2012专四真题听力原文及答案标示

Eco-tourism

Nowadays,

many

of

us

try

to

live

in

a

way

/

that

would

damage

the

environment as little as possible.

/

We

recycle

our newspapers and bottles

;

/

we

take

public

transport

to

get

to

work

;

/

and

we

try

to

buy

locally

produced fruit and vegetables.

/

And we want to take these attitudes on

holiday with us.

/

This is why

alternative

forms of tourism

are becoming

popular in the world.

/

There are lots of names for these new forms of

tourism

:

/

responsible

tourism,

nature

tourism,

adventure

tourism,

educational tourism and more.

/

Although everyone may have a different

definition,

/

most people agree that these new forms of tourism should do

the following

:

/

first, they should

conserve

the wildlife and culture of the

area

;

/

second, they should benefit the local people

;

/

third, they should

make

a

profit

without

destroying

natural

resources

;

/

and

finally

they

should provide an experience that tourists want to pay for.

/

PART

Ⅱ

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A

CONVERSATIONS

M: Ruth, do you know something about the Ethical Consumer Research

Association?

W: Yes. So far as I know, it’s an organization

that provides information

for shoppers.

M: Oh, what kind of information?

W:

Well,

like

letting

shoppers

know

what

the

companies

are

doing

behind

the

products

that

they

see

on

the

store

shelves.

And,

and

these

shoppers are concerned with some ethical issues.

M: For example?

W: Well, they may want to know that the product they a

re buying hasn’t

been made at the expense of

the people who are producing it, whether

it’s in this country or abroad.

They

might also be concerned with other

kinds of issues, for example, whether the company is involved in selling

arms.

M: But, how can one become an ethical shopper when buying things?

W: One way of thinking about ethical shopping is thinking about buying

less.

M: Oh, how?

W: Well, you see sometimes we buy a lot more than we need. We buy

more items of clothing than we need. So being an ethical shopper really

means ]

thinking a bit before you go and spend your money in the shops.

M: Could you give me some advice?

W: You see,

some things

may cost a bit more in the short run,

but be

worth it in the long run.

So if you are paying for quality, something will

last you longer and then save your money.

M: Hmm.

W: And sometimes you can

buy things second- hand

and

the quality in

most

second-hand

shops

is

really

very

good

these

days.

So

it

’s

about

thinking before you shop.

M: Ruth, thanks for your advice.

M: Pleasure.

Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.

W: Thanks, Mr. Davies.

M: Now which course are you doing?

W: I’m doing management studies with English and German.

M: Huh, how is it all going?

W: Well, it’s not going too well.

I’m

not really enjoying the course and,

well, I’m not very happy.

M:

All

right.

Let’s

take

things

slowly.

Tell

me

something

about

the

course.

W: Well, there is so much work.

I thought that to do two languages with

management

studies

would

be

very

useful.

But

I

find

the

management

course very difficult sometimes and in the study of English and German,

too.

It means I’m working all the time and I never have time to relax.

M: What about your

accommodation

? Are you happy with that?

W:

Not

really.

I

mean

the

other

students on

my

course

are

living

in

a

student

dormitory.

So

they

see

each

other

all

the

time.

I’m

living

in

a

rented room in a family house. I eat breakfast and dinner with the family,

but I get lonely in the evenings and at weekends.

M: So making friends is a problem, too.

W: Yes.

M: OK, I’m going to make two suggestions.

W: All right?

M: First, which of the two languages do you enjoy most?

W: English. I find it easier, too.

M: So I’d like you to go and see your German tutor,

and say that you are

going to stop attending German classes for the moment.

W: OK.

M: Next,

I think you should go to each of the five student dormitories.

Choose the one you like best and ask if you could move in there.

Students

are always moving in and out,

so there shouldn’t be a pro

blem.

W: Thanks a lot for your advice.

M: Not at all.

Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

M: Hello, Evan.

W: Hello, Bob.

M: You know today is a very

special day

.

That is the 20th anniversary of

the World Wide Web.

W: Ah, the World Wide Web.

It’s really changed our lives,

and, and in

such a short space of time.

M:

Hmm,

definitely.

Now

do

you

know

on

average

how

long

does

someone spend surfing the net each day?

W: Umm, honestly I don’t know.

But I guess people must spend a lot of

time on things like Facebook.

M: Hmm, that’s true.

W: And I’m sure almost everyone uses the Internet now.

But I wonder

how we cope without it.

M: Well it might be a bit difficult without it.

W: I guess so. For instance, some people need it for social relationships.

M:

Yes,

especially

those

who

are

far

away.

Keeping

in

contact

with

friends and family would be impossible without the Internet.

W: But are there people who would cope without Internet?

M: Yes, there are. These people have some alternatives.

W: What kind?

M: For example, we could write to each other like we used to before we

have the Internet. It would be lovely to get more hand- written letters from

friends and family rather than just e-mails, I think.

W:

That’s

what

we

call

“snail

mail”.

But

of

course,

lots

more

paper

would mean that we need bigger file cabinets.

M: Yes, well, it’s still incredible

how the World Wide Web has expanded

in 20 years and how much we now rely on it.

I wonder what it would be

like after another 20 years.

W: Well, for better or worse, the Web will have a greater impact on our

life and society.

SECTION B

PASSAGES

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

If you are a resident, you’ll find it useful to open a bank account.

All the

large banks have a network of branches across the country and all offer

similar services. A visit to any one of them will be a friendly experience.

However,

to

open

an

account,

you

have

to

be

prepared

to

prove

your

identity

in

a

number

of

ways.

You’ll

find

your

passport

useful,

but

the

bank will also want to see some form of proof that you are living where

you say you are.

This can be proved by a housing rent book, a tax form,

water or electricity bill for the property,

as long as

it’s in your name

. In a

bank

and

elsewhere

,

you

may

hear

the

term

“utility

bill”—

this

simply

refers to bills relating

to the provision of services to your home,

such as

electricity, gas, water and telephone.

There are other local facilities, such

as

post

offices,

where

you

can

save

your

money

and

have

access

to

affordable

low

cost

loans.

Where

they

exist

in

your

local

area,

contact

details can be obtained from the Citizens Advice Bureau.