专四英语TEM-4听力试题分析[4]_专业四级

part ii dictation [15 min.]

listen to the following passage. altogether the passage will be read to you four times. during the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. for the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. the last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. you will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

please write the whole passage on answer sheet two.

part iii listening comprehension (20 min)

in sections a, b and c you will hear everything once only. listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.

section a statement

in this section you will hear nine statements. at the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.

1. why does jenny ask her friend to translate the letter?
a. because she can not understand it.
b. because she has a headache.
c. because she has no time to do it.
d. because her friend offers to do it.

2. what makes people amazed?
a. he always ranks the first in the examinations because he studies very late.
b. he never gets the first place in the examinations though he stays up late.
c. he never gets the first place in the examinations because he never studies late.
d. despite the fact that he never stays up late, he almost always gets the first place in the examinations.

3. what does the speaker mean?
a. it is quite easy for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
b. it is hard for the boy to sit still for the afternoon.
c. the boy has nothing to do but sit still for the whole afternoon.
d. it's quite common for the boy to sit still.

4. what does the speaker mean?
a. mary raised a question after the class.
b. mary questioned her classmates just before the class was over.
c. it is questionable that whether classes should be dismissed earlier.
d. it is impossible to dismiss classes 5 minutes earlier.

5. when must one check in to board flight 324?
a. 1:00 p.m.
b. 12:30 a.m.
c. 11:30 a.m.
d. 10:30 a.m.

6. what did jason do?
a. he visited london with his roommate.
b. he went to london to visit his former roommate.
c. he met his former roommate unexpectedly.
d. he paid a visit to his former college.

7. what can we infer about susie?
a. she has grasped both water color painting and oil painting.
b. she has studied oil paintings superficially.
c. her water color paintings are unique.
d. her oil paintings have been scratched.

8. what do we know about charles?
a. he was at the top in acting in college.
b. he was the second-best student actor in college.
c. acting was his second favorite subject in college.
d. no one liked his acting in college.

9. what does the speaker mean?
a. all his novels are equally valuable.
b. his first two novels are better than the third one.
c. his third novel is much more valuable than his first two.
d. his third novel is thicker than his first two.

section b conversation

in this section, you will hear eight short conversations between two speakers. at the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.

10. how many american soldiers have died in the wars since 1900?
a. 500,000.
b. 10,000,000.
b. 400,000
d. 2,000,000.

11. what time will they get home as planned?
a. around 6 p.m.
b. around 7 p.m.
c. around 7:30 p.m.
d. around 8:30 p.m.

12. what is the woman's job?
a. saleswoman.
b. secretary.
c. hotel receptionist.
d. waitress.

13. which city are they talking about?
a. manchester.
b. edinburgh.
c. london.
d. glasgow.

14. what is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
a． man and wife.
b. professor and student.
c. customer and waitress.
d. colleagues.

15. what was the weather like last friday?
a. warm and dry.
b. cold and wet.
c. dry but cold.
d. warm but wet.

16. what does the woman mean about her husband?
a. he gives up smoking.
b. he never listens to her.
c. she doesn't care whether her husband smokes.
d. she will go out if her husband smokes.

17．what does the man do?
a. he is a plumber.
b. he is a construction worker.
c. he is an engineer.
d. he is a porter.

section c news broadcast

questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news item. at the end of the news item you will be give

  

n 20 seconds to answer the following two questions.

now listen to the news.

18. what can we learn about rivers in australia?
a. rivers run higher than usual.