淘金式 英语专业四级听力文本 test--02

Dictation

Bread-making

People made bread in different ways, / but the bread that’s made in Britain

contains five ingredients. / There’s water, flour of course, / and then there’s

salt, sugar and something called yeast./ A long time ago, people made bread

just from flour and water, / and their bread looked and tasted very different

from

the

bread

we

make

today./

It

was

a

different

shape---like

large

flat

biscuits, / and it was dark brown in colour. / But it was too heavy to digest. /

Then

the

Egyptians

discovered

that

yeast,/

which

is

a

kind

of

fungus,

will

make bread rise./ Well, in fact, if you look at a modern loaf of bread through a

microscope, / it

looks

a bit like

a sponge,

doesn’t it?

/

Full

of

little

holes.

/

Well, the holes make the bread lighter, of course, and easier to digest.

yeast

fungus

sponge

Conversations

1.

W: Did you have a good time last weekend?

M:

Yes,

I

did.

I

visited

some

friends

in

Pennsylvania.

They

live

in

a

small

town called Canonsburg.

W: That must have been interesting. I

’

ve never been in a small town

—

just big

cities.

M:

Neither have I.

W: What did you do?

M: There isn

’

t as much to do there as is here. No plays or concerts, that is,

people make their own entertainment, though.

W: What do you mean?

M: Well, Saturday we went to a

potluck supper

.

W: A potluck supper? What

’

s that?

M: The whole neighborhood has a party. Everybody brings something. It

’

s all

put

on

the

table

and

you

can

eat

whatever

you

like.

That

is

a

potluck

supper.

W: It

’

s something like a picnic, isn

’

t it?

M:

Well,

yes.

The

weather

was

warm,

so

we

had

this

one

outdoors.

But

in

winter they have them indoors, too.

W: What else did you do?

M:

Sunday we went for a drive. We had lunch at a drive-in

.

W: Is the countryside interesting?

M: Beautiful farmland. You

’

d like it.

W: I

’

m sure I would.

M: Sunday evening some people came for dinner. It was very informal

—

we

just sat around and talked. Just a nice Sunday night supper.

W: That

’

s the kind of evening I like. I don

’

t care for a formal dinner so much.

W: Neither do I.

potluck

家常便饭

potluck supp er

聚餐：每个客人都自带食物然后大家分而食之的一顿饭的

drive-in

免下车餐馆

, < /p>

免下车电影院

(

顾客可坐在自己的车上购 物、进餐、

看电影等等

)

Conversation 2

W: Today

’

s arts report is on Dan Parker of the American Indian Dance Theater.

Mr.

Parker,

I

understand

your

troupe

performs

traditional

music

and

dance

from

many

different

Native

American

cultures.

Can

you

give

us

some

ideas

of

some

of

the

dances

you

’

ll

be

doing

in

the

performance

tonight?

M: Certainly. We

’

ll be doing won-us-award dance. Originally it was a story

telling device to recount battles. Another is the grass dance, performed by

the plains Indians, where they actually flatten tall field grass to prepare it

for a ceremony.

W: Since your dancers are from many

different tribes, how can you be sure

the dances are done correctly?

M:

Everything

we

do

has

been

approved

by

the

elders

of

our

tribes.

That

’

s

partly

because

we

don

’

t

necessarily

know

each

other

’

s

styles

of

dances.

But it

’

s also because it

’

s hard to get complete agreement even within the

same tribe about exactly how the dance should be done.

W:

Anyone

who

attends

one

of

your

performances

will

notice

that

your

company

goes

to

a

lot

of

trouble

to

provide

detailed

explanations

of

the

origin

of

the

dances,

the

music,

the

costumes

and

so

forth.

Could

you

explain to our listeners why you do these?

M: Good question. Our explanations show that in our cultures, dance is ritual

rather than entertainment. We also want to make it clear to our

audience

that we are not performing any dances used for sacred ceremonies.

troupe

Conversation 3

M: I really appreciate your filling me in on yesterday

’

s lecture.

W: No problem. I thought you might want to go over it together. And anyway

it helps me review. Hope you

’

re feeling better now.

M: I am. Thanks. So, you said she talked about squid? Sounds a little strange.

W: Well, actually it was about the evolution of sea life

—

a continuation from

last

week.

The

octopus

and

the

squid

descended

from

earlier

creatures

with shells. They survived by shedding their shells

—

somewhere between

200 and 500 million years ago.

M:

That

’

s

a

pretty

long

span

of

time.

Some

squid

are

really

huge.

Can

you

imagine something that big if it still had a shell?

W:

Actually,

it

’

s

because

they

lost

their

shells

that

they

could

evolve

to

a

bigger size.

M:

Make

sense.

I

’

ve

read

about

fishermen

who

caught

squid

that

weighed

over a ton. Did she talk about how that happened?

W: Not really. But she did mention some unusual cases. In 1933 they caught a

squid in New Zealand

…

let

’

s see here. ..it was twenty-two yards long.

M: Remind me of all those stories of sea monsters.

W: Dr. Simpson thinks there are probably even larger ones that haven

’

t been

found because squid are intelligent and fast

—

so they can easily get away

from humans. Maybe some of those monster stories are true.

Section B Passages

Passage 1

Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second

World

War

is

the

country

’

s

impressive

population

growth.

For

every

three

Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada

’

s

population

passed

the

20

million

mark.

Most

of

this

surging

growth

came

from natural increase. The depression of the 1930

’

s and the war had held back

marriages,

and

the

catching-up

process

began

after

1945.

The

baby

boom