决胜四级听力必备 unit5

1. M: Professor Wang,what is the homework for this lesson?

[00:04.78]W: Do exercise 2 and 3 on page 15.

[00:08.70]Q: What's the homework for this lesson?

[00:12.46]2. M: He asked me to tell you that the meeting this evening is at seven-thirty.

[00:18.26]not at seven.

[00:19.49]W: I see.Thanks a lot.

[00:22.05]Q: When is the meeting this evening?

[00:26.12]3. M: Could you show me that tie over there,the one with blue and gold stripes?

[00:31.40]W: Yes, certainly.

[00:32.99]Q: What does the man want the woman to show him?

[00:37.30]4. M: When are you travelling?

[00:39.94]W: We want to take the flight tomorrow afternoon and come back next Friday afternoon.

[00:44.88]Q; When will the woman come back?

[00:49.27]5. M: How much is it to London by air,please?

[00:54.07]W: $169. There's a flight tomorrow at 16:50 that gets to London at 18:40.

[01:01.73]Q: How much is it to London by air?

[01:07.08]6. M: Let's decide where we want to go on vacation this summer.

[01:12.33]W: Are you kidding,Alice.

[01:14.06]Mom and Dad always decide where we are going.

[01:17.56]Q: Who can decide where to go?

[01:21.40]7. M: What soup do you have?

[01:24.43]W: I will recommend Three Delicious Soup,it is very delicious.

[01:29.18]Q: What does the woman recommend?

[01:33.23]8. M: How long have you been working in your present area?

[01:37.57]W: Quite a few years now...five to be exact.

[01:41.28]Q: How long has the woman been working?

[01:45.98]9. M: Could I borrow your umbrella when I go to the shops?

[01:50.63]W: I'm sorry,but I'll need it myself in a few minutes.

[01:54.60]Q: What does the man ask the woman to do?

[01:58.94]10. M: I have tickets to the Prince Concert next Friday.

[02:03.69]Can you go with me?

[02:05.47]W: I'd like to,but I have already had a plan for next Friday.

[02:09.67]I'm going to visit my aunt.

[02:12.08]Q: What will the woman do next Friday?

[02:17.20]Passage One

[02:18.45]Edward Ted 1,a retired 2 postman who lives in New York

[02:22.45]was attacked a month ago at a subway entrance in his neighborhood.

[02:26.57]It was late afternoon,he said.

[02:28.79]and he was returning home from visiting his wife in the hospital.

[02:32.87]Suddenly,three young men assaulted 3 him.

[02:36.42]They grabbed 4 his watch and his wallet,then hit him in the face.

[02:40.57]The blow sent him crashing to the ground and when he got up.

[02:44.88]his glasses were smashed 5 and a tooth was knocked out.

[02:48.23]Doctors later found that several of his cheek bones had been broken.

[02:52.85]Mr.Ted,a tall man of 76,said that before the mugging.

[02:57.87]he went where he wanted.

[02:59.57]when he wanted, without fear.

[02:59.64]Even though he said he was"determined not to dwell 6 on the incident,"he admitted.

[03:04.84]"I'm very cautious 7 now when I go out."He said.

[03:09.07]"I try to stick with crowds of people.

[03:11.45]I don't want to be alone on the street or in the subway."

[03:15.34]"I guess I'm more nervous than before," Mr.Ted said.

[03:18.99]"There is a tension - you can't get it out of your mind."

[03:22.70]11. What happened to Mr.Ted a month ago?

[03:26.88]12. What did doctors later find about Tede?

[03:31.14]13. What did Ted try to stick with after the mugging?

[03:37.28]Passage Two

[03:38.53]Before the 20th century,the horse provided day to day transportation in the United State.

[03:45.14]Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.

[03:49.06]Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United State.

[03:55.51]It has completely replaced the horse as a means of everyday transportation.

[04:00.84]Americans use their car for nearly 90 percent of all personal trips.

[04:07.24]Most Americans are able to buy car.

[04:11.00]The average price of a recently made car was $2,050 in 1950,

[04:18.68]$2,740 in 1960 and up to $ 4,750 in 1975.

[04:30.41]During this period American car manufacturers set about improving their products and work efficiency.

[04:38.51]As a result,the yearly income of the average family increased from 1950 to 1975 faster than the price of car.

[04:50.11]For this reason purchasing a new car takes a smaller part of a family's total earnings 8 today.

[04:59.23]14. What was the only use of trains before the 20th century?

[05:04.61]15. What is the most popular sort of transportation today?

[05:10.69]16. What was the average price of a recently made car in 1960?

[05:16.73]17. What's about the yearly income of the average family from 1950 to 1975?

[05:26.71]Passage Three

[05:28.43]A neighbor told us about a trip he took with his two-and-a-half-year-old so.

[05:33.53]It was the first time that the father and the boy had been away by themselves.

[05:38.25]The first night they spent in a hotel.

[05:40.97]the father moved his bed close to the boy's and when they were both tucked 9 it.

[05:45.85]he turned off the light.

[05:47.63]After a few minutes,a little voice said.

[05:50.58]"It is sure dark,isn't it?"

[05:53.59]"Yes,"said the father.

[05:55.60]"It's pretty dark,but everything is all right.

[05:59.28]There was silence for a few minutes more.

[06:01.74]and then a small hand reached over and took the father's hand.

[06:06.02]"I'll just hold your hand,"said the little boy.

[06:08.79]"in case you get frightened."

[06:11.25]18. How old was the neighbour's son?

[06:16.03]19. Where did they spend the first night?

[06:20.23]20. Who moved the bed close to the boy's?