2011年6月18日大学英语四级听力真题：
四级听力原文：短对话
Section A
11.
M: Shawn's been trying for months to find a job. But I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like that。
W: Oh, that poor guy! He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean。
Q: What do we learn about Shawn?
12.
W: I wish Jane would call when sheknowshe'll be late. This is not the first time we've had to wait for her。
M: I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here。
Q: What does the man imply?
13.
M: Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship。
W: Yeah, we're all working real hard right now!
Q: What is the woman's team doing?
14.
W: John's been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition。
W：Oh, that's terrible. And you know his father passed away last year。
Q: What do we learn about John?
15.
M: What a boring speaker! I can hardly stay awake。
W: Well, I don't know. In fact, I think it's been a long time since I've heard anyone is good。
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
16.
W: I'm having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can't explain it in a way that makes sense to me。
M: You know, there is a tutoring service on campus. I was about to drop statistics before they helped me out。
Q: What does the man mean?
17.
M: This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, did't I ?
W: Oh, that wasn't me. That was my sister Joe. She's in your class。
Q: What does the woman mean?
18.
M: Jane, suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas, what would you do?
W: Well, I guess I'd sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket。
Q: What are the speakers talking about?
四级听力原文：长对话
Conversation One
M: Hello, professor Johnson。
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today?
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in,
W: What sport did you choose?
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing。
W: What are you going to say about skiing?
M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country。
W: So why is that a problem?
M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that’s not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different。
W: Then you’ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That’s common, right?
M: Yeah, I guess so。
Q19: What is the topic of the man’s writing assignment?
Q20: What problem does the man have while working on his paper?
Q21: What does the woman say is common in writing papers?
Conversation Two
W: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World。
It program for and about business people. Tonight we have Mr. Angeleno who came to the US six years ago, and is now an established businessman with three restaurants in town.Tell us Mr. Angeleno, how did you get started?
M: Well I started off with a small diner. I did all the cooking myself and my wife waited on tables. It was really too much work for two people. My cooking is great. And word got around town about the food. Within a year, I had to hire another cook and four waitresses. When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business. Now with three places my main concern is keeping the business successful and running smoothly。
W: Do you advertise?
M: Oh yes. I don't have any TV commercials, because they are too expensive. But I advertise a lot on radio and in local newspapers. My children used to distribute ads. in nearby shopping centres, but we don't need to do that anymore。
W: Why do you believe you've been so successful?
M: Em, I always serve the freshest possible food and I make the atmosphere as comfortable and as pleasant as I can, so that my customers will want to come back。
W: So you always aim to please the customers?
M: Absolutely!Without them I would have no business at all。
W: Thank you Mr.Angeleno.I think your advice will be helpfull to those just staring out in business。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
22 What is the woman’s occupation?
23 what do we learn about Mr.Angeleno’s business at its beginning?
24 what does Mr.Angeleno say about advertising his businesse?
25 What does the man say contribute to his success?
四级听力原文：理解短文
Passage 1
There are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eye sight. For instance, someone believes that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes, but there is no evidence to show that the eye structure is changed by wearing eye glasses at young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Study shows that for adult, there is no danger, but children can develop lost vision if they have glasses inappropriate for their eyes. We have all heard about how eye sights get bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eye sight, but that’s untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired on strained. Eye strain also results from reading a lot. Reading in bed, and watching too much TV. However, although eye strain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight. Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced or transferred from one person to another. There are close to 1 million nerve fibers (神经纤维)that connect the eye ball to brain. As if yet, it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths, and learn more about the eyes, a full transplant can be may be possible。
26. What the speaker want to tell us about eye sight?
27. What do studies show about wearing glassed?
28. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?
Passage 2
When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services, such as adult day care centers. If the care givers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities. In contrast, a spouse, usually the wife, is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use up their life savings. Researchers have found that caring for the elderly can be a very positive experience. The elderly appreciated the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and corporative. However, even when care giving is satisfying, it is hard work. Social workers and experts on aging offer care givers and potential care givers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative. One consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they prefer going into a nursing home can select one in advance. On the other hand, they may want to live with their adult children. Care givers must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask for help from others especially brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters are often willing to help but they may not know what to do。
Question 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。
Q29. Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents?
Q30. Why are most wives unwilling to put their dependent husbands into nursing homes?
Q31. According to the passage, what must care givers learn to do?
Passage 3
Since a union representative visited our company to inform us about our rights and protections. My coworkers have been worrying about health conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace. Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day. The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it’s dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there. An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment. She insists that it’s exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation. She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department. I’ve heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the request. In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too busy or too mean to do anything about it. Finally, they all met an agree to wear ski-clothing to work the next day. The owner was too embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system replaced right away。
Questions 32- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。
32 What does the talk focus on?
33 What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?
34 What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?
35 Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?
四级听力原文：短对话
Section A
11.
M: Shawn's been trying for months to find a job. But I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like that。
W: Oh, that poor guy! He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean。
Q: What do we learn about Shawn?
12.
W: I wish Jane would call when sheknowshe'll be late. This is not the first time we've had to wait for her。
M: I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here。
Q: What does the man imply?
13.
M: Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship。
W: Yeah, we're all working real hard right now!
Q: What is the woman's team doing?
14.
W: John's been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition。
W：Oh, that's terrible. And you know his father passed away last year。
Q: What do we learn about John?
15.
M: What a boring speaker! I can hardly stay awake。
W: Well, I don't know. In fact, I think it's been a long time since I've heard anyone is good。
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
16.
W: I'm having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can't explain it in a way that makes sense to me。
M: You know, there is a tutoring service on campus. I was about to drop statistics before they helped me out。
Q: What does the man mean?
17.
M: This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, did't I ?
W: Oh, that wasn't me. That was my sister Joe. She's in your class。
Q: What does the woman mean?
18.
M: Jane, suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas, what would you do?
W: Well, I guess I'd sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket。
Q: What are the speakers talking about?
四级听力原文：长对话
Conversation One
M: Hello, professor Johnson。
W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today?
M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn’t coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in,
W: What sport did you choose?
M: I decided to write about cross-country skiing。
W: What are you going to say about skiing?
M: That’s the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country。
W: So why is that a problem?
M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn’t as easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that’s not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don’t know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It’s not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That’s different。
W: Then you’ll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That’s common, right?
M: Yeah, I guess so。
Q19: What is the topic of the man’s writing assignment?
Q20: What problem does the man have while working on his paper?
Q21: What does the woman say is common in writing papers?
Conversation Two
W: Good evening and welcome to this week's Business World。
It program for and about business people. Tonight we have Mr. Angeleno who came to the US six years ago, and is now an established businessman with three restaurants in town.Tell us Mr. Angeleno, how did you get started?
M: Well I started off with a small diner. I did all the cooking myself and my wife waited on tables. It was really too much work for two people. My cooking is great. And word got around town about the food. Within a year, I had to hire another cook and four waitresses. When that restaurant became very busy, I decided to expand my business. Now with three places my main concern is keeping the business successful and running smoothly。
W: Do you advertise?
M: Oh yes. I don't have any TV commercials, because they are too expensive. But I advertise a lot on radio and in local newspapers. My children used to distribute ads. in nearby shopping centres, but we don't need to do that anymore。
W: Why do you believe you've been so successful?
M: Em, I always serve the freshest possible food and I make the atmosphere as comfortable and as pleasant as I can, so that my customers will want to come back。
W: So you always aim to please the customers?
M: Absolutely!Without them I would have no business at all。
W: Thank you Mr.Angeleno.I think your advice will be helpfull to those just staring out in business。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
22 What is the woman’s occupation?
23 what do we learn about Mr.Angeleno’s business at its beginning?
24 what does Mr.Angeleno say about advertising his businesse?
25 What does the man say contribute to his success?
四级听力原文：理解短文
Passage 1
There are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eye sight. For instance, someone believes that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes, but there is no evidence to show that the eye structure is changed by wearing eye glasses at young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Study shows that for adult, there is no danger, but children can develop lost vision if they have glasses inappropriate for their eyes. We have all heard about how eye sights get bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eye sight, but that’s untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired on strained. Eye strain also results from reading a lot. Reading in bed, and watching too much TV. However, although eye strain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight. Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced or transferred from one person to another. There are close to 1 million nerve fibers (神经纤维)that connect the eye ball to brain. As if yet, it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths, and learn more about the eyes, a full transplant can be may be possible。
26. What the speaker want to tell us about eye sight?
27. What do studies show about wearing glassed?
28. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?
Passage 2
When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services, such as adult day care centers. If the care givers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities. In contrast, a spouse, usually the wife, is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use up their life savings. Researchers have found that caring for the elderly can be a very positive experience. The elderly appreciated the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and corporative. However, even when care giving is satisfying, it is hard work. Social workers and experts on aging offer care givers and potential care givers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative. One consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they prefer going into a nursing home can select one in advance. On the other hand, they may want to live with their adult children. Care givers must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask for help from others especially brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters are often willing to help but they may not know what to do。
Question 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。
Q29. Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents?
Q30. Why are most wives unwilling to put their dependent husbands into nursing homes?
Q31. According to the passage, what must care givers learn to do?
Passage 3
Since a union representative visited our company to inform us about our rights and protections. My coworkers have been worrying about health conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace. Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day. The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it’s dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there. An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment. She insists that it’s exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation. She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department. I’ve heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the request. In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too busy or too mean to do anything about it. Finally, they all met an agree to wear ski-clothing to work the next day. The owner was too embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system replaced right away。
Questions 32- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。
32 What does the talk focus on?
33 What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?
34 What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?
35 Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?
