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一、
2009
年
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月大学英语四级考试真题听力长对话
长对话
1
W: Hello,
Cartson College, may I help you?
M: Yes.
I
’
m looking for information
on courses in computer programming. I would need
it
for the fall semester.
W: Do you want
a day or evening course?
M: Well, it would have to
be an evening course since I work during the day.
W: Aha. Have
you taken any courses in data processing?
M: No.
W:
Oh!
Well,
data
processing
is
a
course
you
have
to
take
before
you
can
take
computer
programming.
M: Oh, I see.
Well, when is it given? I hope it is not on
Thursdays.
W:
Well, there
’
s a class that
meets on Monday evenings at 7.
M: Just once a week?
W: Yes. But
that
’
s almost 3 hours from 7
to 9:45.
M: Oh!
Well, that
’
s all right, I
could manage that. How many weeks does the course
last?
W: Mm,
let me see. 12 weeks. You start the first weekends
September and finish
…
Oh..
just
before Christmas, December 21st.
M: And how much
is the course?
W: That
’
s 300
dollars including the necessary computer time.
M: Ah-hum.
Okay, Eh, where do I go to register?
W: Registration is on the
second and third of September between 6 and 9 in
Frost Hall.
M:
Is that the round building behind the parking lot?
W: Yes,
that
’
s the one.
M: Oh, I know how to get
there. Is there anything that I should bring with
me?
W: No, just
your check book.
M: Well, thank you so much.
W:
You
’
re very welcome. Bye!
M: Bye!
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
Q19: Why does the man
choose to take an evening course?
Q20: What does the man have
to do before taking the course of computer
programming?
Q21: What do we learn about the
schedule of evening course?
Q22: What does the man want
to know at the end of the conversation?
长对话
2
W:
So, why exactly does your job have reputation for
being stressful?
M:
Stress
is
generally
driven
by
the
feeling
of
being
out
of
control
of
a
situation
and
the
feeling of a situation
controlling you. Trading in financial markets
combines both.
W: How do you relax in the evening?
M: I very
rarely do anything work-related so
it
’
s easy to escape the
markets. I generally go to
the gym or
go for a run, especially if I had a bad day. I
always cook a meal rather than have a
take-away. To do something my brain
will regard as creative.
W: Do you think what you do to relax is
an effective way to beat stress?
M: I
don
’
t think there is a
specific rule about how to beat stress. I
generally find out what I
do is
effective for me.
W: Would you consider changing your job
because of the high stress factor?
M: I have considered
leaving my job due to stress-related factors.
However, I do think that an
element of
stress is a good thing. And if used the right way
can actually be a positive thing.
W: What do you enjoy about
the stressful aspects of your job?
M:
Having
said
all
that,
I
do
actually
enjoy
an
element
of
uncertainty.
I
enjoy
mental
challenge. Trading generates a wide
range of emotions second by second. How you deal
with and
manage those emotions dictates
short,medium and long term trading performance and
success.
Q23-25
Q23. What is
the man
’
s job?
Q24. Why does the man
prefer to cook a meal rather than have a take-
away?
Q25. What does the man say about
an element of stress in his job?
二、
2009
年
6
月大学英
语四级考试真题听力长对话
长对话
1
W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other
day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he
get
pensioned off at last?
M: Yes. They made him retire after 50
years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but
what can you
do? He really is pasted.
W: He is all alone, isn’t
he
?
M: Yes, his wife has
been dead for years. They had one daughter,
Dories. But she went off to town
as
soon as she left school. And he hasn’t heard from
her since. I hear she is making good money as
a model.
W: Maybe someone
could get in touch with her. Get her to come back
for a while to help?
M: I don’t suppose
she come. She never got on with her father. He is
bit of a tough character and
she is
rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by.
He is healthy at least, comes into a clinic for
a check regularly.
W: Are
you his doctor?
M: No, my partner
doctor Johnson is.
W: That
bad-tempered old thing?
M: Oh, he isn’t
bad
-tempered. He just looks it. He is
an excellent doctor, taught me a lot, and he
has a very nice family. His wife
invites me over there to supper every week. Very
pleasant.
W: yes. I teach their
daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and
lazy about her school work,
but a
bright little thing and very popular with her age
group.
Questions 19 to 22
are based on the conversation you’ve
j
ust heard.
19. Why does old
Jake look terribly depressed?
20. What
do we learn about Jake’s wife?
21. What does the man say about Jake’s
daughter?
22. What does the
man say about Jake’s doctor?
长对话
2
W: Hello,
Mr. Summerfield. How are you today?
M:
Very well. Thank you, Ms. Green.
W:
What can I do for you?
M: Well,
unfortunately, there is a problem with the order
we received from you yesterday. It seems
we haven’t seen the right quantity of
manuals to support the telephone
system.
W: Oh, dear, that’s
bad news. I’m very sorry to hear that, and you
don’t know how many packs are
without
manuals?
M:
No,
because
we
haven’t
opened
every
pack.
But
in
several
of
those
that
have
been
opened
there
are none, no manuals.
W:
I’m
very
sorry
about
this
inconvenience,
Mr.
Summerfield.
We’ll
send
out
the manuals
this
afternoon by express mail entirely at
our cost, and the manuals should arrive tomorrow
or the day
after at the latest.
M: All of them, right?
W:
Yes. It maybe that some have them already, but we
cannot be sure. So the best thing is to send
out the manual for every pack.
M: Yes. Yes, I see. That would be
great.
W: Please accept our apologies
for this mix-up. I assure you we will do
everything possible to find
out why the
mistake happened
M: Right. Thanks for
your swift action.
W: Not at all. Thank
you and goodbye for now. Do call if there is
anything else.
M: All right. Thank you.
Goodbye, Ms Green.
W: Goodbye.
Questions 23 to 25 are
based on the conversation you’ve just
heard.
23. What problems are
the speakers discussing?
24. What does
the woman promise to do?
25. What does
the man think of the solution
三、
2008
年
12
月大学英语四级考试真题听力长对话
长对话
1
F: Simon, how does it feel to be
retired?
M: Well, not so bad.
F: How have you been spending your
time?
M: I have been spending more
time with my family. I’ve also
travelled a bit, you know, off season
when everywhere is less crowded and
hotels cost less.
F: Great.
M: You know I haven’t stopped work
completely.
F: Yes, could
you tell us more about this?
M: I’m on
a scheme that’s called
phased
retirement; I had a six-month break from work,
after that
I could apply for project
work with the company I used to work for.
F: How does the scheme work?
M: Well, it’s a trial at the moment.
Instead of hiring temporary stuff, the company
advertises
posts
on its
website that retired employees like myself can
access.
F: What sort of works
advertised?
M: Well, all
sorts of
things, really.
Administrative work and more specialized work, the
sort of
thing I can do. Some of the
projects can last five or six months, and others
can just be a couple of
days. I can
decide more or less when to work. So I can manage
my own time.
F: I can see it’s good for
you. What is your company get out of
this?
M: Well, I still have
all my old contacts at work, so I know who to
contact to get something done.
The
company gets flexibility, too. Once the job’s
over, that’s it. I’m not on their books any
more.
Questions
19-21 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
19. Why does Simon find his
retired life enjoyable?
20.
How does Simon get to know about the
company’s available posts?
21. Why does the company adopt the
phased retirement scheme?
长对话
2
：
W: Oh, where are we going?
M: I want to show you something.
W: I know, but what is it?
M: A farm. It’s just down this road.
It’s a small place, but at least it would be our
own.
W: A farm? How can we
afford to buy a farm?
M: It isn’t very
large, only 40 acres. We wouldn’t have to pay very
much right now.
W: Is there
a house on the place?
M: A small one,
two bedrooms, but it needs to be fixed up a
little. I can do the job myself.
W: OK.
Is there enough space for a kitchen garden?
M: There is about half an acre around
the house. That’s plenty of space.
W: Then we can grow our own fresh
vegetables. And maybe keep a few chickens,
co
uldn’t we?
M:
Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own
food.
W: What are you
thinking about growing, if we do take this place?
M: Well, it really isn’t big enough for
corn. I thought we might try to raise a crop of
potatoes.
W: Potatoes? There
are a lot of work.
M: We are used to
hard work, aren’t we?
W:
Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have enough to
get started? It seems like a dream.
M: I think we’ve saved enough. We can
pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few
dollars down
on the tractor, too.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
Q
22:What are the speakers going to do at the time
of the conversation?
Q 23:What does the
man say about the farm?
Q 24:Why does
the man intend to grow potatoes rather than corn
on the farm?
Q 25: What is the woman’s
greatest concern about the man’s plan?
四、
2008
年
6
月大学英语四级考试真题听力长对话
Conversation One
W: Gosh! Have you seen this
Richard?
M: Seeing what?
W: In the paper, it says
there’s a man going round pretending he’s from the
electricity board. He’s
been calling at
people’s homes, saying he’s come to check that all
their appliances are safe. Then
he gets
around them to make him a cup of tea and while
they are out of the room, he steals their
money, handbag, whatever and makes off
with it.
M: But you know
Jane, it’s partly their own fault. You should
never let anyone like that in unless
you are expecting them.
W: It’s all very well to say that, but
someone comes to the door and says electricity or
gas, and
you automatically think they
are ok, especially if they flash a card to you. M:
Does this man have
an I. D. then? W:
Yes, that’s just it! It seems he used to work for
the electricity board at one time.
According to the paper, the police are
warning people, especially pensioners not to admit
anyone
unless they have an appointment.
It’s a bit sad. One old lady told them she’d just
been to the post
office to draw her
pension when he called. She said he must have
followed her home. He stole the
whole
lot. M: But what does he look like? Surely they
must have a description. W: Oh, yes, they
have. Let’s see. In his thirties, tall,
bushy dark hair, slight northern accent, sounds a
bit like you
actually.
Q19. What does the woman
want the man to read in the newspaper? (A theft
case) Q20. How did
the man mentioned in
the newspaper try to win further trust from the
victims? (Flashing his I.D. to
them)
Q21. What is the warning
from the police?( not to admit anyone unless they
have an appointment)
Q22. What does the
woman speaker tell us about the old lady?(Her
pension has been stolen by the
man)
Conversation
Two
M: Miss Jones, could you tell me
more about your first job with hotel marketing
concepts?
W:
Yes
certainly.
I
was
a
marketing
consultant,
responsible
for
marketing
ten
UK
hotels.
They
were all luxury hotels in the leisure
sector, all of a very high standard. M: Which
markets were
you responsible for?
W: For Europe and Japan.
M: I see from your resume
that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been to
Japan?
W: Yes, I have. I
spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key
people in the tourist industry,
the big
tour operators and tourist organizations. As I
speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.
M: Yes, of course. Have you had any
contact with Japan in your present job?
W:
Yes,
I’v
e
had
a
lot.
The
truth
is
I
have
become
very
popular
with
the
Japanese,
both
for
holidays and for
business conferences. In fact, the market for all
types of luxury holidays for the
Japanese has increased a lot recently.
M: Really, I’m interested
to hear m
ore about that, but first,
tell me, have you ever traveled on a
luxury train? The Orient Express, for
example.
W:
No
I
haven’t,
but
I
have
traveled
on
a
glacier
express
to
Switzerland
and
I
traveled
across
China by train about 8 years ago. I
love train tr
avel. That’s why I’m very
interested in this job.
Q23. What did the woman do in her first
job?(marketing consultant)
Q24.
What
gave
the
woman
an
advantage
during
her
business
trip
in
Japan?(She
can
speak
Japanese)
Q25. Why is the woman applying for the
new job? (She loves train travel.)
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