viceroy英语四级听力原文及答案

2015

年

12

月英语 四级听力原文及答案

Part 1

短对话

Question 1

- M: Do you remember the wonderful film on space exploration we watched

together last month?

- W: Sure. It's actually the most impressive one I've seen on that topic.

Q:What do we learn about the speakers?

Question 2

- W: Are you looking for anything in particular?

- M: Yes. My son is graduating from high school, and I want to get him

something special.

Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?

Question 3

- M: Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in

the art gallery.

- W: Really? If I remember right, he had a chance to work there, but he

turned it down.

Q:What does the woman say about Mike?

Question 4

- W: Would you like to come to Susan's birthday party tomorrow evening?

- M: I'm going to give a lecture tomorrow. I wish I could be in two places

at the same time.

Q:What does the man mean?

Question 5

- W: Aren't you discouraged by the slow progress your staff is making?

- M: Yes. I think I will give them a deadline and hold them to it.

Q:What is the man probably going to do?

Question 6

- W: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the visitors' parking is? I left

my car there.

- M: Sure. It's in Lot C. Over that way.

Q:What does the woman want to know?

Question 7

- W: You look great! Now that you've taken those fitness classes.

- M: Thanks. I've never felt better in my life.

Q:What does the man mean?

Question 8

- W: I really admire the efficiency of your secretaries.

- M: Our company selects only the best. They have a heave workload and we

give them a lot of responsibilities.

Q:What are the speakers talking about?

Part 2

长对话

Conversion 1

W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language?

M: Well. For one thing, it's so commonly used, the only language that is

used by more people is Chinese.

W: Why is English spoken by so many people?

M:

It's

spoken

in

many

countries

of

the

world

because

of

the

British

empire.

And now of course is the influence of America as well.

W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.

M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two

greatest advantages.

W: What are they?

M:

Well,

first

of

all,

it

has

a

very

international

vocabulary.

It

has

many

German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those

languages

will

find

many

familiar

words

in

English.

In

fact,

English

has

words

for many other languages as well.

W: Why is that?

M: Well, partly

because

English

speakers

have

travelled a

lot,

they

bring

back

words

with

them.

So

English

really

does

have

an

international

vocabulary.

W: And what is the other advantage of English?

M: It that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn't

have

dozens

of

different

endings

for

its

nouns,

adjectives

and

verbs,

not

like

Latin, Russian and German for example.

W: Why is that?

M:

Well,

it's

quite

interesting

actually,

it's

because

of

the

French.

When

the

French

ruled

England,

French

was

the

official

language,

and

only

the

common

people

spoke

English.

They

tried

to

make

their

language

as

simple

as

possible.

So they made the grammar easier.

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you've just heard.

Q9: What does the man say about Chinese?

Q10: What made English a widely used language?

Q11: What is said to be special about English vocabulary?

Conversation 2

Man: Hello. Yes?

Woman: Hello. Is that the sales department?

M: Yes, it is.

W:Oh,

well.

My

name

is

Jane

Kingsbury

of

GPF

limited.

We

need

some

supplies

for our design office.

M: Oh, what sort?

W:Well, first of all, we need one complete new drawing board.

M: DO44 or DO45?

W:Ah, I don't know. What's the difference?

M: Well, the 45 costs 15 pounds more.

W:So what's the total price then?

M:It's 387 pounds.

W:Dose that include valued-added tax?

M: Oh, I'm not sure. Most of the prices do. Yes, I think it does.

W:What are the boards actually made of?

M:

Oh,

I

don't

know.

I

think

it

‘

s

a

sort

of

plastic

stuff

these

days.

It's

white anyway.

W:And how long does it take to deliver?

M: Oh, I couldn't really say. It depends on how much work we've got and

how many other orders there are to send out, you know.

W:Ok,

now

we

also

want

some

drawing

pens,

ink

and

rulers,

and

some

drawing

paper.

M:

Oh

dear.

The

girl

who

takes

all

those

supplies

isn't

here

this

morning.

So I can't take those orders for you. I only do the equipment you see.

W:Ok, well, perhaps I'll ring back tomorrow.

M: So do you want the drawing board then?

W:Oh, I have to think about it. Thanks very much. I'll let you know.

Good- bye.

M: Thank you. Good- bye.