决胜四级听力必备 unit14

Section A

[00:01.23]1. W: Have you checked it for me?

[00:04.26]M: Yes.There are temporary vacancies 1 at the moment,but you may look back in a month.

[00:09.40]Q: What does the woman want to be?

[00:12.38]2. M: I'd like to book a flight to Munich for Monday the tenth.

[00:16.88]W: O.K. Here you are.

[00:18.94]The latest time of reporting is 0835 at the airport.

[00:23.80]Q: What does "lastest time" mean?

[00:28.42]3. W: Waiter,I'd like to try the steak,please.

[00:32.60]M: And to follow?

[00:33.80]Q: What does the man mean?

[00:37.12]4. M: Hello! David Black speaking.

[00:40.49]May I have a word with John?

[00:42.79]W: I'll just see if he is in.

[00:45.06]Q: What's the meaning of "have a word"?

[00:49.11]5. W: I keep feeling dizzy, and I've got a headache.

[00:53.37]M: I should say you're generally exhausted 2.

[00:56.32]Q: Which of the following can replace "exhausted"?

[01:01.00]6. W: If it wasn't for the climate, I'd like it very much.

[01:05.52]M: It won't take you long to settle down.

[01:07.47]Q: What does the man mean?

[01:10.79]7. W: I wish I could,but I'm late already.

[01:15.10]M: What a shame!

[01:16.12]Q: What does the man mean?

[01:19.44]8. M: We've worked long enough for a Saturday afternoon.

[01:23.46]W: OK. Let's call it a day.

[01:25.89]Q: What does the woman mean?

[01:28.95]9. W: What do you think of that girl?

[01:32.03]M: Oh,I almost lost my heart to her.

[01:35.27]Q: What does the man mean?

[01:38.06]10. M: What, what do you say?

[01:40.57]M: All right,I have to eat my words,OK?

[01:44.59]Q: What does "eat my words" mean?

[01:48.15]Section B     Compound 3 Dictation

[01:51.07]The young man was a French (11)-{nobleman

[01:53.92]the son of one of the richest and most important (12)-{families} of Franc.

[01:58.28]He had heard about the revolution taking place in America.

[02:01.73]He wanted to go and help.

[02:04.16]He was only eighteen years old.

[02:06.43]He was tall,handsome.

[02:08.73]and a familiar (13)-{figure} in the high society of Paries.

[02:12.75]His family tried to stop him.

[02:15.24]They asked the King of France to throw him into jail 4 in order to stop him.

[02:21.19]but the young nobleman had already (14)-{bought} his own ship.

[02:25.45]and (15)-{gathered} some young friends to go with him.

[02:29.79]He (16)-{escaped} and came to America.

[02:32.82]The young man was the Marquis de Lafayette.

[02:36.55]Upon his arrival, he (17)-{discovered} that no one knew him here.

[02:41.28]He had been promised that he would be an officer in the American army.

[02:46.27](18)-{but Congress 5 said that it wanted no more foreign officer.

[02:51.86]Lafayette sat down and cried.

[02:54.42]He could not go back to France.

[02:56.69]Instead,he offered to serve as a volunteer - without pay.

[03:01.73]Congress accepted.

[03:03.72]Later Lafayette met Washington.

[03:06.15](19)-{A great affection 6 grew up between the two men.

[03:09.62]as between father and son.

[03:11.84]Lafayette became Washing's personal aid.

[03:15.55]Once toward 7 the end of the way.

[03:18.06](20)-{the men under Lafayette's command were all in rags.

[03:22.29]Lafayette asked Congress for new uniform.

[03:25.53]Congress had no money with which to buy uniform.

[03:29.79]Using his own personal credit 8.

[03:32.22]Lafayette went to the merchants of Baltimore ant.

[03:35.14]at his own expense.

[03:36.92]bought a new uniform for each man - two thousand in all.

[03:41.81]In this way, his men were able to go on fighting