英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Eight

[00:00.00]1.M:Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?

[00:05.62]W:I sure did.It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

[00:10.89]Q:What did the woman say about the ring?

[00:16.93]2.W:I'm always late for my morning classes.It's because of all the traffic out near where I live.

[00:27.04]M:Well,you would't have that problem if you move into our campus 1.

[00:32.71]Q:What does the man suggest the woman do?

[00:37.88]3.W:My brother is coming this weekend and I thought the three of us could go out to dinner Saturday night.Any suggestions?

[00:49.01]M:It's up to you.I don't know the restaurants around here that well.

[00:53.71]So you know a better place to go than me.

[00:58.41]Q:What do we learn from this convrsation?

[01:03.58]4.W:Well,if you are seriously considering buying a car,I'm trying to get rid of mine.

[01:12.72]All it needs is some new paint.

[01:15.91]M:Thanks.But most used cars end up being more trouble than their worth.

[01:22.05]Q:What will the man probably do?

[01:26.31]5.W:I hope you like the novel I lent you.

[01:31.38]I wasn't sure whether it was the kind of book you would be interested in.

[01:36.13]M:You know,I had the same doubt at first.But once I started I simply couldn't put it down.

[01:43.78]Q:What does the man mean?

[01:47.89]6.W:I need to go across town,but the traffic is so heavy this time of day.

[01:56.92]M:When you take the subway,you don't have to deal with traffic.I never drive any more.

[02:04.08]Q:What are they talking about?

[02:08.29]7.W:Hi,George,I can't get to sleep with the light so near my bed.

[02:15.50]Can't you read some place else.

[02:18.68]M:Sorry,our daughter is having a party in the living room.

[02:22.89]I suppose I could check the dining_room though.

[02:26.99]Q:What will George probably do?

[02:32.16]8.W:I've got two tickets to today's game.Do you want to come along?

[02:39.37]M:It'll be on television,besides,it's really too cold for me.

[02:45.51]Q:What do we learn from this conversation?

[02:50.68]9.W:I'm going to London on business and somebody said you were the right person to talk to about what I can do there for fun.

[03:00.85]M:You bet 2 I am.I hope you've got at least a month.

[03:05.91]Q:What does the man imply 3?

[03:11.14]10.M:I'm shocked that you managed to get an A on the test.

[03:16.10]You didn't even read the textbook.

[03:18.50]W:Now you know why I never missed a lecture.

[03:22.71]Q:What do we know about the test?

[03:27.83]In November 1965,New York was blacked out by an electricity failure.

[03:34.75]The authorities 4 promised that it would not happen again.

[03:39.48]Pessimists were certain that it would occur again within five years at the least.

[03:45.62]In July 1977,there was a repeat performance which produced varying 5 degrees of chaos 6 throughout the city of eight million people.

[03:56.80]In 1965,the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of comparative 7 prosperity 8.

[04:04.53]In 1977,the disaster was much more serious because it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves.

[04:17.20]In 1965,there was little crime or looting during the darkness,and fewer than a hundred people were arrested.

[04:25.80]In 1977,hundreds of stores were broken into and looted.

[04:31.05]Looters smashed 9 shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry,clothes or television sets.

[04:37.63]Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night.

[04:44.29]The number of policemen available was quite inadequate 10 and they wisely restrained 11 themselves from using their guns against robbers 12,

[04:52.28]who far outnumbered them and included armed men.

[04:57.09]Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop window.

[05:02.84]Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day.

[05:08.40]The black_out started at 9:30 p.m.,when lightening 13 hit and knocked out vital cables 14.

[05:15.04]Many stores were thus caught by surprise.

[05:18.64]The vast majority of New Yorkers,however,were not involved in looting.

[05:23.29]They helped strangers,distributed candles and batteries,and tried to survive in a horrible world without traffic lights,

[05:31.15]refrigerators,elevators,water and electrical power.

[05:36.61]For twenty_four hours,New York realized how helpless 15 it was without electricity.