时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语四级听力练习集锦


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[00:00.97]Passage One


[00:03.20]It is an old joke that Americans are soon


[00:07.13]going to lose the use of their legs.


[00:10.09]But it is true that


[00:11.62]few Americans will walk anywhere if they can help it,


[00:16.32]either for practical purposes or for pleasure.


[00:19.71]You can do your banking 1 from your car,


[00:23.10]without leaving the driving seat.


[00:25.52]You can mail your letters in postboxes


[00:28.79]that reach the level of your car window.


[00:31.64]You can watch a film from your car in a drive-in theater.


[00:36.57]At many stores you can be served in your car.


[00:41.27]At countless 2 restaurants waitresses


[00:44.33]will hitch 3 trays to the car door,


[00:46.63]so that you can eat without moving.


[00:49.69]In Florida there is even a drive-in church.


[00:53.85]And in California a funeral home


[00:57.46]has drive-in service for people


[01:00.41]who wish to purchase gravestones and caskets ahead of time.


[01:06.11]Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.


[01:12.89]1. What is the passage mainly about?


[01:33.68]2. How do Americans do their banking?


[01:54.25]3. What is the tone of the passage?


[02:15.49]Passage Two


[02:19.38]Social life in America


[02:21.57]varies tremendously from office to office.


[02:25.40]Big corporations may have clubs,


[02:28.35]sports teams, trips, dance classes,


[02:32.07]or other employee activities


[02:34.36]which you can join or not as you like,


[02:37.21]while small companies usually can't afford these activities.


[02:41.59]In general, people go to lunch with each other by invitation


[02:46.52]when they feel like it.


[02:48.16]Usually people of higher rank would invite those of lower rank


[02:52.97]rather than the other way around,


[02:55.16]but lines are not closely drawn 4.


[02:58.17]Except for special occassions,


[03:00.28]everyone pays for himself or herself


[03:03.56]regardless of whether or not an invitation is offered.


[03:07.50]It is quite acceptable for men or women colleagues,


[03:11.76]single or married, to go out together for lunch.


[03:15.05]This may be the extent to which


[03:17.47]your office friends will invite you.


[03:19.44]Although in general Americans readily take people home with them,


[03:23.70]they often do not want to mix business and social life.


[03:27.53]If this is the case in your place of work,


[03:30.27]you will have to seek your friendships through other channels.


[03:34.78]Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard.


[03:41.23]4.How does social life differ from office to office in America?


[04:03.34]5.Who usually pays for the food


[04:08.04]when your office friends invite you to lunch together?


[04:26.20]6.If your colleagues do not want to mix business and social life,


[04:32.76]what should you do in order to get friendships?


[04:52.29]Passage Three


[04:55.05]Every one, young or old,


[04:57.58]feels a special interest in his own name,


[05:00.75]when and how it was created


[05:04.03]and the changes it has undergone through the centuries.


[05:08.29]For a long time,


[05:10.16]people were known only by their personal or given names.


[05:14.97]The family name came into use gradually as the need arose.


[05:21.21]The most common way


[05:23.29]by which given names developed into family names


[05:26.80]was by combining the word “son”


[05:29.75]with the name of the parents,


[05:32.26]to form a compound name:


[05:34.89]such as Williamson, Robertson, Richardson.


[05:40.80]Often “son” was shortened to “s”


[05:45.51]as in Williams, Roberts, Richards.


[05:50.87]Occupational names are especially interesting


[05:55.36]for at first they were not inherited


[05:58.52]but were given to persons mentioned


[06:01.59]by reasons of their respective jobs.


[06:05.09]Most names in this class explain themselves:


[06:09.91]such as Smith, Miller 5, Shepherd and Bishop 6.


[06:17.78]Questions 7 to 9 are based on the passage you have just heard.


[06:24.57]7. What is the passage about?


[06:45.36]8. How were people first known?


[07:05.59]9. How did the name “Williamson” develop into “Williams”?



1 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
2 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
3 hitch
v.免费搭(车旅行);系住;急提;n.故障;急拉
  • They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程,最后决定搭便车。
  • All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。
4 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
5 miller
n.磨坊主
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
6 bishop
n.主教,(国际象棋)象
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
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