决胜四级听力必备 unit4

1. W:I wish the bus would come. I'm so cold.

[00:03.92]Look at those snow drifts over there.

[00:06.40]They're taller than I am.

[00:08.99]M: And the wind is biting into my skin like a mad dog.

[00:12.70]Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

[00:16.20]2. M: I'd like to borrow these three book

[00:18.91]and I also need these two books,but I couldn't find them.

[00:22.20]W: This one is on loan.

[00:23.93]It's due back in about a week.

[00:26.10]Do you want me to "reserve" it for you?

[00:28.55]Q: What does "on loan' mean here?

[00:32.65]3. W: I have a sore throat and I feel a bit dizzy.

[00:36.44]M: How long have you been like this?

[00:38.43]Q: What's wrong with the woman?

[00:41.38]4. M: I have to get back to the office.There's so much work.

[00:44.98]W: No, you don'

[00:46.26]You've got to go home and go to bed.

[00:48.80]And you have to stay there for a week.

[00:51.02]You mustn't take any more chances with your health.

[00:53.92]Q: What can you infer from the dialogue?

[00:57.76]5. M: I want to mail this package to Hong Kong.

[01:01.52]How much is the postage?

[01:03.43]W: That will be $ 12.

[01:05.18]Q: Where is the man?

[01:07.66]6: W: I want to open a savings 1 account,sir.

[01:11.29]What is the proper procedure?

[01:13.51]M: First,you fill out the application and then we'll issue you a passbook 2.

[01:18.13]Q: What does the woman want to do?

[01:21.21]7. M: What time would you come? One o' clock?

[01:24.77]W: As a matter of fact.

[01:26.31]I have already made an appointment with Professor Smith at one o'clock.

[01:30.44]Q; Will the woman agree to the appointment at one o'clock?

[01:34.77]8. W: What do people do on Youth Day?

[01:38.51]M: Different kinds of activities.

[01:39.71]such as commemorative meeting.

[01:43.16]visiting places of revolutionary interested.

[01:45.77]outing,planting trees,parties.

[01:49.30]It's mostly young people who take part.

[01:51.46]Q: Which of the following is not mentioned?

[01:55.51]9. M: Which is difficult to learn,Chinese or English?

[01:59.69]W: For me,Maths is the most difficult to learn.

[02:03.14]Q: What are they talking about?

[02:06.62]10. M: How could anyone survive this accident?

[02:10.53]W: It's a miracle.

[02:12.08]There were two men in the truck and four women with two children in the car.

[02:16.57]but no one was badly hurt.

[02:18.63]Q: Which of the following is not true?

[02:22.39]Section B     Compound  Dictation

[02:25.71]In a competitive 3 econom

[02:27.83]the consumer usually has the choice of several different (11)-{brands} of the same produce.

[02:33.16]Yet underneath 4 their labels.

[02:35.40]the profucts are often nearly (12)-{identical}

[02:38.33]One manufacturer's toothpaste (13)-{tends} to differ very little from another manufacturer's.

[02:45.28]Thus,manufacturers are (14)-{confronted} with a problem.

[02:49.56]---how to keep sales high enough to stay in business.

[02:53.30]Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising 5.

[02:57.55]They try to appeal to consumers in various ways.

[03:01.26]In fact,advertisements may be (15)-{classified} into three types according to the kind of appeals they use.

[03:08.84]One type of advertisement tries to (16)-{appeal} to the consumer's reasoning mind.

[03:14.72]It may offer a claim that seems scientific.

[03:18.48]For example it may say the dentists (17)-{recommend} Flash toothpaste.

[03:24.15]In selling a product.

[03:26.13](18)-{the truth of the advertising may be less important than the appearance of truth.

[03:31.51]A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth.

[03:35.69]Another type of advertisement tries to amuse the potential buyer.

[03:40.55](19)-{ Products that are essential boring,such as insecticide,are often advertised in an amusing 6 way}.

[03:47.42]One way of doing this is to make the products appear alive.

[03:51.84]For example,the advertisers may personify cans of insecticide.

[03:57.22]and show them attacking mean-faced bugs 7 Ads of this sort are silly,but they also tend to be amusing.

[04:05.47](20)-{Advertisers believe that consumers are likely to remember.

[04:09.31]and buy products that the consumers associate with fun}.