2010四级听力模拟题test3原文

Test 3
11 M: Ann is always
complaining about her job.
W: Maybe if you try keeping
sending and receiving
messages every day, you’d see
what it’s like.
Q: What does the woman
mean?
12 W: I thought you had gone
to the corner drugstore.
M: I did, but the druggist had
been robbed on his way to the
store this morning. I had
heard all about that before I
could get the medicine.

Q: What did the man mean?
13 M: Could you lend me
your new edition of the
dictionary for a few days?
W: It’s out of the question.
Q: What did you learn about
the woman?
14 W: How long should I stay
out of school?
M: It depends. You still have
a headache. Let me feel your
pulse.
Q: What does the man do?
15 M: Did you have any
trouble finding the campus I
told you about?

W: Yes, because it was a mile
away from where you told me
it should be.
Q: How much farther had the
woman gone to find the
campus?
16 W: How long may I keep
them?
M: One month. You will be
fined 10 cents for each day if
the books are overdue.
Q: Where does the
conversation happen?
17 M: I heard you got a ticket
last week.
W: Yes. I drove down a

one-way street in the wrong
direction.
Q: Why did the woman get a
ticket?
18 W: Hello, David, this is
Jane from the university. Can
I speak to Susan?
M: I’m sorry, she’s just left
for the office, and she could
reach there by 9:00.
Q: Where is Susan now?
Conversation One
M: Hi, we are planning to go
to the Disney world, there’s
something new to see.
W: I strongly suggest you

save tips for it.
M: I have no idea. How can
you save?
W: I have long been
considered as a family guide
to Disney world. I’ve been to
the park more than 25 times
with my kids, and I’ve
developed a few
money-saving tips.
M: That’s great. What kind
of tickets should I buy if
we’re visiting for four days?
W: Buy the Five-Day
All-In-One Hopper Pass, if
you’re visiting for fewer days.

It’s a deal.
M: Yes, it seems I’ve got it.
The pass costs $$229 for
visitors aged 10 and up, $$183
for kids aged 3 to 9.
W: And it is free for kids
under three.
M: Do you think this
all-in-one pass is appropriate
for us?
W: Absolutely. Without this
pass, you’ll have to pay
separately for Pleasure Island
and the Water Parks which
would cost a family $$100.
M: Can we play in the

Tomorrow Land or
Adventure Land?
W: Yes, you don’t need to pay
extra money if you have got
the pass.
M: How can I book a hotel
economically?
W: You can get a Magic
Kingdom Club Gold Card.
Cardholders get up to 20%
off Disney hotel rooms plus
prices on the theme park
tickets and goods from Disney
stores.
M: How much do I need to
pay for the membership?

W: $$65 to become a Gold
Card Member.
19 What is the main content
of the conversation?
20 What ticket should the
visitors buy if they plan a
three-day tour?
21How much is it if the
parents with a five-year-old
kid go there?
22 Which is NOT the benefit
of owning the Club Gold
Card?
Conversation Two
W: Mr. Smith, I have
difficulty in understanding

some sentences.
M: Ok, what are they? I’m
ready to help.
W: for example, “Simon
sometimes is yellow”; “Millie
is blue today”; “peter has
green fingers”; “john has told
a white lie”. There is a color
in each of these sentences.
What do they mean?
M: All the colors used here
are closely connected with the
social cultures.
W: I am just doing the
research on them.
M: Ok, in English, yellow

sometimes means cowardice.
Blue usually represents
sadness. A person with green
fingers grows plants well.
And a white lie is not a bad
lie.
W: Could you give me an
example for “a white lie”,
please?
M: Certainly. For example, I
want to give you some cakes,
but in fact you don’t like
them. What will you say?
W: “No thanks. I’m not
hungry.”
M: That’s a white lie. If you

say “no, I don’t like them”, it
is impolite.
W: What does “he gave me a
black look” mean?
M: Here “black” means
“angry”.
W: Can you give me an
example of “green”?
M: “A green room” is a room
in which actors or performers
rest or wait when they are not
performing on stage.
W: Oh, I see. Thank you very
much.
M: So here are more
questions for you. Everyone

wants to visit or live in “the
white house” but not in “a
green house”. You may be “a
black horse”, but you never
want to be “a white elephant”.
Do you know why?
W: Err, those are still so new
to me. I’m going to check
right now.
23 What is the main idea of
the conversation?
24 What do “green fingers”
mean according to the
conversation?
25 Which of the following is
correct?

Passage One
What’s the secret of eternal
youth? Please try a tomato!
At this rate, scientists will
have to come up with a better
description for the tomato
than mere “super food”.
While it has long been
credited with preventing
some cancers, the fruit now
appears to have two more
healthy-giving benefits. A
study has found that
tomatoes have got protection
against sunburn and helping
keep the skin looking

youthful. Tomatoes could
provide a cheap and easy way
of improving health.
Researchers recommend two
tomato- based meals a day of
health. Possible menus
include a glass of tomato juice
with breakfast and a salad
later of tomato soup for lunch
and pasta with a tomato
sauce for dinner. To test the
fruit’s ability to protect the
skin, ten volunteers were
asked to eat five tablespoons
of tomato paste mixed with
olive oil every day for three

months. Another ten had a
daily dose of olive oil—minus
the tomato paste. Tests
showed the tomato-eaters
were a third better protected
against sunburn. Other tests
suggested the tomato-based
diet had increased production
of collagen（胶原）, the protein
that keeps skin supple. (其他
的测试表明以番 茄为基础的
饮食能推动产生胶原蛋白，该
蛋白可以使到皮肤保持柔软。)
If that were not enough, the
fruit also protects our

elements of cells which turn
the food we eat into energy.
The fruit is likely to
contribute to improved skin
health, which in turn may
have an anti- ageing effect.
The researchers stressed,
however, that their findings
were not an excuse to throw
away the sun cream. People
should not think tomatoes in
any way can replace sun
creams.
26 What is the main idea of
this passage?
27 According to the

researchers, how many
tomatoes a day will be
healthy?
28 Which is NOT the effect of
tomatoes?
Passage Two
Nowadays, with the
development of science and
technology, we can use mobile
phones to do many things
such as taking photos,
listening to music, sending
messages and so on. Many
teenagers take mobile phones
as a part of their everyday life.
But now the students in New

York feel unhappy because
they are not allowed to bring
their mobile phones to school
any more.
Though there has been a ban
on mobile phones in New
York schools for years,
usually the phones are
ignored as long as they don’t
ring during the class. But
things have changed as the
city has begun random
security scanning at middle
and high schools from April
26. On that day, police
officers seized 129 mobile

phones, ten CD players, two
iPods, a box of cutter and a
knife. Though many parents
complained this ban would
prevent them from
communicating with their
children during the day, the
department of education said
that the mobile ban would
prevent the students from
using the phones to take
pictures in locker rooms,
cheat in tests and call friends
together to start fights.
The students have different
reasons from their parents’ to

oppose the rule. To most of
them, mobile phones are so
necessary that they can’t
imagine the life without them.
A 14-year- old girl said she felt
so empty. To her, life without
a mobile phone will be “really,
really boring”. Will the
mobile phone ban work out?
Perhaps only time can tell.
29 what happened to the
students in New York?
30 which is the additional
measure taken besides the
ban?
31 what can be inferred from

the passage?
Passage three
Middle-income families can
expect to spend $$204,060 on
feeding, housing and
schooling a child born in 2007
th
until his or her 18 birthday,
the US government reported.
Child care and education
costs will represent a large
share of costs than they were
in the past. The cost of
providing food decreased
from 24 percent to 17 percent
of total child-rearing costs,
while child care and

education expenses increased
from 2 percent to 12 percent.
Housing will be the single
largest cost for US
families—making up 33 to 27
percent of total expenses
across income groups.
Factoring in inflation, the
grand total for
middle- income families comes
to $$269,040. Total costs also
include transportation, health
care, and other necessities.
Child-rearing costs have
soared and can vary
dramatically according to a

family’s income. Families
making less than $$45,800
before taxes can expect to
spend less than $$148,320 in
real terms over the course of
their child’s first 17 years.
Those on the other end of the
income spectrum, making
more than $$77,100 a year, will
spend $$298,680 in 2007 on
raising their 2007child. Even
though the study does not
include the cost of college, it
is found that children get
more expensive as they get
older. Teenagers were the

most costly.
It is also noted that
child-rearing costs are the
greatest in the urban west,
and lowest in the urban
Midwest and rural areas
across the country.
32 What is mainly discussed
in this passage?
33 What is the correct
statement?
34 What are the changing
percentages of the cost of
food?
35 When is the most costly
period for raising a child?

36 responsible 37 threaten
38 environment 39 climbers
40 gathered 41 confirmed
42 melting 43 shrinking
44 Researchers say 44 of
these lakes could overflow
during the next five years.
45 However, they say it may
be possible to remove water
from the lakes before they
overflow and use that water
to create energy.
46 However, researchers say
the Himalayas have been
harmed by an increase in

visitors to the area,
over-cutting of trees and
other environmental
destruction.