英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Six

[00:00.00]1.M:How quickly technology changes.So many people have a computer in their home nowadays.

[00:08.65]W:I know.I feel so behind the time.

[00:12.83]Q:What does the woman mean?

[00:16.43]2.W:This spring weather is perfect for playing tennis.

[00:23.07]M:Unfortunately they only time I get to enjoy it is when I'm walking to class or to the library.

[00:29.70]Q:What does the man imply?

[00:33.38]3.M:When are you ever going to finish this report?

[00:39.05]You've been working on it for three months.

[00:42.76]W:Only two and half.But it does seem longer.

[00:47.44]Q:What does the woman say about the report?

[00:51.54]4.W:I hear you have a brother who went to school here too.Have I ever seen him?

[00:59.19]M:Well,he graduated last year.But you would never have guessed that we were brothers.

[01:05.88]Q:What does the man imply?

[01:10.01]5.W:Nobody told me that Bill was in the hospital.

[01:15.73]M:Sorry.I meant to give you a call when I found out,but it slipped my mind.

[01:21.37]Q:Why did the man apologize to the woman?

[01:26.00]6.M:I don't know if I will be able to hand in my economics 1 paper on time.

[01:32.63]W:Haven't you heard that the professor gave us another week?

[01:36.34]Q:Where did his conversation most probably take place?

[01:42.06]7.M:I get the feeling that Sally never really listens to me.

[01:47.73]W:You said it.It's as if she were always using the time to think what she will say next.

[01:54.89]Q:What do we know about Sally?

[01:58.60]8.M:Hello,This is Mark Smith.I'm calling to see if my blood test results are in.

[02:06.75]W:Dr.Miller 2 just sent them to the lab last night,so the earliest they could be back is tomorrow.

[02:13.98]Q:What does the woman mean?

[02:17.61]9.M:I bought this fish to cook for my dinner tonight,but it doesn't look all that fresh to me now.

[02:25.82]Would you say it's still all right to eat?

[02:28.98]W:Let's take a look.Oh,if I were you,I wouldn't even think of it.

[02:36.11]Q:What do we know about the fish?

[02:40.29]10.M:My roommate and I have decided 3 to do our own cooking next semester.

[02:46.95]W:Then I hope you'll have a lighter 4 schedule than this term.

[02:50.61]Q:What problem does the woman think the man may have?

[02:55.80]Passage One

[02:57.97]How men first learnt to invent words is unknown;in other words,the origin of language is a mystery.

[03:06.64]All we really know is that men,unlike animals,somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings,

[03:14.85]actions and things,so that they could communicate with each other;

[03:19.50]and that later they agreed upon certain signs,called letters,

[03:24.20]which could be combined to represent those sounds,and which could be written down.

[03:29.84]Those sounds,whether spoken,or written in letters we call words.

[03:35.20]The power of words,then,lies in their associations____the things they bring up before our minds.

[03:42.88]Words become filled with meaning for us by experience,and the longer we live,

[03:48.52]the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past.

[03:54.66]Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions.

[04:05.37]This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary 5 style.

[04:11.01]Above all,the real poet is a master of words.

[04:16.24]He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music,

[04:20.39]and which by their position and association can move men to tears.

[04:26.55]We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately 6,

[04:31.75]or they will make our speech silly and ridiculous.

[04:35.96]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[04:41.60]11.What do we know about the origin of language?

[04:46.75]12.Where does the real power of words lie?

[04:52.41]13.Which of the following statements about the real poet is not true?

[05:00.04]Passage Two

[05:01.71]Too often young people get themselves employment quite by accident,

[05:07.38]not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion,happiness and security.

[05:14.57]As a result,they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction.

[05:21.70]Our school graduates face so much competition that they seldom care what they do so long as they can earn a living.

[05:31.36]Some stay long at a job and learn to like it,others move from one job to another looking for something to suit them.

[05:41.50]The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectations.

[05:49.18]Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities.

[05:57.36]Nearly all search about in the darkness and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what the salary is like.

[06:06.50]They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or,even more important,whether the job suits them.

[06:16.22]Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependents with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment.

[06:25.38]It sets a pattern of life and,in many ways,determines social status in life,selection of friends,leisure and interests.

[06:37.04]In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interests.

[06:43.75]Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest,

[06:49.42]for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also waste your talents and ultimately 7 make you an emotionally bitter person.

[07:01.56]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[07:07.78]14.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

[07:15.41]15.What are graduates mainly concerned about when looking for a job?

[07:22.62]16.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

[07:29.83]Passage Three

[07:32.02]Bill Grant was a famous newspaper editor in the United States.

[07:37.20]He worked for the same newspaper from 1926 to 1968..

[07:42.84]He started as a clerk in 1948.

[07:46.55]Later he became the editor.That was the position he held until he retired 8.

[07:53.70]Bill wrote his first story for the paper the day the New York Stock Market crashed in 1929.

[08:00.86]When the first news of the stock market crash came into the office,Bill immediately sat down and wrote up the story.

[08:08.52]The editor liked it so much that he used the story.

[08:12.25]And he didn't make any changes into it.

[08:15.39]After that the editor decided Bill should be a writer.

[08:20.04]He felt that Bill was not using his ability working as a clerk.

[08:24.69]After the first story Bill became especially interested in financial news.

[08:29.88]But he wrote stories on just about everything.

[08:32.99]In 1945 he spent 5 months in Europe.

[08:37.17]His editor had decided he should write about the end of World War II.

[08:42.32]One of Bill's greatest moments came in 1946.

[08:46.99]A story he had written on war won the National Newspaper's Award.

[08:52.17]Bill took the prize but he gave all the credit to his editor.

[08:56.82]It was just before Christmas in 1976 that he learned that he had cancer.

[09:02.98]Six months later he was dead.But he never stopped his work as an editor.

[09:09.17]The day before he died he had spent a full day at the office.

[09:13.38]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[09:18.55]17.When did Bill begin working for the paper?

[09:24.19]18.Why was he made a writer for the paper?

[09:28.82]19.Which of the following statements is not true about Bill?

[09:35.50]20.How did Bill die?