英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Two

1.M:What will you do all day in the summer,Mary?

[00:05.17]W:I'm going to work with my father at the store.

[00:07.97]In the evening,I'll read books.On weekends,I'll go to the beach with my family.

[00:15.02]Q:What will Mary do weekdays?

[00:20.48]2.W:Let's look at the newspaper.Movie programms are usually on Page Five.

[00:29.13]M:Here it is."Summer in Paris" start at eight o'clock in the evening?

[00:36.26]Q:What is "Summer in Paris"likely to be?

[00:42.42]3.W:I have to stay in the kitchen.I don't want the food to burn.

[00:48.61]Would you please set the table?

[00:51.77]W:Sure,mother.

[00:53.86]Q:What are they doing?

[00:58.02]4.W:Must I catch a Number 5 bus to get there?

[01:03.69]M:No,you neendn't.A Number 16 bus will also take you to the hospital.

[01:10.19]Q:What do we learn from the conversation?

[01:13.85]5.M:Can you play chess with me today,Susan?

[01:19.02]W:No,I can't.I'm sorry.I have to help my mother.We're going to move tomorrow.

[01:26.57]Q:What's Susan going to do?

[01:30.85]6.W:I want to work here,but what will you pay me?

[01:37.02]M:We'll pay you 300 dollars a month now,and 350 dollars after three months.

[01:44.80]Q:How much will the woman earn for the second month?

[01:50.94]7.M:Can you tell me where the dean's office is?

[01:56.17]W:I'm on my way there myself,so I'll show you.

[02:00.32]Q:Where is the woman going?

[02:04.53]8.W:Could you give me something for the pain?

[02:09.20]I didn't get to sleep until four o'clcok this morning.

[02:13.28]M:This medicine is the strongest I can give you.

[02:17.53]Q:Where did this covnersation most likely take place?

[02:22.65]9.M:Are you going to teach after you graduate?

[02:27.83]W:Where did you get an idea like that?

[02:33.05]Q:What can be concluded¹ about the woman?

[02:38.22]10.W:Why don't you join us for a game of bridge?

[02:44.49]M:No,thanks.I'm not really in the mood for bridge this evening.

[02:49.61]Q:Why doesn't the man join them for the game?

[02:54.73]Passage One

[02:56.51]Some of the notebooks of young Washington²'s are now kept in the museum.

[03:02.18]They show that he was learning³ Latin⁴ and was fond of reading English novels.

[03:07.30]At school he seemed only to be interested in maths.

[03:10.96]In fact,his schooling⁵ was surprisingly short for a gentleman,and incomplete⁶.

[03:16.60]For unlike⁷ other young Virginian gentlemen of that day,he did not go to college of William and Mary in the Virginian capital.

[03:25.24]He received less formal education than some other early American presidents such as Adams,Jefferson and Madison.

[03:33.89]In later years,Washington probably regretted his lack of formal training.

[03:39.06]He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress,or on any subject that had nothing to do with practical⁸ matters.

[03:47.21]And because he never learned⁹ French and could not speak directly¹⁰ to the French leaders,

[03:52.44]he did not visit the country he admired so much.

[03:55.99]Thus,unlike Jefferson and Adams,he never reached Europe.

[04:01.71]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[04:06.83]11.Why didn't Washington go to college?

[04:12.97]12.Why did Washington never visit France?

[04:18.74]13.What is the main idea of the passage?

[04:23.97]Passage Two

[04:26.16]In 1954,the first work was begun on Disneyland.

[04:31.41]One year later,on July 17,1955,it was finished.

[04:37.58]This was the completion of a dream Walt Disney had had for twenty years.

[04:43.72]He had built it on a very flat piece of land.

[04:47.27]There had been nothing there except some fruit trees.

[04:52.02]The park includes many things that are unique.

[04:55.37]There are lots of things that children love to visit.

[04:58.97]And adults enjoy them almost as much.

[05:03.23]Main Street U.S.A.shows the United¹¹ States around 1900.

[05:08.35]Adventure land is in a tropical¹² setting¹³.

[05:11.51]It shows the jungles of Asia and Africa.

[05:15.12]For young children the most enjoyable place is probably Fantasyland.

[05:20.89]Older children have a great deal of fun at Tomorrowland.

[05:26.01]There are many other lands at Disneyland.

[05:29.25]It would be possible to spend several days at Disneyland and still not see everything.

[05:36.38]All of this was the result of the dream of one man.

[05:40.53]But Walt Disney was not satisfied¹⁴ with just one such place.

[05:45.65]He also made plans for Walt Disney World.

[05:48.89]This was built in Florida during the 1960's,

[05:53.04]It was the last great creation¹⁵ of Walt Disney.

[05:58.11]14.When was the Disneyland completed?

[06:04.30]15.When place do young children most enjoy ?

[06:11.49]16.What kind of land was Disneyland built on?

[06:18.67]Passage Three

[06:20.76]The law consists of a great many of rules,showing when and how far a man is likely to be punished,

[06:27.45]or to be made to hand over money or property¹⁶ to his neighbours,and so forth¹⁷.

[06:32.80]These rules are contained in books.

[06:35.86]A lawyer learns them mainly by reading books.

[06:40.01]He begins by doing little else than reading,and after he has prepared by,

[06:45.42]say three years' study to practice,still,all his lifelong¹⁸ and almost every day,

[06:51.82]he will be looking into books to read a little more than he already knows about some new questions which he has to answer.

[07:00.49]The power to use books,then,is a talent which the would_be lawyer ought to have.

[07:07.21]He ought to be very flexible¹⁹ and find to make it easy for him to collect ideas from printed words.

[07:14.39]He ought to be ready in finding²⁰ what a book contains,and something of an instinct²¹ for where to look for what he wants.

[07:23.56]But although this is the power of which he will first feel the need,it is not the most important.

[07:30.32]A lawyer does not study law to recite;he studies it to use it and act upon the rules which he has learned in real life.

[07:39.52]His business is to try cases in court and to advise men what to do in order to keep out or get out of trouble.

[07:48.17]He studies his books in order to advise and to try his cases in the right way.

[07:54.44]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[08:00.57]17.What does the man who wants to be a lawyer do after three years of reading?

[08:08.78]18.What ability should a would_be lawyer have?

[08:15.88]19.What is the main business of a lawyer?

[08:21.97]20.What is a good lawyer capable²² of doing?

1 concluded   

结束( conclude的过去式和过去分词 )； 得出结论； 断定； 推断出

参考例句：

• The report concluded that no substantive changes were necessary. 报告的结论是，无须作任何重大变更。
• He discussed business and concluded transactions with us on the spot. 他与我们谈判业务并当场成交。

2 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

3 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

4 Latin   

adj.拉丁的，拉丁语的，拉丁人的；n.拉丁语

参考例句：

• She learned Latin without a master.她无师自通学会了拉丁语。
• Please use only Latin characters.请仅使用拉丁文字符。

5 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

6 incomplete   

adj.不完全的，不完善的

参考例句：

• The building was left incomplete.那座楼没有完工就停下来了。
• His novel was incomplete when he died.他死的时候他的小说没有写完。

7 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。

8 practical   

adj.实际的，实践的；实用的，应用的；有实际经验的

参考例句：

• He is a practical person.他是位很讲实际的人。
• Your invention is clever,but not practical.你的发明很巧，但不实用。

9 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。

10 directly   

adv.直接地，径直地；马上，立即

参考例句：

• I will telephone you directly I hear the news.我一听到消息，马上打电话给你。
• She answered me very directly and openly.她非常坦率地、开门见山地答复了我。

11 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

12 tropical   

adj.热带的，热带的，炎热的

参考例句：

• You must grow these tropical flowers in a glasshouse.你必须把这些热带花卉种在温室里。
• This disease is widespread in tropical areas.这种疾病在热带地区蔓延很广。

13 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

14 satisfied   

adj.满意的，满足的；清偿过的；确信的，毫无疑问的v.使满意( satisfy的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• She's never satisfied with what she's got. 她对自己的所得从不感到满足。
• He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. 他脸上挂着得意扬扬的笑容。

15 creation   

n.创造，创造的作品，产物，宇宙，天地万物

参考例句：

• Language is the most important mental creation of man.语言是人类头脑最重要的产物。
• The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。

16 property   

n.财产，所有物，所有权，性质，特性，（小）道具

参考例句：

• He has made over his property to a hospital.他已将财产转交给了一家医院。
• Oil has the property of floating on water.油有浮在水上的特性。

17 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

18 lifelong   

adj.毕生的，终身的

参考例句：

• A childhood journey sparked his lifelong interest in railways.儿童时代的一次旅行引发了他对铁路持续终生的兴趣。
• A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.一失足成千古恨。

19 flexible   

adj.易曲的，灵活的，柔软的，能变形的，可通融的

参考例句：

• We need a foreign policy that is more flexible.我们需要一种更灵活的外交政策。
• We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well.我们既要有原则性，也要有灵活性。

20 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

21 instinct   

n.本能，直觉；生性，天性

参考例句：

• We all have a strong survival instinct.每个人都有强烈的求生本能。
• Birds learn to fly by instinct.鸟儿学飞是出于本能。

22 capable   

adj.有能力的，有才能的

参考例句：

• The new woman secretary was extremely clever and capable.这位新来的女秘书很是精明强干。
• Jim is capable at sports.吉姆擅长运动。