4+1听力口语MP3-语音 75

Part One听辨练习
A. Listen to these exchanges, paying particular attention to the intonation¹ of the question word. Then circle the correct response, a or b .
1. There was a big explosion² in Texas. Where?
a. In Texas. b. In Houston.
2. Someone broke something in my office yesterday. What?
　　a. My cup. b. My desk lamp.
3. I’ll meet you later this afternoon. When?
a. Later this afternoon. b. At four o’clock.
4. Guess what I just found! What?
　　a. A wallet. b. A twenty-dollar bill.
5. I happened to meet my former manager on the way home. Whom?
　　a. My former manager. b. A classmate.
6. I showed the prize to my mother. What?
　　a. The prize. b. Nothing.
7. They spent two nights near the seashore. How long?
　　a. Two nights. b. Two days.
8. The man in the corner is my boss. Who?
　　a. I didn’t know. b. My boss.
9. About a million people in our province are peasants³. Are what?
　　a. Young people. b. Peasants.
10. He advised me to go and see his sister. To see whom?
　　a. His sister. b. My sister.
B. Listen and repeat, paying attention to the intonation .
1. Is he studying English?
He’s studying Eskimo.
What? What’s he studying?
2. Where were you last Friday?
Where was I last Friday?
3. What were you doing just now?
What were we doing?
4. Who paid for the dinner?
Who paid? (I did, of course.)
5. Why have you brought your umbrella?
Why have I brought my umbrella?
6. How did you get here?
How did I get here?
7. He’s getting old.
What?
8. When did you go to the library?
When did I go to the library?
9. What did you think of the city?
What did I think of the city?
10. How many times did you go over your textbooks?
How many times did we go over our textbooks?
C. Listen to the intonation of the question words in the following exchanges .
Ask for information Ask for repetition⁴ 1. Marie lives in France now.
　　Where? In Paris. 2. Marie lives in France now.
　　Where? In France. 3. A friend of mine won a trip to New York.
　　Who?
　　Jim White. 4. Harriet Summeril won the annual⁵ art
　　contest.
　　Harriet who?
　　Summeril. Harriet Summeril. 5. She decided⁶ to do that by herself.
　　What?
　　Wash all the dirty clothes. 5. They came back very later last night,
　　about 23:00 o’clock.
　　When? About 23:00 o’clock.

D. First read these conversations. Then mark the rising arrow⁷ on those question words .
1. A: My car was stolen. 3. A: I was in Chicago last week.
B: When? B: When?
A: Just a few minutes ago. A: Last week.
B: When? B: When?
A: Just a few minutes ago. A: On Tuesday and Wednesday.
　　2. A: When are you leaving for Japan? 4. A: Where did you see him last?
B: Next month. B: In Georgia.
A: When? A: Where?
B: On the fourteenth. A: Where?
A: When? B: In Atlanta
B: On the fourteenth.
E. Read the following paragraph⁸, paying attention to the intonation .
Susie: I’m tired, Larry. Can we have a break?
Larry: What? You’re tired? But we just started about twenty minutes ago.
Susie: I know, but I’m really tired. My stomach feels funny.
Larry: What’s the matter? Didn’t you sleep well last night?
Susie: I was too excited to sleep last night. I didn’t go to sleep until quite late.
Larry: Then when did you go to sleep?
Susie: About 2 o’clock in the morning.
Larry: When? About 2 o’clock. Oh, Susie. Didn’t I tell you over and over again
　　that you wouldn’t be able to climb the mountain unless you got enough
　　sleep?
Susie: You did, but I can’t help it.
Larry: This is a one-day trip. We’ll have to keep going and try to reach the top
　　by noon or give up right now and go home. Which one do you choose?
Susie: Which one do I choose? I don’t want to give up, but I really feel tired.
Larry: So, make up your mind quickly. Whether to keep going or give up.
Susie: Let me think about it. What should I do? I think I will not give up.
Larry: (After a while) Can you go on now?
Susie: Don’t push me. What I need is to rest for a while.
Larry: I’m experienced⁹, Susie. We won’t be able to reach the top if you keep
　　asking for a break every ten minutes.
Susie: It won’t be long. It’s only several minutes.
Larry: It will last the whole journey. Take my word for it.
Susie: How can I take your word since I’m so tired? Further more this is the
　　first time I’ve ever climbed a mountain in my life. Don’t be so hard on
　　me.
Larry: Sorry, Susie....Well, we’ll keep going for a while and see how you can
　　take it. If you do feel ill, we’ll go home. We can always go climbing
　　mountains any time you like.
Susie: All right, Larry. Thanks. I’m sorry to spoil¹⁰ this journey.

1 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。

2 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

3 peasants   

农民(复数)

参考例句：

• the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 1381年的农民起义
• They advised the peasants on how to use the machine. 他们指导农民如何使用这台机器。

4 repetition   

n.重复；反复

参考例句：

• The perfomance improved with each repetition.演出每演一场都有改进。
• This degree of repetition is not found in any known language.这种重复程度在任何已知语言中都不曾出现。

5 annual   

adj.每年的；一年的；（植物）一年生的 n.年刊；一年生植物

参考例句：

• It's an annual report.这是年度报告。
• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 arrow   

n.箭，矢；箭状物，箭头符号

参考例句：

• He was shot in the shoulder with an arrow.他的肩膀被箭射中。
• The letter was nailed to the wall with an arrow.一支箭把信钉在了墙上。

8 paragraph   

n.段落，短评；vt.将…分段，分段落；vi.写短评

参考例句：

• Each paragraph begins on a new line.每段都另起一行。
• There's a paragraph on the matter in the paper.报纸对这件事有一短篇报道。

9 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

10 spoil   

n.战利品，赃物，奖品，掠夺，次品；vt.损坏，破坏，溺爱；vi.腐坏，掠夺

参考例句：

• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly,you'll spoil them.别把花束得这么紧，会弄坏的。
• Overacting will only spoil the effect.表演过火，效果反而不好。