2009年6月大学英语四级听力

11. A) She expected more people at her party. B) She enjoys entertaining small children. C) She threw a surprise party for her friend D) She has always enjoyed great popularity. 12. A) They are not used to living in a cold place. B) They feel lucky to live in Florida. C) They are going to have a holiday.

D) They have not booked their air tickets yet.

13. A) He was pleased to get the medal. C) He used to be a firefighter.

B) He was very courageous. D) He was accused of causing a fire. 14. A) Make a profitable investment. C) Get parts for the machine from Japan. B) Buy a new washing machine D) Have the old washing machine fixed. 15. A) He is pleased with his exciting new job. B) He finds the huge workload unbearable. C) He finds his office much too big for him. D) He is not so excited about his new position.

16. A) The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow. B) The man has no idea what the right thing to do is. C) The woman doesn’t know how to get to the party. D) The man offers to drive the woman to the party.

17. A) Drawing up a business plan. C) Finalizing a contract.

B) Discussing a term paper. D) Reviewing a co-authored article. 18. A) She ordered some paper. C) She chatted online with a friend B) She had the printer repaired. D) She filled in an application form Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. A) His health is getting worse. C) His past life upsets him a good deal. B) He can no longer work at sea. D) He has not got the expected pension. 20. A) She passed away years ago. C) She has been working at a clinic. B) She used to work as a model. D) She has been seriously ill for years. 21. A) She has made lots of money as a doctor. B) She is going to take care of her old dad. C) She has never got on with her father. D) She is kind and generous by nature.

22. A) He dines out with his wife every weekend. B) He is excellent but looks had-tempered. C) He does not care about his appearance. D) He is not quite popular with his patients.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) The man has sent the order to the woman by mistake B) Some of the telephone systems don’t work properly C) Some of the packs do not contain any manuals. D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard. 24. A) Send a service engineer to do the repairs.

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B) Consult her boss about the best solution. C) Pass the man’s order to the right person.

D) The quality of the goods is not up to the standard. 25. A) Ideal. C) Partial B) Temporary D) Creative Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages .At the end of each passage .You will hear some questions. Boss the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Then the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) It is entertaining. C) It takes lots of time. B) It is a costly hobby. D) It requires training.

27. A) They can harm nearby plants. C) They fight each other for food.

B) They may catch some disease. D) They may pollute the environment. 28. A) Place the food on warmer spots. C) Avoid using any contaminated food. B) Use prepared feed mixtures only. D) Continue the feeding till it gets warm. Passage Two

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) He will betray even his best friends. B) He is able to make up good excuses. C) He will lie whenever he wants.

D) He tries to achieve his goal at any cost

30. A) She made him apologize C) She broke up with him.

B) She readily forgave him D) She refused to answer his calls. 31. A) Buy her a new set of tires. C) Lend her his batteries. B) Help clean her apartment. D) Move furniture for her. Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) The atmosphere they live in is rather unreal. B) Their parents put too much pressure on them. C) It’s hard for them to get along with other kids. D) They have to live in the shadow of their parents. 33. A) He always boasts about his rich father. B) He will grow up to be good for nothing.

C) He has too much to know the value of things. D) He is too young to manage his inherited property. 34. A) She wants Amanda to get professional care. B) She has no experience in raising children. C) She wants to show off her wealth. D) She has no time to do it herself.

35. A) The lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies. B) The worship of money, beauty and pleasure.

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C) The attention the media focuses on them. D) The pursuing of perfection in performance. Section C

Directions : In this section , you will hear a passage three times .When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea . When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written .

Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He(36) .on studying how quickly the human mind can remember (37) . One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis(假设), which simply means the amount you learn (38) on the time you spend trying to learn it . This can be taken as our first rule of learning.

Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it better to study for four hours (39) or to study for one hour a day for four days in a (40) ?. The answer, as you may have (41) , is that it is better to spread out the study times. This (42) , through which we can learn more (43) .by dividing our practice time, is known as the

distribution of practice effect. Thus, (44) .

But we’re not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very short

periods of time. (45) .Should you look at the same word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again ?(46) .

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2009年6月大学英语四级听力答案

Section A

难度等级最高为“五星”

11.W: There were more than a hundred people at kate's birthday party. How come she's got so many friends?

M: It's really no surprise. You know she was popular even when she was a child Q: What does the man imply about Kate?

解析：选D，She has always enjoyed great popularity 难度等级：三星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

意释题，AD为意思相近选项，B作为唯一场景可排除。 While-Listening(听时重点)：

C可在听到It's really no surprise时排除，最终选同义替换选项D。

12.M: They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.

W: Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let's call right now to confirm our flight. Q: What do we learn about the two speakers? 解析：选 C They are going to have a holiday 难度等级：五星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)： 转折题型，此题有明显干扰选项，易错选成D。CD为相反项，C选项中Be going to do表示“计划确定做某事”，D选项的Not Yet在课堂上专门讲解过，意为“悬而未决的”。两者意义相反，可列为疑似正确答案;A、B选项虽均提及Live,但上课时再三强调预读选项时，重点看句子实义动词处，A为“不习惯”，B是“感到幸运”，故A、B无干扰选项且场景唯一，基本可判定其偏离原文主题。 While-Listening(听时重点)： 男生说：They say there'll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.(cold weather为男生话语，并且在第一句，读音非常清楚，根据“听见什么不选什么”，考生应快速排除A选项)。

女生接着：Oh! We're so lucky, we'll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let's call right now to confirm our flight.

(听到转折项标志词，前半句主句lucky内容瞬间被否定，听力重点转移至BUT后面“confirm our flight”，证明票已定但未确认，所以D不正确，此类场景词和做题步骤曾在课堂上做过专门讲解。)

13.W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing several families from the forest fire. M: I really admire his courage.

Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation? 解析：选 B He was very courageous 难度等级：四星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

CD为相反选项但未出答案，属例外考点，但出题点本身同义替换简单，原文Courage替换成Courageous.

While-Listening(听时重点)：

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本题难点在于考官未按常规出题原则设置原文和选项特征，答案即不符合“尾词错误”也跳出了相反选项范围，故听时对短时判断和自身实力的要求更高一些;同时考点过于明显，让人难以相信，可能导致不少考虑过多或死守原则做题的同学出现失误。

14.M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.

W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan. So it might be time to invest a more recent model.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 解析：选 B Buy a new washing machine. 难度等级：四星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

因果题型，出题点同义替换难度较大，但相反项明显;BD是相反项，B选项“买新洗衣机”，D却说“旧洗衣机修理后继续用”;A选项场景唯一可排除;还剩C选项，考官用Machine混淆视听，与Washing machine无关，也可听时由You’ll never be able to get parts for it时排除。

While-Listening(听时重点)：

由You’ll never be able to get parts for it再次排除C，原文只字未提fix或关于修理的任何内容，可排除D，对话重点由SO(原因项标志词)引出，最终选B。 15.W: I heard about your promotion, you must be thrilled.

M: Not really, the new office is huge, but the word load has doubled. Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation? 解析：选 D He is not excited about his new position 难度等级：四星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

为转折题型，最大干扰项为B;AD是相反项，A选项谓语“is pleased with”，D选项却说“is not excited”。

While-Listening(听时重点)： 虽然原文分别提到了C、D选项中的workload和office is huge,但说话者在陈述客观事实时并未表达相应的感受，考生切忌“无中生有”，对其心理感受进行想当然的推测;此题解题关键在于预读时能否准确找到AD是相反项，听时再由BUT得出虽被提升但情感却是负面的事实，进而选D。

16.W: I can’t decide what to do about the party tomorrow. M: You don’t have to go if you don’t want to, but I’ll be glad to give you a ride if you do.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

解析：选 D The man offers to drive the women to the party 难度等级：三星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

转折题型，重点听BUT后内容。CD是相反项，C提到“女士不知道如何赶到聚会现场”，D说“男士愿意送她去”。 While-Listening(听时重点)：

本题相反选项明显，B选项场景不明，内容不知所云，A选项可听时再作排除。

17.M: Now if you have any questions about the contract. I’ll be happy to answer them.

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W: Nothing comes to mind right now, but I’d like to go over all the articles of the contract once more before signing it.

Q: What are the speakers doing right now? 解析：选C Finalizing a contract 难度等级：三星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

细节+转折题型，预读选项时AC是公司场景，BD是校园学习场景，所以无判定对话主题。

While-Listening(听时重点)：

可由第一句“Now if you have any questions about the contract”确定是公司场景，然后快速排除不符合主题的BD选项，关注BUT后内容可知C正确。

18.M: We are out of paper for the printer. Can you please order some?

W: I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon. I’ll let you know when it comes in.

Q: What did the woman do?8. She ordered some paper 解析：选 A She ordered some paper. 难度等级：三星

Pre-Listening(预读分析)：

意释题，四个选项背景无明显相同之处，故无法判定相反或相似选项。 While-Listening(听时重点)：

出题点较为明显，听懂I completed the order form online yesterday and it will be here by noon即可。 Conversation One

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he get pensioned off at last?(19题答案标志：1.前二回合出题;2.升调常出)

M: Yes. They made him retire after 50 years at sea(19题答案,听见什么选什么,其它三项均未提到时SEA). He is pretty upset about it, but what can you do? He really is pasted.

W: He is all alone, isn’t he?(20题答案标志:1.反问必出.2.升调常出)

M: Yes, his wife has been dead for years(20题答案,听到DEAD,根据选项PASS AWAY进行同义替换,仍然是听见什么选什么). They had one daughter, Dories. (21题答案标志:1.转折项标志词必出)But she went off to town as soon as she left school. (21题答案,同义替换程度较深,有一定难度)And he hasn’t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.

W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help?

M: I don’t suppose she come. She never got on with her father. He is bit of a tough character and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for a check regularly. W: Are you his doctor?

M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.

W: That bad-tempered old thing?(22题答案标志:1.升调常出)

M: Oh, (22题答案,听见什么选什么,本题无难度)he isn’t bad-tempered. He just

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looks it. He is an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over there to supper every week. Very pleasant.

W: yes. I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard. 19. Why does old Jake look terribly depressed? B.He can no longer work at sea

20. What do we learn about Jake’s wife? A.She passed away years

21. What does the man say about Jake’s daughter? C.She has never got on with her father

22. What does the man say about Jake’s doctor? B.He is excellent but looks bad-tempered Conversation Two

W: Hello, Mr. Summerfield. How are you today? M: Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green. W: What can I do for you?

M: Well, unfortunately, (23题答案标志:1.前二回合必出.2.强调项标志词必出)there is a problem with the order we received from you yesterday. (23题答案:1.听见什么选什么2.重读原则,反复读MANUAL,包含此词的选项必是答案)It seems we haven’t seen the right quantity of manuals to support the telephone system. W: Oh, dear, that’s bad news. I’m very sorry to hear that, and you don’t know how many packs are without manuals?

M: No, because we haven’t opened every pack. (24题答案标志：1.转折项标示词必出)But in several of those that have been opened there are none, no manuals. W: I’m very sorry about this inconvenience, Mr. Summerfield.(24题答案:听见什么选什么) We’ll send out the manuals this afternoon by express mail entirely at our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow or the day after at the latest. M: All of them, right?

W: Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we cannot be sure. So the best thing is to send out the manual for every pack.

M: Yes. Yes, I see.(25题答案标志:1.停顿常出) That would be great.(25题答案) W: Please accept our apologies for this mix-up. I assure you we will do everything possible to find out why the mistake happened M: Right. Thanks for your swift action.(25题答案)

W: Not at all. Thank you and goodbye for now. Do call if there is anything else. M: All right. Thank you. Goodbye, Ms Green. W: Goodbye.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you’ve just heard. 23. What problems are the speakers discussing? C.Some of the packs do not contain manuals 24. What does the woman promise to do? D.solve the problem at her company's cost 25. What does the man think of the solution?

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A.Ideal

SECTION B Passage 1

Attracting and feeding wild birds are (26题)entertaining activities that have long been enjoyed by people all over the world. Feeding birds has become so popular that prepared feed mixtures are readily available. We feed birds for many reasons. Many (26题同意替换，此处既然是“享受观鸟的过程”，实际已给出明确的情感倾向，不太可能选C.It takes lots of time这类中性偏负面的态度)pleasant hours can come from watching birds. A hobby often develops into a serious study of their habits. Accurate identification of birds is usually the first goal. But observations that an amateur bird-watcher can make are really limitless. There is, (27题答案标志：1.转折项标志词必出)however, responsibility associated with bird feeding, (27题答案)including a disease hazard. Attracting numbers of birds continually to the same spot can be harmful to them, (有网站认为此处谈到了选项B的内容，但个人觉得这句重点仍然是谈鸟儿进食受影响更大，而不是环境。)particularly species that pick food from the ground contaminated by the droppings of other birds. In winter feeding efforts are most satisfying to people and are of greatest benefit to birds. During this time when fewer natural foods are available and air temperatures are lower, extra feeding can keep a bird warm and well. Once begun, feeding should never stop during these lean months. If you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to those you want to befriend. (28题答案:后三必出)A constant supply of food should be given until the cold is over and spring has come. If feeding is stopped during severe weather, birds used to relying upon the feeders must starve.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. Q26 What does the speaker say about bird watching? A.It's entertaining.(一起祈祷选C吧)

Q27 What does the speaker say about birds fed continually on the same spot? B. They may catch some disease(经过再三斟酌，反复考虑出题点位置和出题人习惯性思路后，本人认为此题应选B选项。最终答案以官方为准。)

Q28 What does the speaker suggest we do in feeding birds in winter? A. Continue the feeding until it gets warm. Passage 2

(29题答案：1.前三必考;2.听见什么选什么)My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there is something he doesn’t want to do. Just two weeks ago, he was at my house when he decided he didn’t want to go into work. He called his boss and said he had to get a new set of tires put on his truck. Then he sat down and watched TV with me. Not only had he lied but his excuse wasn’t a very convincing one. Another time, he cancelled a date with his girlfriend at the last(30题答案标志：1.序数项标志词必考) minute telling her he had to get a new battery for his truck. She was angry and refused to go out with him again until he apologized(30题答案). Last(31题答案标志：1.序数项标志词必考) weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet. (31题答案)He’d promised he’d help me move some furniture, from my parents’ house to my new apartment. He was supposed to bring his truck over

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about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. I waited, and then called and left a message on his machine. About 11:30, he called and said he was sorry but he’d been getting a new set of tires put on his truck. I guess he’d forgotten he used the same excuse when he called his boss from my house. I think I need a new set of friends. I’m beginning to get tired of Leo’s excuses.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. Q29 What does the speaker tell us about her friend Leo? B.He tells lies whenever he wants

Q30 What did his girlfriend do when Leo canceled a date with her at the last minute?

C.She made him apologize

Q31 What favor did the speaker ask Leo to do last weekend? A.Move furniture for her Passage 3

In Hollywood, everybody wants to be rich, famous

and beautiful. Nobody wants to be old, unknown and poor. For Hollywood kids, life can be difficult(32题答案标志：1.因果项标志词必出;2.前三句必出) because (32题答案:听见什么选什么)they grow up such an unreal atmosphere. Their parents are ambitious and the children are part of the parents’ ambitions. Parents pay for wasteful grand parties, expensive cars and designer clothes. When every(33题答案标志:1.唯一级标志词;2.因果项标志词必出) dream can come true, (33题答案:听见什么选什么)kids don’t learn the value of anything because they have everything. A thirteen-year-old boy, Trent Maguire, has a driver, credit cards and unlimited cash to do what he wants when he wants to. “One day, I’ll earn more than my dad!” he boasts. Parents buy care and attention for their children (34题答案标志:因果项标志词必出)because (34题答案:听见什么选什么)they have no time to give it themselves. Amender’s mother employs a personal trainer, a bodyguard, a singing coach and a councilor to look after all her fifteen-year-old daughter’s needs. Often, there is no parent at home most days, so children decide whether to make their own meals or go out to restaurants, when to watch television or do homework. They organize their social life. They play no childhood games. They become adults before they’re ready. Hollywood has always been the city of dreams. The kids there live unreal lives where (35题答案)money, beauty and pleasure are the only(35题答案标志:唯一级标志词必出) gods. Will children around the world soon start to think the same? Or do they already?

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard. Q32 Why is life said to be difficult for Hollywood kids? C.The atmosphere they live is unreal

Q33 What does the speaker say about Trent Maguire, a thirteen-year-old boy? C.He has too much to know the value of things

Q34 Why does Amender’s mother employ other people to look after her needs?

A.She has no time to do it herself

Q35 What will probably have negative effects on the lives of Hollywood kids?

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B.The worship of money, beauty and pleasure SECTION C

Compound Dictation

Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghaus began his study of memory. He concentrated on studying how quickly the human mind can remember information. One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis, which simply mean the amount you learn depends on the time you spend trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning. Although it is usually true that studying for 4 hours is better than studying for 1, there is still the question of how to use the 4 hours. For example, is it better to study for 4 hours straight or to study for 1 hour a day for 4 days in a row? The answer, as you may have suspected, is that it is better to spread out the study times. This phenomenon through which we can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice time is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this. It’s better to study fairly briefly but often. But we are not finished yet. We haven’t considered how we should study over very short periods of time. Let’s say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a stack of cards. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space up the presentations of the word you are to learn. 36 concentrated 37 information 38 depends 39 straight 40 row

41 suspected 42 phenomenon 43 efficiently

44 Our second rule is this: it is better to study very briefly by often 45 Let’s say you’re trying to learn new but rather difficult English vocabularies using a stack of cards

46 The answer is: it is better to spread out the presentation of the words you are learning

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