的春联。

“The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet”, is a special form of literature in China.The Spring Couplet is composed of two antithetical sentences on both sides of the door.Above the gate is a horizontal scroll bearing an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase.The sentence pasting on the right side of the door is called the fist line of the Couplet, and the left one is the second line.On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a Spring Couplet written on red paper to give a happy and hilarious atmosphere of the Festival.In the past, the Chinese usually wrote their own Spring Couplet with a brush or asked others to do it for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed Spring Couplet in the market.2013年6月 大学英语四级考试真题（第三套）

仅仅鼠标一点，购物者就几乎能在网上买到任何东西，从食品杂货到汽车，从保险单(insurance policies)到房贷。电子商务(electronic commerce)的世界使得消费者无需离开舒适的家就能够在数以千计的网店购物，并且完成付款。消费者期望商家(merchants)不仅仅能够在网上销售产品，而且能够让支付过程变的简单、安全。当然，网络购物者也需要谨慎小心以保证愉快、安全的网购经历。

With just a click of the mouse, shoppers can buy nearly any product online, from groceries to cars, from insurance policies to home loans.The world of electronic commerce enables consumers to shop at thousands of online stores and pay for their purchases without leaving the comfortable home.Consumers expect merchants not only to make their products available on the Web, but also to make payments a simple and secure process.Of course, online shoppers need to be cautious to make their online shopping experiences enjoyable and safe.2012年12月 大学英语四级考试真题

在中国，小孩儿的满月酒(One-Month-Old Feast)和抓周(One-Year-Old Catch)仪式独具特色。小孩儿出生满一个月的那天，孩子的家人一般要邀请亲朋挚友一起来庆祝孩子满月。小孩儿满周岁的那天，有抓周的仪式。按照中国的传统，父母及他们不给予任何的引导或暗示，任孩子随意挑选，看他先抓什么，后抓什么，并以此为依据来预测孩子可能存在的志趣和将来从事的职业以及前途。

In China, One-Month-Old Feast and One-Year-Old Catch of a baby are of unique Chinese characteristics.One the day when a baby is a month old, the family of the baby will invite their friends and relatives to a ceremony to celebrate the occasion.On the day when a baby is one year old, there is a ceremony of One-Year-Old Catch.According to Chinese traditional custom, nobody will give any instruction or cue to the baby so that it is left free to choose by itself.Watching the baby catch the articles it likes, the family can then make prediction about its potential interest, future career and development.

第三篇：2006年12月大学英语四级真题听力原文学习啊

学英语简单吗？肯定会有许多学生说：“难死了”。

为什么有好多学生对英语的学习都感到头疼呢？答案只有一个：“不得法。” 英语与汉语一样都是一种语言，为什么你说汉语会如此流利？那是因为你置身于一个汉语环境中，如果你在伦敦呆上半年，保准说起英语来会非常流利。但很多中学生没有很好的英语环境，那么你可以自己设置一个英语环境，坚持“多说”、“多听”、“多读”、“多写”，那么你的英语成绩肯定会很出色。

一、多“说”。

自己多创造机会与英语教师多讲英语，见了同学，尤其是和好朋友在一起时尽量用英语去问候，谈心情……这时候你需随身携带一个英汉互译小词典，遇到生词时查一下这些生词，也不用刻意去记，用的多了，这个单词自然而然就会记住。千万别把学英语当成负担，始终把它当成一件有趣的事情去做。

或许你有机会碰上外国人，你应大胆地上去跟他打招呼，和他谈天气、谈风景、谈学校……只是别问及他的年纪，婚史等私人问题。尽量用一些你学过的词汇，句子去和他谈天说地。不久你会发现与老外聊天要比你与中国人谈英语容易的多。因为他和你交谈时会用许多简单词汇，而且不太看重说法，你只要发音准确，准能顺利地交流下去。只是你必须要有信心，敢于表达自己的思想。

如果没有合适的伙伴也没关系，你可以拿过一本书或其它什么东西做假想对象，对它谈你一天的所见所闻，谈你的快乐，你的悲伤等等，长此坚持下去你的口语肯定会有较大的提高。

二、多“听”

寻找一切可以听英语的机会。别人用英语交谈时，你应该大胆地去参与，多听听各种各样人的发音，男女老少，节奏快的慢的你都应该接触到，如果这样的机会少的话，你可以选择你不知内容的文章去听，这将会对你帮助很大，而你去听学过的课文的磁带，那将会对你的语言语调的学习有很大的帮助。

三、多“读”。

“读”可以分为两种。一种是“默读”。每天给予一定时间的练习将会对你提高阅读速度有很大的好处，读的内容可以是你的课本，但最好是一些有趣的小读物，因为现在的英语高考越来越重视阅读量和阅读速度。每道题的得分都与你的理解程度有很大关系，所以经过高中三年阅读的训练后，你必定会在高考中胜券在握。另一种是“朗读”这是学语言必不可少的一种学习途径。

四、多“写”

有的同学总是抱怨时间紧，根本没时间写作文。其实“写”的形式很多，不一定就写作文才提高写作能力。比如写下你一天中发生的一些重要的事情，或当天学了某一个词组，你可以创设一个语境恰如其份地用上这个词。这样即可帮你记住这个词的用法，又可以锻炼你的写作能力，比如学“wish”一词时，可写一小段如下：

The teacher often asks us what we want to be in the future.My good friend Tom wishes to be a soldier.However,I'm different.I wish I were a teacher in the future.But my mother wishes me to be a doctor.只几句话：但wish的几种用法已跃然纸上，这样写下来印象会深刻得多，这样比死记硬背wish的用法也有趣轻松的多。

学习英语不用花大块的时间，10分钟的散步可以练“说”,吃完饭后可以读一会儿英语小说，睡前听几分钟英语，可以使你得到更好地休息……只要你每天抽出一些时间来练英语，你的英语成绩肯定会很快提高的。

背英语单词技巧

1、循环记忆法

艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线

人的大脑是一个记忆的宝库，人脑经历过的事物，思考过的问题，体验过的情感和情绪，练习过的动作，都可以成为人们记忆的内容。例如英文的学习中单词、短语和句子，甚至文章的内容都是通过记忆完成的。从“记”到“忆”是有个过程的，这其中包括了识记、保持、再认和回忆。有很多 人在学习英语的过程中，只注重了学习当时的记忆效果，孰不知，要想做好学习的记忆工作，是要下一番工夫的，单纯的注重当时的记忆效果，而忽视了后期的保持和再认同样是达不到良好的效果的。

在信息的处理上，记忆是对输入信息的编码、贮存和提取的过程，从信息处理的角度上，英文的第一次学习和背诵只是一个输入编码的过程。人的记忆的能力从生理上讲是十分惊人的，它可以存贮1015比特(byte，字节)的信息，可是每个人的记忆宝库被挖掘的只占10%，还有更多的记忆发挥空间。这是因为，有些人只关注了记忆的当时效果，却忽视了记忆中的更大的问题--即记忆的牢固度问题，那就牵涉到心理学中常说的关于记忆遗忘的规律。

一、艾宾浩斯记忆规律曲线解释

德国有一位著名的心理学家名叫艾宾浩斯(Hermann Ebbinghaus，1850-1909)，他在1885年发表了他的实验报告后，记忆研究就成了心理学中被研究最多的领域之一，而艾宾浩斯正是发现记忆遗忘规律的第一人。

根据我们所知道的，记忆的保持在时间上是不同的，有短时的记忆和长时的记忆两种。而我们平时的记忆的过程是这样的：

输入的信息在经过人的注意过程的学习后，便成为了人的短时的记忆，但是如果不经过及时的复习，这些记住过的东西就会遗忘，而经过了及时的复习，这些短时的记忆就会成为了人的一种长时的记忆，从而在大脑中保持着很长的时间。那么，对于我们来讲，怎样才叫做遗忘呢，所谓遗忘就是我们对于曾经记忆过的东西不能再认起来，也不能回忆起来，或者是错误的再认和错误的回忆，这些都是遗忘。艾宾浩斯在做这个实验的时候是拿自己作为测试对象的，他得出了一些关于记忆的结论。他选用了一些根本没有意义的音节，也就是那些不能拼出单词来的众多字母的组合，比如asww，cfhhj，ijikmb，rfyjbc等等。他经过对自己的测试，得到了一些数据。

然后，艾宾浩斯又根据了这些点描绘出了一条曲线，这就是非常有名的揭示遗忘规律的曲线：艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线，图中竖轴表示学习中记住的知识数量，横轴表示时间(天数)，曲线表示记忆量变化的规律。

这条曲线告诉人们在学习中的遗忘是有规律的，遗忘的进程不是均衡的，不是固定的一天丢掉几个，转天又丢几个的，而是在记忆的最初阶段遗忘的速度很快，后来就逐渐减慢了，到了相当长的时候后，几乎就不再遗忘了，这就是遗忘的发展规律，即“先快后慢”的原则。观察这条遗忘曲线，你会发现,学得的知识在一天后，如不抓紧复习,就只剩下原来的25%)。随着时间的推移,遗忘的速度减慢，遗忘的数量也就减少。有人做过一个实验，两组学生学习一段课文，甲组在学习后不久进行一次复习，乙组不予复习，一天后甲组保持98%，乙组保持56%；一周后甲组保持83%，乙组保持33%。乙组的遗忘平均值比甲组高。

二、不同性质材料有不同的遗忘曲线

而且，艾宾浩斯还在关于记忆的实验中发现，记住12个无意义音节，平均需要重复16.5次；为了记住36个无意义章节，需重复54次；而记忆六首诗中的480个音节，平均只需要重复8次！这个实验告诉我们，凡是理解了的知识，就能记得迅速、全面而牢固。不然，愣是死记硬背，那也是费力不讨好的。因此，比较容易记忆的是那些有意义的材料，而那些无意义的材料在记忆的时候比较费力气，在以后回忆起来的时候也很不轻松。因此，艾宾浩斯遗忘曲线是关于遗忘的一种曲线，而且是对无意义的音节而言，对于与其他材料的对比，艾宾浩斯又得出了不同性质材料的不同遗忘曲线，不过他们大体上都是一致的。

因此，艾宾浩斯的实验向我们充分证实了一个道理，学习要勤于复习，而且记忆的理解效果越好，遗忘的也越慢。

三、不同的人有不同的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线--个性化的艾宾浩斯

上述的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线是艾宾浩斯在实验室中经过了大量测试后，产生了不同的记忆数据，从而生成的一种曲线，是一个具有共性的群体规律。此记忆曲线并不考虑接受试验个人的个性特点，而是寻求一种处于平衡点的记忆规律。

但是记忆规律可以具体到我们每个人，因为我们的生理特点、生活经历不同，可能导致我们有不同的记忆习惯、记忆方式、记忆特点。规律对于自然人改造世界的行为，只能起一个催化的作用，如果与每个人的记忆特点相吻合，那么就如顺水扬帆，一日千里；如果与个人记忆特点相悖，记忆效果则会大打折扣。因此，我们要根据每个人的不同特点，寻找到属于自己的艾宾浩斯记忆曲线

2》如何学英语

下定决心，坚持不懈

英语学习作为一门语言技能，通过大量的训练和练习任何人是可以掌握的。一般地说，英语学习的原则是听、说领先，读、写跟上。李扬的疯狂英语提倡，首先建立起我能学好英语的信心，然后以句子为单位，大量地模仿，疯狂地操练，大声地朗读，最后达到自如地说英语，他的方法对提高说英语的能力很奏效。钟道隆教授45岁开始学英语，一年后，学成出国当口语翻译，并创造了逆苦恼、逆急于求成、逆速成的逆向学习英语的方法。他还提出学习英语要遵循听、写、说、背、想的方法，他的方法强调以听为主，并且把所听到的内容全部写下来。尤其是他的学习精神最可佳，他学习英语用坏了十几台录音机，你可想象他听了多少英语；用完的圆珠笔芯几乎装满了一个一拉罐，你可想象他写了多少，在一年半内，累计业余学习英语时间大约三千小时，也就说每天抽出几个小时来学英语。如果我们做到他那样，一定也能学好英语。最重要的是坚持，只要能下定决心，坚持每天至少一个小时的学习英语，战胜自我最后肯定会有收获的。

注意方法，循序渐进 决心下定，还注意学习方法，有时根据自己的情况和不同的学习目的，选择不同的学习方法，但是学习英语一定要踏踏实实地、一步一个脚印地走。要把基础知识掌握好，也就是说，发音要正确、基本词汇要掌握牢、基本句式要熟练、基本语法要会用。

（1）要过好语音关。把每一个音标发正确，注意改正有问题的音素，特别是那些容易混淆的音素，尽早地掌握国际音标，并尽量的掌握一些读音规则，尽快地能利用读音规则来拼单词，掌握读音规则对单词的记忆和拼写非常有用。

（2）掌握一定数量的英语单词。对于学习者来说掌握英语词汇是一难关，学习单词要从单词的形、音、义这三方面去掌握，要注意单词的一词多义，一词多类的用法，要学会一些构词法的知识，来扩展词汇量。学习单词要在语言材料中去学，要结合词组，通过句子，阅读文章来活记单词，死记的单词是记不牢的。坚持在读、说前，先反复听，听的时候反应单词、句子的意思和节奏，想一下单词的拼法、句子结构。并要同学习语法规则有机结合起来进行。

（3）掌握好基本语法。语法在学习英语中也很重要，它能帮助我们把握住英语的基本规律，通过例句或语言现象把死的语法规则要记住，活的规则要通过做大量的练习掌握。总之学习英语要通过听、说、读、写、译来进行操练，不但要注意数量，更重要的是要注意质量，尤其是基本知识要掌握的准确，熟练。只有经过大量的实践，才能做到熟能生巧，运用自如。

提前预习，有的放矢

作为学生，在每次上课前，都要对要学的课文提前预习。首先在音标的帮助下试着拼读单词，也可以借助配套磁带反复听，对比一下，把握不准的要标出来，注意上课老师的发音，还要记一下单词的汉语意思和词性。借助课文的注释或辅导材料，预习一遍课文，找出不明白的地方，做到心中有数，在教师讲课时注意听这些地方。总之，预习的目的是熟悉要学的内容，找出不明白的地方，带着问题听课，做到有的放矢。

认真听课，积极配合

课堂是老师与学生一起学习、掌握、运用知识的主要场所。作为起主导作用的老师一方引导学生搞好课堂教学是很必要的，但也需要学习者的积极配合。上课要专心听讲、作好笔记、认真操练、积极思考。预习时出现的问题在课堂上教师没有讲到的，要向老师提出，把问题搞清楚，老师讲授的问题，先注意听，下课后整理一下笔记，反复思考一下这些问题，抓住老师所讲的重点，难点和考点。总之，上课时要做到耳听、眼观、嘴动、脑想，调动起多个感官来。

完成作业，找出问题

学完每一课，要认真完成课后作业。做作业时一定不要看参考书上题的答案，做完后再对答案，对于作业中所出现的不明白的问题，应该记下来，等下次上课时提出来。做作业是英语学习的很重要的环节，它是消化知识和巩固知识的过程，一定要认真完成规定的作业，笔头作业要动一动笔，口头作业要动一动嘴，提高听力要练一练耳，课文在听和读的基础上，最好背诵某些精彩段落。总之，要做大量的练习，英语是练出来的，一定不要偷懒。

及时复习，巩固知识

学会了的东西随着时间的流逝会逐渐遗忘，但学语言有遗忘现象是正常的。更不必因为有遗忘现象而影响自己学好英语的信心与决心。问题在于怎样来减轻遗忘的程度。善于类比，总结知识，把新学的知识同过去学的有关的知识进行横向和纵向比较和联系。建立错误档案记录，加深印象，以避免再反同样错误。我们大部分知识和技能是靠重复获得的，及时复习对于记忆非常必要，学英语就是要坚持天天不断的练，不断地重复基本句型，常用词汇和基本语法等。学习英语的过程也是同遗忘做斗争的过程。

总而言之，只要你能做到下定决心学，注意学习方法，把课前预习，认真听课，完成作业，及时复习这些环节作好了，你一定能够学好英语

06年12月大学英语四级真题听力原文 Section A: Conversations Short Conversations 11.M: Christmas is around the corner.And I’m looking for a gift for my girlfriend.Any suggestions? W: Well you have to tell me something about your girlfriend first.Also, what’s your budget? Q: What does the woman want the man to do? 12.M: What would you like for dessert? I think I’ll have apple pie and ice cream.W: The chocolate cake looks great, but I have to watch my weight.You go ahead and get yours.Q: What would the woman most probably do? 13.W: Having visited so many countries, you must be able to speak several different languages.M: I wish I could.But Japanese and of course English are the only languages I can speak.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 14.M: Professor Smith asked me to go to his office after class.So it’s impossible for me to make it to the bar at ten.W: Then it seems that we’ll have to meet an hour later at the library.Q: What will the man do first after class? 15.M: It’s already 11 now.Do you mean I ought to wait until Mr.Bloom comes back from the class? W: Not really.You can just leave a note.I’ll give it to her later.Q: What does the woman mean? 16.M: How is John now? Is he feeling any better? W: Not yet.It still seems impossible to make him smile.Talking to him is really difficult and he gets upset easily over little things.Q: What do we learn about John from the conversation? 17.M: Do we have to get the opera tickets in advance? W: Certainly.Tickets at the door are usually sold at a higher price.Q: What does the woman imply? 18.M: The taxi driver must have been speeding.W: Well, not really.He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck ahead of him.Q: What do we learn about the taxi driver?

Long Conversations Conversation 1 W: Hey, Bob, guess what? I’m going to visit Quebec next summer.I’m invited to go to a friend’s wedding.But while I’m there I’d also like to do some sightseeing.M: That’s nice, Shelly.But do you mean the province of Quebec, or Quebec City? W: I mean the province.My friend’s wedding is in Montreal.I’m going there first.I’ll stay for five days.Is Montreal the capital city of the province? M: Well, Many people think so because it’s the biggest city.But it’s not the capital.Quebec City is.But Montreal is great.The Saint Royal River runs right through the middle of the city.It’s beautiful in summer.W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is OK, but not that good.I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English? M: Well, People speak both French and English there.But you’ll hear French most of the time.And all the street signs are in French.In fact, Montreal is the third largest French speaking city in the world.So you’d better practice your French before you go.W: Good advice.What about Quebec City? I’ll visit a friend from college who lives there now.What’s it like? M: It’s a beautiful city, very old.Many old buildings have been nicely restored.Some of them were built in the 17th or 18th centuries.You’ll love there.W: Fantastic.I can’t wait to go.Questions: 19.What’s the woman’s main purpose of visiting Quebec? 20.What does the man advice the woman to do before the trip? 21.What does the man say about the Quebec City?

Conversation 2 M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book? W: I wrote my first Finnish(finished)story when I was about six.It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean.And I’ve been writing ever since? M: Why did you choose to be an author? W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness.Step 1 would be finding out what you love doing most.Step two would be finding someone to pay you to do this.I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults? W: My first two novels were for adults.I suppose I might write another one.But I never really imagine a target audience when I’m writing.The ideas come first.So it really depends on the ideas that grasp me next.M: where did the ideas for the “Harry Potter” books come from? W: I’ve no ideas where the ideas came from.And I hope I’ll never find out.It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform.M: How did you come up with the names of your characters? W: I invented some of them.But I also collected strange names.I’ve got one from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memoirs and people I met.M: Oh, you are really resourceful.Questions: 22.What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowling’s first book? 23.Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very lucky? 24.What dictates Miss Rowling’s writing? 25.According to Miss Rowling where did she get the ideas for the Harry Porter books?

Section B Passage 1 Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day.According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems.This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research.In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports, yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material，learning new lessons and completing high-quality work.Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention.The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children.Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well-functioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the study’s lead author.So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration.“If we don’t ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns in kids’ struggling academically, then we aren’t doing our job”, Forlone said.For parents, he said, the message is simple, “getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time”.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26.What were teachers told to do in the experiment? 27.According to the experiment, what problem can insufficient sleep cause in students? 28.What message did the researcher intend to convey to parents?

Passage 2

Patricia Pania never wanted to be a public figure.All she wanted to be was a mother and home-maker.But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car.The impact killed her 2-year-old daughter.Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving.She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter.In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start.She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain.But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place.She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice.For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker.She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy.Many in the audience were moved to tears and to action.In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker.Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 40 million people.Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem, and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29.What was the significant change in Patricia Pania’s life? 30.What had led to Pania’s personal tragedy? 31.How did Pania feel when she began her first speech? 32.What could be expected as a result of Pania’s efforts?

Passage 3

Many people catch a cold in the spring time or fall.It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon.Why can’t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy.There’re actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there.You never know which one you will get, so there isn’t a cure for each one.When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it.Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockade in it.You feel terrible because you can’t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus.Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus.You also have a running nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells.You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.Different people have different remedies for colds.In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better.Some people take hot bath and drink warm liquids.Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds.There was one interesting thing to note.Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you.The virus stays in you longer, because your body doesn’t develop a way to fight it and kill it.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33.According to the passage, why haven’t scientists found a cure for the common cold? 34.What does the speaker say about the symptoms of the common cold? 35.What do some scientists say about taking medicines for the common cold, according to the passage?

Section C: Compound dictation

You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways depending on the situation they are in.This is very natural.All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level.English is no exception.The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level.Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books and in business letters.You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school.Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write personal notes or letters to close friends.Formal language is different from informal language in several ways.First, formal language tends to be more polite.What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite.For example, I might say to a friend or a family member “Close the door, please”, but to a stranger, I probably would say “Would you mind closing the door?” Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary.There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal.Let’s say that I really like soccer.If I am talking to my friend, I might say “I am just crazy about soccer”, but if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say “I really enjoy soccer”.没事就用这些词练练你的嘴皮子~~

●说吧，你是想死呢还是不想活了？ ●好久没有人把牛皮吹的这么清新脱俗了！

●你给我滚，马不停蹄的滚……

●人人都说我丑，其实我只是美得不明显。

●无理取闹,必有所图！

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●天被熬亮了。

●不是路不平，而是你不行。

●恶心妈妈抱着恶心哭得很伤心，为什么呢？因为恶心死了……

●要不是打不过你，我早就和你翻脸了。●我这心碎得，捧出来跟饺子馅似的。

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●没人牵手，我就揣兜。

●我的兴趣爱好可分为静态和动态两种，静态就是睡觉，动态就是翻身…

●唉～这人要一没正形，连头痛都是偏的。●我这人不太懂音乐，所以时而不靠谱，时而不着调。●怎么会突然想哭？难道我也有些逆流成河的小忧伤？

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●好漂亮的美女叔叔啊！

●我不跟猪摔跤有两个原因：首先这让我自己变得很脏，其次这让猪很高兴。

●没事偷着乐是不太可能了,偷着胖还是有点儿希望.●放下屠刀立地成佛的意思是，你放下屠刀的那一刻对方把你砍成两瓣儿了。

●没事可做时，觉得最累。

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●李碧华说过： 什么叫多余？夏天的棉袄，冬天的蒲扇，还有等我已经心冷后你的殷勤。

●永远年轻，永远装嫩，永远不知好歹，永远热泪盈眶。

●我爸面对我发胖一事发表了看法：没有韩红的命，还得了韩红的病。●你来我信你不会走，你走我当你没来过。——我们该这样对待缘分与爱。

●曾以为我是那崖畔的一枝花，后来才知道，不过是人海一粒渣。

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●荡气回肠，消化不良。

●女人喜欢长的坏坏的男人,并不是喜欢长坏了的男人..●麻子不叫麻子，坑人。

●江湖险恶，不行就撤！

●不敲几下，你不可能知道一个人或一个西瓜的好坏。

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●孤独的人常表现得很坚强；寂寞的人则多半温和。

●大笑是绽放的微笑。

●我的意中人是个绝色大美女，终于有一天她会骑着喷火的恐龙来嫁给我

的，可是我看见了她的坐骑，却没有看见她的主人。●孤单是一个人的狂欢，狂欢是一群人的孤单。

●虽不安分，也该守己。

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●人不犯我，我不犯人。人若犯我，我就生气！

●别逼我，否则我伟大起来，一发不可收拾。

●我们是平凡的人，我们也是特别的人，所以我们是特别平凡的人。

●那个人敢说自己纯净？瞧你那眼神就透着浑浊。

●没有什么比弱者对强者的鄙视更无力了。

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●如有雷同，纯属你抄我●笨鸟先飞，笨猪先肥。

●当你的眼泪忍不住要流出来的时候，睁大眼睛，千万别眨眼，你会看到世

界由清晰到模糊的全过程。

●告诉你别逼我，你要是再逼我，我就装死给你看。

●年轻算什么，谁没年轻过？你老过吗？真是的 _________________________________________________

●别用世故的样子来武装自己，它会水土不服。

●解释就是掩饰，掩饰就是编故事。

●所谓门槛，过去了便是门，过不去就成了槛。

●陌生阻止你认识陌生的事物，熟悉妨碍你理解熟悉的事物。

●人生的悲哀就在于，当你想两肋插刀的时候，却只有一把刀。

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● 如果全是老姜，将是一个何等辛辣的社会。

● 狮子不会因为听到狗吠而回头。

● 水越深，水流越平稳。

●在你不当回事的时候，一切就好了起来。

● 无论是国王还是农夫，只要能在自己家里找到安宁，他就是最幸福的人。

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● 一分钱一分货,稀饭吃了不经饿.● 水壶啊，你为什么哭泣，是因为屁股太烫了吗?

● 如果命运抓住了伱的喉咙，伱就挠命运嘚胳肢窝。

● 拦着成长的不是幼稚，而是自以为成熟。

● 如果命运折断了你的腿，他会教你如何跛行

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● 打死你我也不说

●左脑全是水，右脑全是面粉，不动便罢了，一动全是浆糊

●挣钱就像用针掘地，花钱就像水渗进土里。

●我也有要去的地方，只是我要去的地方，没道路通向那里。

●你浪费的粮食都会堵在你去往天堂的路上。

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●生活是丰富多彩的，但我也有自己的颜色。

●如果有一天我失踪了，只有两种可能：身体在旅行，或者灵魂在旅行。

●讓人格与腦門一同閃亮。

●你的丑和你的脸没有关系。

●我从来没有欺骗过你，因为我从来没有欺骗你的必要。

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●我可以选择放弃，但我不能放弃选择。

●天没降大任于我，照样苦我心志，劳我筋骨。

●也许似乎大概是，然而未必不见得。

●再过一百年，就长成了参天大葱。

●幸福就是当你照镜子的时候，喜欢你看到的那个人。

第四篇：2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题听力原文

2003年9月四级考试听力原文与翻译

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.Let’s give him a few minutes. [Q] What are the speakers probably going to do?

 男：真不知道鲍伯怎么搞的，到现在还没有到？你觉得我们是打电话给他还是去找他？ 女：可能堵车耽搁了，要不我们再多等他几分钟？

 问：谈话者可能会做什么？

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?

男：嗨，苏珊，你决定婚后住哪了吗？

女：我想住城里，上班近，但尼尔森想住在郊区因为可以省钱。

问：为什么苏珊想住在城里？

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.

 男：我想买一本弗兰克林教授撰写的关于美国文化的书。

 女：抱歉。这本书早就脱销了。

 问：对话可能发生在哪里？

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?

 女：我把钥匙锁在屋子里了，现在该怎么办？

 男：我都不敢相信。你怎么老是这么丢三落四。但不管怎样我们还得冷静地想个办法。 问：男人如何建议？

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?

 女：你能告诉我你的电子邮件地址吗？这样我们就可以很快和你联系。

 男：我可以先给你发一封邮件，这样我们就不必在电话上拼写地址了？好吗？ 问：谈话人正在做什么？

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?

 女：嗨，乔治，能送我一程吗？我想去买点野餐的食物。

 男：当然，我正要回家，我可以送你到超市。

 问：女人想要做什么？

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?

 女：我叫海伦 威尔，W-A-R-E,能给我生物课的听课证吗？

 男：哦，不能，现在不行，姓以W开头的学生登记得到明天才开始。

 问：男人什么意思？

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?

 男：上周你在纽约时天气如何？

 女：很象现在北京的天气，如果你不在纽约呆太久，你就不需要带太多衣服。

 问：从对话中我们可以了解到什么？

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?

 女：你箱子里都装了些什么啊？根本就没有玩具，你把玩具放哪儿了？

 男：呀，这不是我们的箱子。那个老太太一定是错拿了我们的箱子。在旅馆里，她就坐

在我们旁边。

 问：从对话中我们可以推断出什么？

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?

男：明天你真的要去香港吗？

女：是啊，我想是的。我已经拿到机票，我都等不及想见到比尔了。

问：女人将要做什么？

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?

第五篇：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 Jacksonwas 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 someminor 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?