大学英语四级考试巅峰听力MP3与字幕文本下载 Track 14

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[00:00.87]Passage One

[00:02.84]The floor of the ocean contains many riches

[00:06.88]that can be used by human beings.

[00:09.62]Oil and some chemicals and minerals

[00:13.23]are already taken from the sea.

[00:15.86]By using nuclear energy, ocean water

[00:20.45]can be turned into fresh water by removing the salt.

[00:24.94]Producing food from farms under the sea

[00:29.20]is a possibility in the future.

[00:32.26]Food grown in the sea could help solve the problem

[00:36.64]of many of the world's people who go hungry every day.

[00:41.13]About ten to fifteen percent

[00:44.76]of the world's people do not have enough food.

[00:48.70]Some scientists believe

[00:51.65]that some day the sea will be used to make electric power.

[00:56.58]This would help meet the need for more power

[01:00.73]for world's industries.

[01:03.14]The decreasing supply of coal, oil and gasoline¹

[01:08.17]shows that the need to find new kinds of power is urgent².

[01:15.72]Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[01:21.19]1. According³ to the talk, what does the sea contain?

[01:43.52]2. What can be used to remove salt

[01:49.76]from ocean water to get fresh water?

[02:08.25]3. Why is the need to find new kind of power urgent?

[02:32.30]Passage Two

[02:35.59]I persuaded my uncle to let me have a bicycle

[02:39.52]at the beginning of the summer holidays.

[02:42.05]My aunt was against it,

[02:44.58]saying I would only break my neck,

[02:47.31]but she at last gave in.

[02:49.83]I ordered it before school ended,

[02:52.89]and a few days later

[02:54.42]I was the owner of a beautiful new bicycle.

[02:57.70]I decided⁴ to learn to ride it by myself,

[03:01.42]and my classmates had told me that

[03:04.04]they had learned⁵ in about half an hour.

[03:06.78]I tried and tried, and at last came to the conclusion

[03:11.16]that I was unusually stupid,

[03:13.62]but even after my pride was hurt enough

[03:17.24]for me to allow the gardener to hold me up,

[03:20.30]I seemed at the end of the first morning

[03:23.08]no nearer to being able to get on by myself

[03:26.91]than at the beginning.

[03:28.57]Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[03:34.61]4. What is the story mainly about?

[03:56.39]5. Why wouldn't the boy's aunt have him riding a bicycle?

[04:17.58]6. Which of the following statements⁶ is true?

[04:39.93]Passage Three

[04:41.90]Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise.

[04:47.27]If you have the wish and really make a conscious⁷ effort,

[04:51.75]then you can quite easily

[04:53.66]improve your ability to remember things.

[04:56.93]But even if you are successful,

[05:00.12]there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

[05:04.82]Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen.

[05:09.86]One morning last week, for example,

[05:13.90]I got up and found

[05:15.77]that I had left the front door unlocked⁸ all night,

[05:19.05]yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

[05:23.32]Memory “tricks” work the other way as well.

[05:28.56]Once in a while you remember not doing something

[05:32.83]and then find out that you did.

[05:35.46]One day last month, for example,

[05:38.74]I was sitting in a barber⁹ shop

[05:40.92]waiting for my turn to get a haircut¹⁰,

[05:43.66]and suddenly I realized that I got a haircut two days before

[05:49.14]at the barber shop across the street from my office.

[05:52.74]We always seem to find something funny and amusing¹¹ in incidents¹²

[05:59.64]caused by people's forgetfulness¹³ or absent mindedness.

[06:03.69]Stories about absent-minded¹⁴ professors have been told for years,

[06:09.92]and we never get tired of hearing new ones.

[06:13.54]Unfortunately, however, absentmindedness is not always funny.

[06:20.21]There are times when “tricks”of our memory

[06:23.49]can cause us great trouble.

[06:26.99]Questions 7 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[06:34.53]7. What should we do if we want to have a good memory

[06:40.32]according to the passage?

[06:57.66]8. Which of the following statements is true

[07:03.68]according to the passage?

[07:21.54]9. What can we infer¹⁵ from the passage?

[07:42.31]10. What can be learned from the passage?

1 gasoline   

n.(美)汽油

参考例句：

• This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
• There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。

2 urgent   

a.紧急的，急迫的，紧要的

参考例句：

• He asked to see the manager for something urgent. 他有急事求见经理。
• A part of this urgent task was allotted to us. 这项紧急任务的一部分分给了我们。

3 according   

adj.按照，根据

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.今年我们必须学会量入为出。

4 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。

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

6 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。

7 conscious   

adj.有意识的，自觉的；有意识的，神志清醒的

参考例句：

• I was not conscious of having made a mistake.我没意识到犯了错误。
• He is badly hurt but still conscious.他伤得很重，不过神志还清醒。

8 unlocked   

v.开锁( unlock的过去式和过去分词 )；开启；揭开；开着，解开

参考例句：

• Don't leave your desk unlocked. 请不要忘记锁好办公桌。
• On no account should you leave the door unlocked. 你无论如何也不应该不锁门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 barber   

n.理发员，美容师

参考例句：

• She asked the barber to crop her hair short.她叫理发师把她的头发剪短了。
• My Mum took me to the barber's.我妈带我理发去了。

10 haircut   

n.理发，剪发的方式

参考例句：

• Get yourself a haircut!快去理个发吧！
• He is going to have a haircut.他要去理发。

11 amusing   

adj.有有趣的，好玩的

参考例句：

• The girl was amusing herself with a doll.那女孩在玩洋娃娃自娱。
• He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.他向孩子们述说了他少年时代的一些趣事。

12 incidents   

发生的事( incident的名词复数 )； 小插曲； 敌对行动； 骚乱

参考例句：

• They ingeniously conflated other characters and incidents to provide an opera-comique setting. 他们巧妙地把一些人物或事件揉合到一起编出一幕喜剧。
• These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police. 这些事件会严重影响对警方的支持。

13 forgetfulness   

健忘；忘性

参考例句：

• The lovers roamed around the fields in complete forgetfulness of time. 这对情侣漫步于田野，完全忘记了时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I'msorry I didn't answer your letter-I can only plead forgetfulness. 对不起没有给你回信，对此我只能以忘记作为托词。 来自辞典例句

14 absent-minded   

adj.心不在焉的

参考例句：

• You are really absent-minded.你真是心不在焉！
• He had an absent-minded manner.他表现出心不在焉的样子。

15 infer   

vt.推论，推断；猜想

参考例句：

• People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实。
• From your smile I infer that you're pleased.从你的笑容，我断定你很高兴。