决胜六级听力必备 mode4

Model Test 4    Section A

[00:03.53]1. M:It doesn't make any sense to go home for spring vacation now.

[00:08.72]W: That's right.

[00:09.69]Especially since you'll be graduating in May.

[00:12.88]Q: On what did the two speakers agree?

[00:16.30]2.Shall I bring you your coffee now or would you rather have it with your lunch?

[00:21.60]M: I'd like it now,please.

[00:23.80]Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

[00:28.21]3. M:Could you please explain the assignment for Monday,Miss Smith?

[00:32.89]W: Certainly. Read the chapter in your textbook

[00:36.08]and come to class preparing to discuss what you've read.

[00:39.42]Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

[00:44.54]4. W: If I were you, I'd be more careful about locking the back door at night.

[00:49.97]M: Don't worry.No one will break in.

[00:53.29]Q: What does the woman think will happen?

[00:56.76]5. W: Tickets are four dollars for adult.

[01:00.66]Children's tickets are half price.

[01:03.35]M:Okay.I'd like two adults' and two children's tickets,please.

[01:08.55]Q: How much did the man pay for the tickets?

[01:12.44]6.Did you buy a birthday present for your brother?Not yet,I've been thinking about getting him a record.

[01:20.72]He likes classical music.

[01:22.89]Q: Which record would the woman's brother like best?

[01:27.25]7. M: I hope that the bank will be open.

[01:30.83]W: The sign says: nine A.M.to five P.M. weekday

[01:35.43]nine A.M. to twelve noon on Saturdays,closed Sundays.

[01:40.75]Q: When will the bank be open on Saturday?

[01:40.75]8. W: I'm sorry,sir.

[01:43.34]Would you please spell your last name?

[01:46.14]M: Yes. It's Jensen. J-E-N-S-E-N.

[01:51.67]Q: What is the man's last name?

[01:54.60]9. M: Good morning.

[01:56.58]I'd like to speak to Mr.Adams,please.

[01:59.54]This is Edward Miller 1 at the Sun Valley Health Center.

[02:03.30]W: Mr. Miller, my husband isn't at home.

[02:06.25]I can give you his business phone if you'd like to call him at work,though.

[02:06.32]Q:Where is Mr.Adams now?

[02:09.53]10. W:How much are these pillows,please?

[02:12.80]M: Four dollars each or seven dollars for the pair.

[02:16.41]Q: How much does one pillow cost?

[02:19.85]Section B

[02:21.39]Passage One

[02:22.62]By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities

[02:29.34]and by 1869,the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard.

[02:37.33]Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million.

[02:42.27]It is the financial center of the West

[02:45.17]and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship 2 lines and air traffic.

[02:51.07]The port of San Francisco

[02:53.03]which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two pier 3

[02:57.42]handles between five and six million tons of cargo 4 annually 5.

[03:02.54]And now,if you will look to your right

[03:05.33]you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge

[03:10.22]The bridge,which is more than one mile long

[03:13.27]spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highwall

[03:18.92]It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million dollars

[03:23.96]and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world.

[03:27.51]11. How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?

[03:31.27]12. What is the population of San Francisco today?

[03:35.71]13. How much did it cost to complete construction of the Golden Gate Bridge?

[03:41.22]Passage Two

[03:42.77]Man's first real invention

[03:44.73]and one of the most important inventions in history,was the wheel

[03:48.96]All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.

[03:53.21]The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable 6 of all invention

[03:58.41]Because there are no wheels in nature--no living things was ever created with wheel

[04:04.29]How,then,did man come to invent the wheel?

[04:07.29]Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the body on

[04:10.74]a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it.

[04:16.39]However,the logs themselves weighed a lost

[04:19.89]It must have taken a great prehistoric 7 thinker to imagine two thin slices on

[04:25.14]log connected at their centers by a strong stick

[04:24.14]This would roll along just as the logs did

[04:27.32]yet be much lighter 8 and easier to handle.

[04:30.07]Thus the wheel and axle came into being

[04:32.81]and with them the first carts.

[04:35.29]14. Why was it remarkable of man to invent the wheel?

[04:40.65]15. According to this passage, what might be the first wheel?

[04:45.79]16. Where might the idea for the wheel have come from?

[04:50.49]Passage Three

[04:52.01]Good morning, and welcome to American studies 101

[04:52.01]I would like to begin this semester by discussing the region of the United States known as the Northeast

[04:58.64]This region includes twelve states and a small are

[05:02.01]called the District of Columbia that is the home of the national government.

[05:07.13]The Northeast is a very important part of the United States

[05:11.00]for although it covers only about six percent of the nation's geographical 9 are

[05:16.25]it contains approximately one-fourth of the country's population

[05:20.64]New York,the most popular city in the United States

[05:24.66]and several other large cities are located in this region.

[05:28.01]Why are these twelve states so important.

[05:30.98]In the first place

[05:32.42]the Northeast was one of the first sections of the country to be settled by European

[05:37.80]Busy cities developed there when most of America was still a sparsely 10 settled wilderness 11.

[05:43.60]Many crucial events in the nation's early history took place there

[05:47.49]I'll be describing some of those events Wednesday in my second lecture.

[05:51.88]Today the Northeast is a great manufacturing and trading region

[05:56.32]Thousands of factories produce a wide variety of good

[05:59.69]and provide other regions of the country with items they need.

[06:03.66]Many large manufacturing firms have their central headquarters here.

[06:08.00]Some of the country's largest banks

[06:10.43]investment agencies,and publishing houses are found in the Northeast

[06:15.00]Several of its cities are noted 12 for their museum

[06:18.94]Some of the cuntry's best known colleges and universities are also located in this region.

[06:25.03]Finally the Northeast is the principal location for much of the country's international trade

[06:31.30]In the heart of this region New York city is the home of the United Nations.

[06:36.19]17. When is the lecture probably given?

[06:40.63]18. What is this lecture mainly about?

[06:44.60]19. How is the Northeast described in the talk?

[06:48.93]20. According to the speaker why is the Northeast an important part of the Unied States today