王迈迈大学英语四级预测与详解 03

 　　[00:01.80]Section A

　　[00:03.37]11. W: Mary has been in the night club since 8 o'clock.
　　[00:07.29]What time is it now? I'm worried.
　　[00:09.37]M: It's two o'clock in the morning.
　　[00:11.16]Q: How long has Mary been in the club?
　　[00:29.52]12. W: How do you feel about the dinner?
　　[00:32.01]M: I think I've never had such a terrible dinner, everything is dirty.
　　[00:35.83]Q: What did the man mean?
　　[00:53.74]13. M: Betty is supposed to be here at the meeting tonight. Where is she?
　　[00:58.10]W: She's come down with the flu and has to stay at home.
　　[01:01.53]Q: Why didn't Betty attend the meeting?
　　[01:19.86]14. W: I think we should stop playing around with the idea and buy a car.
　　[01:24.94]M: I didn't realize you are so serious about it.
　　[01:27.47]Q: What are the speaker's attitudes toward 1 buying a new car?
　　[01:46.78]15. W: Hello, it's Kate speaking here at my home,
　　[01:51.01]but Tom and I are going to the concert tonight.
　　[01:53.53]Would you like to come over to look after my baby, just for two hours?
　　[01:57.52]M: Well, it's out of question.
　　[01:59.60]Q: What is not true about the conversation?
　　[02:17.99]16. W: The shoes were a bargain. I got them for half price.
　　[02:23.03]M: You mean you only paid $ 40 for them?
　　[02:26.47]Q: How much did the shoes cost originally?
　　[02:45.27]17. M: Tara is really enthusiastic about her ballet class, isn't she?
　　[02:51.31]W: Yes. She used to take lessons only one day a week,
　　[02:55.10]but now she goes every other day after class.
　　[02:58.78]Q: How many days a week does Tara take ballet lessons?
　　[03:19.07]18. W: Did you hear the weather forecast?
　　[03:22.10]M: Yes. It said it would be slightly above freezing tomorrow.
　　[03:26.20]Q: What kind of weather are they having?
　　[03:45.21]Now you'll hear two long conversations.
　　[03:49.33]Conversation One
　　[03:51.73]M: I can't find my wallet.
　　[03:53.13]W: Oh no! Are you sure?
　　[03:54.94]M: It's definitely 2 not in any of my pockets.
　　[03:57.84]W: You must have left it in the taxi.
　　[03:59.84]M: Well, you paid the taxi fare.
　　[04:01.81]I don't remember having it when I was in the taxi.
　　[04:04.54]W: Then when did you last have it?
　　[04:06.38]Maybe you left it at the bank? Remember?
　　[04:08.86]You took it out when you cashed that check.
　　[04:11.70]You could have left it on the counter.
　　[04:13.43]M: Oh, the teller 3 would have noticed it I'm sure.
　　[04:16.88]And anyway, I remember having it after that,
　　[04:19.02]when we were in that coffee shop.
　　[04:20.60]Maybe it slipped out of my pocket while we were having coffee.
　　[04:23.72]W: But you paid for the coffee, remember?
　　[04:25.90]M: That's right. And what did I do after that?
　　[04:28.96]I must have had it when I left the coffee shop
　　[04:31.02]because I remember feeling it in my pocket as we walked out.
　　[04:34.85]W: Well, I wonder if someone stole it.
　　[04:37.09]M: You mean a pickpocket 4?
　　[04:38.40]W: Yes. Do you think someone could have stolen it without you noticing it?
　　[04:42.67]M: I doubt it. I'm sure I would have noticed.
　　[04:44.92]No. Do you know where I think it could be?
　　[04:47.16]W: Where?
　　[04:47.96]M: Remember that little bookshop we stopped in on the way to the taxi stand?
　　[04:51.88]W: Yeah. Did you have it then?
　　[04:53.40]M: Yes I did. I remember taking it out of my pocket to write down
　　[04:56.74]the name of the book on a piece of paper.
　　[04:59.26]I think I must have put it on the shelf while I was writing, and left it there.
　　[05:03.14]I'll call the bookshop and see if they've found it.
　　[05:06.20]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　[05:24.03]19. What did the man do in the bank?
　　[05:42.11]20. Who paid the taxi fare and who paid for the coffee?
　　[06:01.28]21. What did the woman think about the missing 5 wallet?
　　[06:20.02]22. Where did the man most probably lose his wallet?
　　[06:40.10]Conversation Two
　　[06:42.08]W: Harry 6, what's the matter? You look pale. Are you sick?
　　[06:45.76]M: I just had a terrible experience.
　　[06:47.82]W: Sit down. Let me get you a glass of water.
　　[06:50.21]M: No, thanks. I'll be fine in a minute.
　　[06:52.19]W: Did you have an accident?
　　[06:53.41]M: Not quite, but almost.
　　[06:54.82]I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car.
　　[06:58.00]Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
　　[07:00.25]W: How awful! I hope you got the license 7 number for the car,
　　[07:03.57]so you can report this man to the police department.
　　[07:06.50]M: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
　　[07:09.54]W: Drivers like that should have their licenses 8 taken away from them.
　　[07:13.05]M: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
　　[07:15.64]W: I'm sure you won't.
　　[07:17.34]M: Yes, from now on I won't cross the street
　　[07:19.24]in the middle of the block reading my newspaper.
　　[07:21.92]I'll have to watch where I'm going,
　　[07:23.77]since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.
　　[07:27.74]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　[07:33.46]23. Why did the man look pale?
　　[07:51.22]24. What was the man doing when the car almost hit him?
　　[08:10.22]25. What can be inferred 9 from the conversation?
　　[08:29.77]Section B
　　[08:31.78]Passage One
　　[08:33.79]The city's museums are much more than cultural centers.
　　[08:37.55]They are major contributors to the city's economy.
　　[08:40.83]Not only do they provide jobs for people living in the city,
　　[08:44.26]but the museums also attract tourists
　　[08:46.60]who spend money in hotels, restaurants and stores.
　　[08:50.53]Each year mass motoring tours visit our museums
　　[08:54.30]and spend millions of dollars in the city,
　　[08:56.53]but only a fraction 10 of that money is ever seen by the museums.
　　[09:00.72]This, in addition to recent cuts in government aid,
　　[09:04.12]has hurt the museums.
　　[09:05.61]And museums are in trouble,
　　[09:07.36]though we can all help by increasing our contributions
　　[09:10.62]and encourage others to support cultural institutions.
　　[09:14.53]We should help the museums and help ourselves, too.
　　[09:17.87]This message is by Crocker Bank,
　　[09:20.28]which is interested in keeping New York financially healthy.
　　[09:24.84]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　[09:30.48]26. What is the main thought expressed in this appeal?
　　[09:49.85]27. Why are the city's museums economically important?
　　[10:09.32]28. Why are museums having problems?
　　[10:28.55]Passage Two
　　[10:30.47]Mrs. Baker 11's sister was ill.
　　[10:32.08]She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday,
　　[10:35.51]but not at the weekend,
　　[10:37.13]so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spent the weekend
　　[10:41.59]with her at her home in a neighbouring town.
　　[10:44.51]But as Mr. Baker could not cook,
　　[10:46.13]she had arranged for his sister to come over
　　[10:48.79]and spend the weekend looking after him at their home.
　　[10:51.99]This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time
　　[10:54.88]when he came home from work on Friday evening.
　　[10:57.81]First he had to drive home from the railway station.
　　[11:01.17]Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train.
　　[11:05.10]And then he had to wait until his sister's train arrived,
　　[11:08.55]so as to take her to his house.
　　[11:11.17]Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station
　　[11:14.16]to catch her train back home,
　　[11:15.80]and then wait for his wife's train,
　　[11:17.96]so as to bring her home.
　　[11:19.74]One Sunday evening he had seen his sister off on her train
　　[11:23.23]and was waiting for his wife's arrival when a porter 12,
　　[11:27.37]who had often seen him at the station,
　　[11:29.52]came over and spoke 13 to him.
　　[11:31.45]"You are having a lot of fun," he said.
　　[11:33.49]"But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other,
　　[11:37.49]and then you will be in real trouble!"
　　[11:40.64]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　[11:46.27]29. Who looked after the sick person on weekends?
　　[12:05.86]30. On weekends who cooked for Mr. Baker?
　　[12:24.22]31. What did Mr. Baker have to do at the railway station on Friday evening?
　　[12:46.08]Passage Three
　　[12:47.87]Thank you all for coming today to hear about
　　[12:50.28]new recycling program on campus 14.
　　[12:53.21]The recycling we've planned is really a three part program,
　　[12:56.75]sorting, collecting and distributing.
　　[12:59.84]The first part—sorting is the hardest to get people to do.
　　[13:03.47]Most people don't like to take the time to separate their trash
　　[13:06.61]and this is usually where most recycling programs fail.
　　[13:10.41]However we are determined 15 to make our work.
　　[13:13.41]instead of seeing the usual brown trash cans all over campus,
　　[13:16.97]from now on you'll see four different colors of trash cans.
　　[13:20.39]Pink trash cans are for paper,
　　[13:22.39]green cans are for glass, brown ones are for metal,
　　[13:25.61]and white ones are for all other waste.
　　[13:28.00]Just remember pink paper; green glass; brown metal, and white waste.
　　[13:34.79]After the trash is sorted it needs to be collected
　　[13:37.68]and then distributed to the correct recycling facilities.
　　[13:41.56]That's where all of you come in.
　　[13:43.40]Since this program is still a volunteer program,
　　[13:46.09]we are asking students to give a little of their time
　　[13:48.99]to the project probably no more than six hours per person each week,
　　[13:54.11]and again your job would be to collect sorted trash
　　[13:57.78]and take it to the program by giving six hours a week,
　　[14:01.40]please write your name and phone number on his note pad 16.
　　[14:05.44]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　[14:10.57]32. What is the main purpose of the talk?
　　[14:29.25]33. According to the speaker, why do most recycling programs fail?
　　[14:49.79]34. What will be the color of trash cans for paper?
　　[15:09.30]35. What will be the primary responsibility of the volunteers?
　　[15:29.34]Section C
　　[15:30.78]We often hear the expression,
　　[15:32.88]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
　　[15:37.63]This is really not true today.
　　[15:39.90]Something is, indeed, being done.
　　[15:42.50]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
　　[15:47.83]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
　　[15:51.18]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
　　[15:53.90]others analyze 17 weather information,
　　[15:56.15]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
　　[16:00.90]The United States National Weather Service
　　[16:03.80]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
　　[16:07.78]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
　　[16:11.09]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
　　[16:14.80]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
　　[16:19.42]both during the day and night.
　　[16:21.86]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
　　[16:26.09]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
　　[16:28.81]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
　　[16:32.22]It may seem hard to believe,
　　[16:33.98]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate 18.
　　[16:38.06]In the year 1959, the United States launched 19 its first weather satellite.
　　[16:43.29]This satellite was specially 20 designed to collect, record,
　　[16:46.21]and send back weather information to earth.
　　[16:49.15]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
　　[16:54.74]They continue to provide valuable weather information
　　[16:57.76]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.
　　[17:03.44]We often hear the expression,
　　[17:06.26]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
　　[17:11.49]This is really not true today.
　　[17:14.48]Something is, indeed, being done.
　　[17:17.32]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
　　[17:23.58]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
　　[17:26.94]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
　　[17:30.56]others analyze weather information,
　　[17:32.75]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
　　[17:39.10]The United States National Weather Service
　　[17:41.97]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
　　[17:46.48]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
　　[17:49.82]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
　　[17:53.53]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
　　[17:58.22]both during the day and night.
　　[18:50.27]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
　　[18:54.35]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
　　[18:56.85]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
　　[19:00.53]It may seem hard to believe,
　　[19:01.76]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate.
　　[19:55.80]In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
　　[20:00.93]This satellite was specially designed to collect, record,
　　[20:04.07]and send back weather information to earth.
　　[20:06.79]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
　　[21:02.18]They continue to provide valuable weather information
　　[21:05.07]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.
　　[21:10.56]We often hear the expression,
　　[21:12.62]"Everybody talks about weather, but nobody does anything about it."
　　[21:17.33]This is really not true today.
　　[21:19.62]Something is, indeed, being done.
　　[21:22.33]Today, meteorology is used to make people's lives safer and better.
　　[21:27.58]Meteorologists are constantly studying the weather.
　　[21:30.90]Some meteorologists observe the weather,
　　[21:33.68]others analyze weather information,
　　[21:35.84]and still others make forecasts about the weather storms.
　　[21:40.74]The United States National Weather Service
　　[21:43.52]operates a network of weather stations through the U.S.
　　[21:47.50]The Weather Service has more than 400 stations
　　[21:50.83]where information about weather is collected and recorded.
　　[21:54.55]At these stations, weather observations are taken every hour,
　　[21:59.15]both during the day and night.
　　[22:01.62]The Weather Service issued 24 hour weather forecasts.
　　[22:05.80]It also issues 5 day forecasts,
　　[22:08.36]10 day forecasts and even 30 day forecasts.
　　[22:11.98]It may seem hard to believe,
　　[22:13.32]but some types of weather forecasts are 95% accurate.
　　[22:17.80]In the year 1959, the United States launched its first weather satellite.
　　[22:22.97]This satellite was specially designed to collect, record,
　　[22:26.14]and send back weather information to earth.
　　[22:28.90]Since that time, several weather satellite have been sent into space.
　　[22:34.63]They continue to provide valuable weather information
　　[22:37.53]to meteorologist in all parts of the world.