大学英语四级考试巅峰 Track 33

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[00:01.76]Model Test Twelve

[00:04.49]Section A

[00:06.03]Directions: In this section,

[00:09.53]you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.

[00:15.43]At the end of each conversation,

[00:18.28]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.

[00:22.65]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

[00:28.34]After each question there will be a pause.

[00:32.38]During the pause,

[00:34.35]you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) ,

[00:41.35]and decide which is the best answer.

[00:43.86]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

[00:49.11]with a single line through the centre.

[00:52.16]Now let's begin with the eight short conversations.

[00:57.74]11. W: Did you get the part you wanted in the play?

[01:03.42]M: That role had been given to someone else,

[01:06.27]but I got a better part.

[01:08.24]Q: How does the man probably feel?

[01:27.89]12. M: The shoes are so expensive, but they fit me well.

[01:34.01]W: They are fashionable and not so expensive

[01:37.29]if the quality is considered.

[01:39.59]Q: What's the relationship between the man and the woman?

[01:58.30]13. M: If I had had just a little more time

[02:03.77]to finish my English test,

[02:05.52]I think I could have had a better mark.

[02:08.25]W: I feel the same. Maybe we should tell Mr. Clinton.

[02:11.98]Q: What does the woman suggest they do?

[02:30.95]14.  M: Oh,my God!I forgot to bring papers and pencils

[02:37.83]to take notes with in class.

[02:40.13]W: That's all right. I have enough for both of us.

[02:43.08]Q: What will the woman do for the man?

[03:01.88]15. M: I'm afraid that I couldn't turn in my graduation paper

[03:08.01]on time. I'm busy looking for jobs these days.

[03:11.50]W: The professor gave us a week's extension on it.

[03:15.00]Q: What does the woman mean?

[03:32.60]16. W: Good morning, sir, Here is the menu.

[03:38.51]Would you like to order now?

[03:40.47]M: Yes, but I'm in a rush,

[03:42.33]Can I be served and out of here in half an hour?

[03:45.28]Q: Where are the speakers?

[04:04.08]17. M: Would you like to go with me to the airport

[04:08.68]to pick up Frank?

[04:09.99]W: I'd like to, but I have a class till 2: 00.

[04:13.49]And I know Frank's decided 1 to take the early flight.

[04:16.99]Q: What does the woman mean?

[04:35.23]18. M: What an accident! If you had been careful,

[04:40.03]things would not be as they are.

[04:42.11]W: What do you mean, it was my fault?

[04:45.17]If it were I would take all responsibility for it.

[04:48.79]Q: What does the woman mean?

[05:05.60]Now you will hear two long conversations.

[05:10.85]Conversation One

[05:12.27]W:  Can I help you?

[05:15.00]M:  Yes, my son and daughter bought this pen here

[05:18.18]for my wife's birthday,

[05:19.71]but it doesn't work so I'd like to exchange it.

[05:22.88]W:  I see. Do you have the receipt with you?

[05:25.94]M:  Yes. Here it is.

[05:27.47]W:  OK.Let me see the pen please.

[05:29.99]Hmm, it doesn't work at all, does it?

[05:33.49]Was it dropped or anything?

[05:35.79]M:  No, but you can see that the point is bent 2 a little bit.

[05:39.61]W:  Yes, it is. We'll be happy to exchange it for you.

[05:43.99]Let's see. I'm afraid we don't have another purple one.

[05:49.13]M:  Oh great.Now what will I do?

[05:51.86]W:  Would you like to choose a different color?

[05:54.27]We do have this pen in black and yellow.

[05:57.23]M:  My wife doesn't care for either of those colors.

[06:00.83]You don't have any other colors.

[06:03.24]W:  We have it with a red leather cover.

[06:06.09]That's three dollars more.

[06:08.16]M:  I don't think so.

[06:09.77]The children worked hard to save up the eleven dollars for this one.

[06:13.59]They would probably be upset if I paid for part of their present.

[06:17.86]W:  If you want, we can order another pen just like this one.

[06:22.23]There wouldn't be any extra charge for it.

[06:25.19]M:  That sounds like a good idea.

[06:27.05]Would you please go ahead and do that?

[06:29.34]W:  We'd be very happy to.It will take a week or ten days.

[06:33.93]We'll call you when it comes.

[06:36.02]M:  Thank you very much.

[06:37.67]W:  You are welcome.

[06:43.66]Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

[06:49.89]19. What is the conversation mainly about?

[07:07.57]20. Why doesn't the pen work?

[07:28.44]21. What can be learned from the conversation?

[07:47.79]Conversation Two

[07:50.42]W:  Please sit down, Mr. Wilson.

[07:52.72]I'm Jane Smith, the personnel manager.

[07:55.88]M:  Hello, How do you do?

[07:57.64]W:  Now, could you tell me

[07:59.60]how long you've had your present position in Evening News?

[08:03.00]M:  It has been more than three years now in fact.

[08:06.50]W:  And have you any particular reason for wanting to change jobs?

[08:11.30]M:  Well, I actually like my present job

[08:13.94]and still find it interesting.

[08:15.90]The salary's OK so it's nothing to do with money.

[08:19.40]I suppose the thing is that I'm really very ambitious

[08:23.01]and keen to get promoted.

[08:24.87]W:  You say you like your job.

[08:27.27]Can you tell me what aspect you like most?

[08:30.45]M:  There are so many things.

[08:32.30]The colleagues are quite nice to go along with.

[08:35.04]And compared to other press the working conditions are great.

[08:39.09]W:  Um, yes.

[08:41.05]M:  And then there's the fact that

[08:43.47]as a journalist I had done an article

[08:45.87]for the newspaper about events at home or abroad

[08:49.15]so I had to make decisions.

[08:51.56]I must be responsible for what I had written.

[08:54.62]That's what I really like most about the job.

[08:57.79]W:  Yes, well we are looking for someone

[09:00.75]who isn't a clock-watcher

[09:02.38]and who isn't too concerned about working fairly long hours.

[09:06.65]M:  Oh, I don't mind that.I'm used to it.

[09:09.17]I often work irregular hours.

[09:14.60]Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

[09:22.80]22. What does the talk focus on?

[09:41.59]23. Why does the man want a new job?

[10:01.41]24. What does the man like most about his present job?

[10:22.49]25. What can we learn from the conversation?

[10:40.26]Section B

[10:42.77]Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages.

[10:49.89]At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.

[10:54.36]Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

[10:58.74]After you hear a question,

[11:01.15]you must choose the best answer from

[11:03.44]the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D).

[11:08.81]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2

[11:13.40]with a single line through the centre.

[11:16.13]Passage One

[11:17.34]The dog has often been an unselfish friend to man.

[11:21.71]It is always grateful to its masters.

[11:24.66]It helps man in many ways.

[11:27.40]Certain breeds of dogs are used in criminal investigations 3.

[11:32.43]They are trained to sniff 4 out drugs and bombs.

[11:35.93]They help police to catch criminals.

[11:38.77]Some dogs are trained to lead blind people.

[11:42.16]The dogs that help in criminal investigations

[11:46.54]are trained at a school called the Military Dog Studies branch

[11:51.24]of the US Air Force in Lackland, Texas.

[11:54.74]The dogs to be trained are selected by an air force team.

[11:58.90]This team visits large cities across the country to buy the dogs.

[12:04.04]They may buy dogs from private citizens for up to ＄750 each.

[12:10.16]Some citizens freely give their dogs.

[12:13.33]The dogs selected must be healthy, brave and aggressive.

[12:17.71]They must be able to fight back if they are attacked.

[12:21.32]The dogs chosen are between the ages of one and three.

[12:25.80]They are given a medical examination when they arrive at the school.

[12:30.51]Their physical examination includes X-rays and heart tests.

[12:35.32]The trainee 5 dogs undergo the first stage of training

[12:39.48]when they arrive in Lackland.

[12:41.44]This is an 11-week course for patrol duty.

[12:45.00]After this course,

[12:46.85]the best dogs are selected to go on another 9-week course.

[12:51.23]They learn drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing.

[12:54.62]After this course,

[12:56.12]the dogs are ready for their jobs

[12:57.75]in the cities or on air force bases.

[13:00.82]The training given to a drug-sniffing dog

[13:03.66]is different from that given to a bomb-sniffing dog.

[13:07.06]A drug-sniffing dog is trained to scratch

[13:10.11]and dig for the drugs when he sniffs 6 them.

[13:12.31]A bomb-sniffing dog sits down when he finds a bomb.

[13:16.03]That is the alert for hidden explosives.

[13:24.50]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[13:30.96]26. How are the dogs obtained for training?

[13:51.44]27. What is the first stage of training for the dogs?

[14:12.56]28. What do dogs learn during the 9-week training?

[14:33.14]Passage Two

[14:36.10]Trade between countries is

[14:37.96]one of the most important economic activities in the world today.

[14:42.22]The U.S. has many trading partners,

[14:45.29]one of the most important is Japan.

[14:48.01]The trade between the two countries

[14:50.54]amounts to several billion dollars a year.

[14:53.48]Many U.S. banks therefore have offices in Japan,

[14:57.64]particularly in Tokyo and Osaka, the largest cities.

[15:01.91]Jean McPherson is the manager of one of these branch banks in Tokyo.

[15:07.16]Jean majored in accounting 7 and business administration in college.

[15:11.54]After graduation she got a job with a large New York bank.

[15:15.36]After two years in accounting,

[15:17.77]she was transferred to the loan department.

[15:20.17]Many of the loans which she was asked to consider

[15:23.46]involved international transactions.

[15:26.29]Some of them were so complicated that Jean felt

[15:29.79]she didn't have a broad enough background to understand them.

[15:33.62]To get more experience,

[15:35.04]she asked for a transfer to the bank's international department.

[15:39.42]She became so expert in international finance

[15:43.25]that it became her career.

[15:45.11]When the bank decided to open a branch in Tokyo,

[15:48.06]Jean was selected to set it up and run it for the first few years.

[15:52.87]She has been in Tokyo for more than three years now.

[16:01.50]Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[16:07.40]29. What does Jean McPherson do now?

[16:28.16]30. Where did she get a job after her graduation from university?

[16:49.50]31. Why did she ask for a transfer

[16:54.64]to the bank's international department?

[17:11.50]32. What is the passage mainly talking about?

[17:32.69]Passage Three

[17:35.03]Were you the first or last child in your family?

[17:39.52]Or were you a middle or an only child?

[17:44.04]Some people think it matters where you were born in your family.

[17:48.53]But there are different ideas about what birth order means.

[17:52.68]Some people say that oldest children are smart and strong-willed.

[17:59.36]They are very likely to be successful. The reason for this is simple.

[18:04.72]Parents have a lot of time for their first child,

[18:08.66]they give him or her a lot of attention.

[18:12.59]So this child is very likely to do well.

[18:16.09]An only child will succeed for the same reason.

[18:20.36]What happens to the other children in the family?

[18:24.18]Middle children don't get so much attention,

[18:27.91]so they don't feel that important.

[18:31.29]If a family has many children,

[18:34.03]the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd.

[18:37.31]The youngest child, though, often gets special treatment.

[18:41.90]He or she is the baby.

[18:44.42]Often this child grows up to be funny and charming.

[18:48.58]Do you believe these ideas of birth order too?

[18:53.06]A recent study saw things quite differently.

[18:57.54]The study found that first children believed in family rules.

[19:02.14]They didn't take many chances in their lives.

[19:05.31]They usually followed orders.

[19:08.05]Rules didn't mean as much to later children in the family.

[19:12.64]They went out and followed their own ideas.

[19:15.81]They took chances and they often did better in life.

[19:19.97]Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[19:26.86]33. According to common belief,

[19:33.20]in what way are the first child and the only child alike?

[19:54.98]34. What do people usually say about middle children?

[20:17.54]35. What do we learn about later children in a family

[20:24.65]from a recent study of birth order?

[20:43.18]Section C

[20:45.26]Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times.

[20:53.47]When the passage is read for the first time,

[20:56.64]you should listen carefully for its general idea.

[20:59.92]When the passage is read for the second time,

[21:03.75]you are required to fill in the blanks

[21:06.38]numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.

[21:13.59]For blanks numbered from 44 to 46

[21:17.75]you are required to fill in the missing information.

[21:21.47]For these blanks,

[21:24.09]you can either use the exact words you have just heard

[21:27.92]or write down the main points in your own words.

[21:31.75]Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,

[21:36.12]you should check what you have written.

[21:39.11]Now listen to the passage.

[21:42.73]“First in war, first in peace,

[21:45.35]first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

[21:47.86]This was a description given to George Washington

[21:51.36]shortly after his death.

[21:52.90]It remains 8 the prevailing 9 opinion of him today.

[21:56.29]Washington was born in Colonial Virginia in 1732.

[22:01.43]He had little formal schooling 10

[22:03.73]but he was educated in the practical life of his day.

[22:07.33]He first became a surveyor,

[22:10.07]then a frontier soldier for Britain

[22:12.25]in its struggle against the French.

[22:14.23]After this he settled into the comfortable life

[22:17.28]of a planter and legislator.

[22:19.26]When the American colonies rebelled against England in 1775,

[22:25.39]Washington was selected as America's senior general.

[22:28.66]His greatest contribution was in keeping his army alive

[22:32.71]and the rebellion going.

[22:34.35]He was an adequate tactician 11 and a farseeing strategist.

[22:38.94]His personal courage,

[22:40.58]character and determination were important

[22:43.65]in seeing America through the war.

[22:46.16]At conflict's end,

[22:48.24]he was offered a crown but he declined it

[22:51.19]and retired 12 to the quiet of his plantation 13.

[22:54.15]As America's most respected leader,

[22:56.40]Washington played an important role

[22:58.58]in developing the American Constitution.

[23:01.21]He was unanimously elected as his country's first president.

[23:05.26]As president he was prudent 14 in international affairs

[23:09.08]and he strictly 15 limited the power of the presidency 16.

[23:12.26]It was his great joy to give up the presidency

[23:15.97]and become a private citizen.

[23:18.28]Washington was a great man in every respect.

[23:22.22]His character is unquestioned, his ideal lofty.

[23:26.58]He led his people through a difficult war

[23:29.65]and the complex job of creating a government.

[23:33.77]Now the passage will be read again.

[23:37.49]“First in war, first in peace,

[23:41.09]first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

[23:43.61]This was a description given to George Washington

[23:47.00]shortly after his death.

[23:48.75]It remains the prevailing opinion of him today.

[23:51.92]Washington was born in Colonial Virginia in 1732.

[23:56.74]He had little formal schooling

[23:58.93]but he was educated in the practical life of his day.

[24:02.64]He first became a surveyor,

[24:04.72]then a frontier soldier for Britain

[24:06.86]in its struggle against the French.

[24:08.93]After this he settled into the comfortable life

[24:11.89]of a planter and legislator.

[24:14.07]When the American colonies rebelled against England in 1775,

[24:18.89]Washington was selected as America's senior general.

[24:22.06]His greatest contribution was in keeping his army alive

[24:25.99]and the rebellion going.

[24:28.29]He was an adequate tactician and a farseeing strategist.

[24:32.56]His personal courage,

[24:34.42]character and determination were important

[24:37.48]in seeing America through the war.

[24:39.89]At conflict's end,

[24:41.97]he was offered a crown but he declined it

[24:44.70]and retired to the quiet of his plantation.

[25:37.39]As America's most respected leader,

[25:39.90]Washington played an important role

[25:42.20]in developing the American Constitution.

[25:44.93]He was unanimously elected as his country's first president.

[25:48.98]As president he was prudent in international affairs

[25:52.80]and he strictly limited the power of the presidency.

[26:45.01]It was his great joy to give up the presidency

[26:48.95]and become a private citizen.

[26:51.46]Washington was a great man in every respect.

[26:55.07]His character is unquestioned, his ideal lofty.

[26:59.12]He led his people through a difficult war

[27:02.07]and the complex job of creating a government.

[27:54.32]Now the passage will be read for the third time.

[27:59.14]“First in war, first in peace,

[28:01.98]first in the hearts of his countrymen.”

[28:04.49]This was a description given to George Washington

[28:07.78]shortly after his death.

[28:09.53]It remains the prevailing opinion of him today.

[28:12.81]Washington was born in Colonial Virginia in 1732.

[28:17.95]He had little formal schooling

[28:20.47]but he was educated in the practical life of his day.

[28:23.86]He first became a surveyor,

[28:26.48]then a frontier soldier for Britain

[28:28.78]in its struggle against the French.

[28:30.86]After this he settled into the comfortable life

[28:33.81]of a planter and legislator.

[28:35.78]When the American colonies rebelled against England in 1775,

[28:42.01]Washington was selected as America's senior general.

[28:45.19]His greatest contribution was in keeping his army alive

[28:49.12]and the rebellion going.

[28:51.31]He was an adequate tactician and a farseeing strategist.

[28:55.57]His personal courage,

[28:57.32]character and determination were important

[29:00.28]in seeing America through the war.

[29:02.79]At conflict's end,

[29:04.87]he was offered a crown but he declined it

[29:07.61]and retired to the quiet of his plantation.

[29:10.67]As America's most respected leader,

[29:12.86]Washington played an important role

[29:15.15]in developing the American Constitution.

[29:17.78]He was unanimously elected as his country's first president.

[29:21.82]As president he was prudent in international affairs

[29:25.65]and he strictly limited the power of the presidency.

[29:28.93]It was his great joy to give up the presidency

[29:32.65]and become a private citizen.

[29:34.73]Washington was a great man in every respect.

[29:38.67]His character is unquestioned, his ideal lofty.

[29:42.60]He led his people through a difficult war

[29:45.66]and the complex job of creating a government.