决胜四级听力必备 unit13

Section A

[00:02.90]1. W: What do you think you are doing. You shouldn't smoke in my room.

[00:09.25]M: Oh,I'm sorry,darling.I didn't think you'd mind.

[00:14.11]Q: What is the probable 1 relationship between the man and the woman?

[00:20.95]2. W: I can call him if you like.

[00:25.21]Mr. Williams will give me a pain prescription 2 over the phone.

[00:30.56]M: I'd appreciate that very much.

[00:34.30]Do you think that he'll still be in his office?

[00:38.45]Q: Whom will the woman want to call?

[00:43.60]3.W:Well,constable,I'm trying to get out of the window and Fred here is helping 3 me.

[00:51.23]M: Why are you climbing through the window and not leaving by the front door?

[00:56.87]Q: What is the relationship between the man and woman?

[01:02.90]4. W: Listen,the heating 4 is broken in my room.

[01:08.83]When are you going to come and fix it?

[01:12.80]M: I'm sorry to hear that,madam.

[01:16.25]I'll get someone right away.

[01:19.60]Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and woman?

[01:26.36]5. W: Have you a table for two?

[01:30.91]M: Yes,madam.This way,please.

[01:35.06]Q: What is the relationship between the two speakers?

[01:41.30]6. M: Excuse me.

[01:45.56]Can you tell me how I'd find and article published last year in The New York Times?

[01:51.91]W: Index 5 is dated, so you can just choose the volume for the period you're interested it

[01:58.96]and then check under title author or subject heading.

[02:04.71]But you can only read here,or you'll be fined.

[02:09.65]Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

[02:16.31]7. M: Make thirty copies for me and twenty copies for Mr.Brown.

[02:23.05]W: Certainly, sir.

[02:26.31]As soon as I make the final corrections on the original.

[02:31.35]Q: What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?

[02:37.91]8. W: I didn't break the window.

[02:42.06]It must have been somebody else.

[02:45.72]I was over there in the park.

[02:49.17]M: Oh,sure.Well,you'd better come with me.

[02:54.13]The judge will be very interested in your story.

[02:58.68]Q: Whom will the woman go to see?

[03:03.82]9. W: That seems more reasonable.

[03:08.19]I'll take two jin of each.

[03:12.13]M: Shall I wrap them together or separately?

[03:15.89]Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and woman?

[03:22.74]10. W: Excuse me for being late,Mr Smith.

[03:27.78]I was held up by the traffic.

[03:31.62]M: That's perfectly 6 all right, Betty.

[03:35.56]Come in and take a seat.

[03:38.83]Q: What is the probable relationship between the man and woman?

[03:45.28]Section B  Passage One

[03:49.54]A pyramid is a very large structure with four side.

[03:55.08]Each side is shaped like a triangle.

[03:58.94]and the four sides merge 7 to form a single point on top.

[04:04.30]Pyramids were built in many parts of the world.

[04:09.13]but the most famous are in Egypt.

[04:13.00]More than four thousand years ago.

[04:16.73]and Egyptian king, named Zoser had the first pyramid built.

[04:23.16]It was a burial tomb for him when he died.

[04:27.21]Zoser's Step Pyramid near Cairo was the world's first all-stone structure.

[04:34.86]Later kings built other pyramids.

[04:38.70]Every king wanted his tomb to be the best.But Khufu outdid them all.

[04:45.26]He had the largest Pyramid build. It is the Great Pyramid.

[04:50.80]The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today and it was once highed.

[04:57.93]Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long.

[05:04.09]It takes about twenty minutes to walk all the way around the pyramid.

[05:09.94]To build the Great Pyramid 100,000 men worked for twenty years.

[05:16.89]The Indians of central America and Mexico also built pyramid.

[05:22.14]These pyramids,however,have flat tops.

[05:26.50]They also have steps on the side.

[05:30.45]The pyramid of the sun near Mexico city is larger at the base than any Egyptian pyramid.

[05:37.61]11. Where are pyramids built?

[05:42.05]12. What was the earliest pyramid in the world?

[05:47.51]13. Where is the pyramid of the sun?

[05:52.47]14. What is as old as some of the pyramids in China?

[05:58.50]Passage Two

[06:01.77]Have you ever wondered how to get out of baby-sitting with your youngest brother or sister?

[06:08.40]Keep on thinking

[06:11.54]Maybe you can figure out a machine that will baby-sit for you.

[06:16.89]That's what a scientism. Dr.B.F.Skinner,has done.

[06:22.75]He has made a machine to look after babies.

[06:27.60]He calls this machine a "baby box.

[06:32.05]The baby box is about as big as a small bed.

[06:36.90]It is enclosed 8 by glass on the sides and on top.

[06:42.05]The bottom of the box is like the floor of a small bed.

[06:47.51]It is always the same temperature in the box.

[06:52.26]This means that in winter the baby never needs extra clothes or cover.

[06:59.32]Because the baby doesn't have to wear heavy clothes.

[07:04.18]it can move around freely 9.

[07:08.02]In summer the baby never gets too hot.

[07:12.59]It is also less likely to get sick

[07:16.64]-- because there are no drafts 10 in the box.

[07:20.87]In the box,the baby can't hear any outside noise.

[07:26.20]But you can always hear the baby if it cried.

[07:30.82]And taking care of the baby box is easy,too.

[07:35.76]to clean it,you just press a switch.

[07:39.70]The sheet on the bottom of the box rolls through until a clean sheet appears.

[07:46.05]To try out the baby box,Dr.Skinner uses it for his baby daughter.

[07:52.79]He says she likes it very much.

[07:56.66]She plays in the box and sleeps in it

[08:00.89]just as other children stay in small beds.

[08:06.32]She will use the baby box until she is about three years old.

[08:11.96]One question is think when she finally leaves the baby box

[08:18.00]how will she like our world of dirt and noise?

[08:22.65]15. What can you do by pressing a switch?

[08:27.72]16. In summer, why does the baby never get too hot?

[08:34.35]17. What does "baby-sit" probably mean?

[08:39.78]Passage Three

[08:43.13]Mr.Newton wasn't a genius,and he wasn't a foot

[08:48.27]he was absent-minder .

[08:51.93]One day he left work at the usual time,six o'clock.

[08:57.68]He felt very cold outside,and he didn't understand why but of course.

[09:04.84]He didn't have his coat -- it was in the office.

[09:10.37]He went back to the office and got his coat.

[09:14.53]On the way home he went to the club.

[09:18.18]He usually saw his friends there on Tuesday.

[09:22.44]That day he didn't see them.They weren't there.

[09:27.09]Then he remembered: It wasn't Tuesday; it was Wednesday!

[09:33.83]Mr.Newton arrived home at eight o'clock.

[09:38.30]and his family wasn't home. He waited,and he worried about them.

[09:43.84]He didn't eat.He wasn't hungry.

[09:47.99]Mr.Newton called a friend and told him:" My family isn't home.

[09:53.95]Then he remembered: The children play tennis on Wednesday.

[09:59.61]and their mother takes them to the park.

[10:03.25]Today isn't Tuesday; it's Wednesday.

[10:07.09]Mr.Newton wasn't worried then;he was hungry.

[10:11.63]He ate some bread,soup,meat,and potatoes,and he drank some milk.

[10:18.29]After supper he fell asleep.

[10:21.64]Later, Mr.Newton heard thieves enter the house.

[10:26.39]They didn't turn on the lights,and they didn't make much noise