英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Four

[00:00.00]1.W:Hi,Frank.What are you up to?Is that really a French grammar book?

[00:08.12]M:Well,I'm trying to teach myself some French.

[00:11.39]For I want to go to Paris next semester.

[00:13.87]I don't want to sound like just another tourist.

[00:18.00]Q:What do we learn from this conversation?

[00:23.17]2.M:I notice that you don't buy your lunch in the dining_hall any more.

[00:29.34]W:The food is not as good as it was before,so I'd rather bring lunch from home.

[00:35.50]Q:What do we know about the woman?

[00:39.63]3.M:I know Linda played the piano,but I didn't know she plays the guitar.

[00:46.79]W:Neither did I.It seems she just picked it up on her own over this summer.

[00:53.94]Q:What does the woman mean?

[00:58.07]4.W:It's five already.I suppose the meeting will be postponed¹ to 5:30.

[01:06.14]M:Well,the secretary said something unexpected happened.

[01:10.32]The meeting will begin in 15 minutes.

[01:14.06]Q:When will the meeting begin?

[01:18.18]5.M:Miss White,are you sure this is the man you saw last night in the bank?

[01:24.92]Now look at him again and this is very important.

[01:28.45]W:I'm absolutely sure about him.

[01:32.08]Q:What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?

[01:38.30]6.M:How were their talks going?Have they reached an agreement?

[01:45.46]W:They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for further talks.

[01:51.62]Q:What can we infer from the conversation?

[01:56.90]7.W:I'm getting worried about Jennifer.

[02:01.55]All she talks about these days is her volleyball team and all she does is practice.

[02:08.24]M:Her grades will fall for sure.

[02:11.45]Let's try to find her after dinner and talk about the problem with her.

[02:16.52]Q:What are the speakers probably going to tell Jennifer?

[02:22.79]8.W:I must admit that since I started the exercises I've been feeling less tired.

[02:31.90]M:What did I tell you?

[02:34.07]Q:What does the man mean?

[02:38.25]9.W:Have you saved enough to buy that new printer for your computer yet?

[02:45.41]M:You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately.Maybe next month.

[02:52.67]Q:What do we know about the man?

[02:57.79]10.M:We need a fourth player tennis this morning.Do you want to join us?

[03:03.90]W:I've got a class at 9.But Carol is free and she is really good.

[03:10.07]Q:What does the woman suggest the man do?

[03:15.29]Psychologists have found that only about two percent of adults use their creativity,

[03:20.99]compared with ten percent of seven_year_old children.

[03:25.11]When five_year_olds were tested,the results rose to ninety percent!

[03:31.33]Curiosity and originality² are daily occurrences³ for the small child,

[03:36.19]but somehow most of us lose the freedom and flexibility⁴ of the child as we grow older.

[03:42.64]The need to 'follow directions'and 'do_it_right'plus the many social constraints⁵ we put on ourselves,

[03:50.97]prevent us from using our creative potential.

[03:55.00]It is never too late to tap our creative potential.

[03:58.71]Some of us,however,find it difficult to think in imaginative⁶ and flexible ways because of our set pattern of approaching problems.

[04:08.32]When we are inflexible⁷ in our approach to situations,we close our minds to creative possibilities.

[04:16.55]Being creative doesn't necessarily mean being a genius.

[04:20.73]It means looking at situations in a new way or putting something together in a new form that makes sense.

[04:28.43]Spontaneity is one of the key elements of creativity.

[04:32.56]If you were to ask someone,'What's half of eight?'and received the answer'Zero',you might laugh and say'That's wrong!'

[04:41.18]But the figure 8 can be visualized⁹ as two zeros,one on top of the other;it can also be seen as two 3's standing¹⁰ face to face.

[04:51.94]The ability to visualize⁸ our environment in new ways opens our perspective and allows us to make all kinds of discoveries.

[05:00.17]If each of us asked the question'Why 'more often and investigated'other'alternatives to problem solving,

[05:07.72]our lives would be more interesting and exciting.

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 originality   

n.创造力，独创性；新颖

参考例句：

• The name of the game in pop music is originality.流行音乐的本质是独创性。
• He displayed an originality amounting almost to genius.他显示出近乎天才的创造性。

3 occurrences   

n.发生( occurrence的名词复数 )；出现；事件；发生的事

参考例句：

• Newspapers record the chief occurrences of the day. 报纸报道了当天发生的大事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• None of these occurrences should be considered as errors. 这些现象没有一个应该被看做错误。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

5 constraints   

强制( constraint的名词复数 )； 限制； 约束

参考例句：

• Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
• What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 imaginative   

adj.富有想象力的，爱想象的

参考例句：

• The imaginative child made up fairy stories.这个想像力丰富的孩子自己编神话故事。
• Scott was an imaginative writer.司格特是位富于想象力的作家。

7 inflexible   

adj.不可改变的，不受影响的，不屈服的

参考例句：

• Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
• The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。

8 visualize   

vt.使看得见，使具体化，想象，设想

参考例句：

• I remember meeting the man before but I can't visualize him.我记得以前见过那个人，但他的样子我想不起来了。
• She couldn't visualize flying through space.她无法想像在太空中飞行的景象。

9 visualized   

直观的，直视的

参考例句：

• I had visualized scientists as bearded old men. 我曾经把科学家想像成长满胡子的老人。
• "I visualized mangled and inadequate branches for my fires. 我想像中出现了砍得乱七八糟的树枝子，供不上壁炉烧的。 来自名作英译部分

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。