英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Nine

 

[00:00.00]1.W:Do you have a calculator¹ that you could lend me for a few days?

[00:06.11]I just have no idea where mine is.

[00:10.27]M:Well,yes,I have one.But actually my sister is using it now.

[00:16.33]Q:What do we learn from this conversation?

[00:21.50]2.W:I can't seem to wake up in the morning without coffee at breakfast.

[00:28.76]M:You know,I'm just like you except that I prefer tea.

[00:34.93]Q:What does the man mean?

[00:39.13]3.W:If the weather doesn't get any better,we may have to cancel our plans for this afternoon's picnic.

[00:48.33]M:Don't give up yet.The forecast says the clouds should clear up by mid² morning.

[00:54.49]Q:What are they going to do?

[00:58.70]4.W:My hand still hurts from falling on the ice yesterday.I wonder if I broke something.

[01:07.87]M:I'm no doctor,but it's not black and blue or anything.

[01:12.10]Maybe you just need to rest it for a few days.

[01:16.17]Q:What do we know about the woman?

[01:21.35]5.W:How many students took part in the Band Four exam last time?

[01:30.46]M:Well,let me see.400 had registered,but not all students showed up.

[01:36.57]I think there were 180 from Grade One and 178 from Grade Two.

[01:43.73]Q:How many students took part in the Band Four exam last time?

[01:50.39]6.M:Last week I went to New York on business,guess whom I met?

[01:57.19]It was Robert Williams.Do you still remember him?

[02:01.13]W:Yes.It's amazing,we haven't seen each other since our graduation.

[02:07.92]Q:Who is Robert Williams?

[02:12.13]7.M:I'm going to ask my neighbours to turn the music down,I can't concentrate on my paper.

[02:19.23]W:Do you really think it makes any difference to them?

[02:23.91]Q:What does the woman imply³?

[02:28.06]8.W:Mr.Taylor must have been joking when he said that he was going to quit his job.

[02:35.32]M:Don't be too sure.He told me that he was trying to sell his house.

[02:40.99]Q:What conclusion does the man want us to make?

[02:46.71]9.W:I'm worried about my jewelry⁴ business.I really thought I'd do better.

[02:55.33]M:At least you broke even.That's better than most people do in their first year.

[03:01.58]Q:What can be inferred⁵ from the conversation?

[03:07.64]10.W:I love sailing on the lake.

[03:12.26]It's so refreshing⁶ to feel the wind in my hair and the water on my face.

[03:17.43]M:I guess I would feel the same way,if I could swim.

[03:22.06]Q:What do we know about the man?

[03:26.68]Passage one

[03:29.79]In the United States,it is not customary⁷ to telephone some one very early in the morning.

[03:37.00]If you telephone him early in the day,while he is shaving or having breakfast,

[03:43.16]it shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate⁸ attention.

[03:49.28]The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00P.M.

[03:54.53]If someone receives a call during sleeping hours,he assumes⁹ it's a matter of life and death.

[04:01.68]The time chosen for the call indicates its importance.

[04:06.86]In social life,time plays a very important part.

[04:11.53]In the United States guests tend to feel they are not highly¹⁰ regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended¹¹ only three or four days before the party date.

[04:23.78]But it is not true in all countries.

[04:26.89]In other areas of the world,it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance ,

[04:34.05]because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten.

[04:40.11]The meaning of time differs in different parts of the world.

[04:44.79]Thus,misunderstandings can arise between people from cultures that treat time differently.

[04:52.49]Promptness is highly valued in American life,for example,if people are not prompt,they may be regarded as impolite or not truly responsible.

[05:05.19]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[05:11.85]11.What would it mean if you phone somebody deep at night?

[05:18.98]12.In what aspect of life does time play an important role according to the passage?

[05:28.18]13.Why can misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures according to this passage?

[05:39.28]Passage Two

[05:41.39]The oldest stone building in the world are the pyramids.

[05:46.59]They have stood for nearly 5,000 years,and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet.

[05:55.71]There are over eighty of them scattered¹² along the banks of the Nile,

[05:59.84]some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids.

[06:03.99]The most famous of these are the "Stop "pyramid and the "Both"pyramid.

[06:10.65]Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago.

[06:17.31]Most of the damage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or,

[06:22.93]more often,for stone to use in modern buildings.

[06:27.19]The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids,and their very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin.

[06:36.36]These are good reasons why they can still be seen today,

[06:40.46]but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last for ever.

[06:46.67]It is practically¹³ certain that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works¹⁴ have fortunately been preserved.

[06:55.87]However,there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves.

[07:04.57]Consequently,we are only able to guess at the methods used.

[07:08.75]Nevertheless,by examining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found,

[07:14.96]archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.

[07:19.61]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[07:25.34]14.Why do some pyramids remain well preserved?

[07:31.50]15.What has caused the most damage to the pyramids?

[07:38.58]16.Why do we have a clear picture of how pyramids were built?

[07:45.66]Passage Three

[07:47.88]Many primitive¹⁵ peoples believed that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves.

[07:57.05]They thought,for example,that eating deer would make them run as fast as the deer.

[08:04.15]Some primitive tribes¹⁶ believed that eating enemies that had shown bravery in battle would make them brave.

[08:12.33]Man_eating may have started because people were eager to become as strong and brave as their enemies.

[08:20.56]Among civilized¹⁷ people it was once thought that ginger¹⁸ root by some magical power could improve the memory.

[08:29.13]Eggs were thought to make the voice pretty.

[08:32.34]Tomatoes also were believed to have magical powers.

[08:36.91]They were called love apples and were supposed to make people who ate them fall in love.

[08:43.02]Later another wrong idea about tomatoes grew up__the idea that they were poisonous.

[08:50.70]How surprised the people who thought tomatoes poisonous would be if they could know that millions of pounds of tomatoes were supplied to soldiers overseas during World War II.

[09:03.87]Even today there are a great many wrong ideas about food.

[09:08.47]Some of them are very widespread.

[09:13.27]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[09:19.44]17.What does the passage seem to be talking about?

[09:26.62]18.Why did some primitive tribes eat enemies according to the passage?

[09:35.71]19.What was once thought to have magical power to improve memory?

[09:43.84]20.What will the speaker probably talk about next?

1 calculator   

n.计算者，计算机

参考例句：

• Don't forget to bring your calculator that day.那天你可别忘了带计算器。
• I totaled my expenses with a calculator. 我用计算器算出开支的总金额。

2 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

3 imply   

vt.暗示；意味着

参考例句：

• Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.快活并不总是意味着幸福。
• What did she imply in her words?她的话意味着什么？

4 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

5 inferred   

v.推断( infer的过去式和过去分词 )；间接地提出；暗示；意指

参考例句：

• Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context. 大部分含意必须从上下文中推断。
• I inferred this fact from the evidence I have gathered. 我根据收集到的证据推论出这件事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

7 customary   

adj.习惯上的，惯常的，合乎习俗的

参考例句：

• He makes his customary visit every week.他每星期都按照惯例造访一次。
• It is customary with me to do so.这样做是我的习惯。

8 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

9 assumes   

取得（权力）( assume的第三人称单数 )； 假设； 假定； 呈现

参考例句：

• The motion of matter always assumes certain forms. 物质的运动总是表现为一定的形式。
• It is usually the woman who assumes overall care of the baby. 通常由女性负责照顾孩子的方方面面。

10 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。

11 extended   

adj.延伸的；伸展的；延长的；扩大的v.延伸(extend的过去式和过去分词)；伸展；延长

参考例句：

• an extended lunch hour 延长了的午餐时间
• France has greatly extended its influence in world affairs. 在世界事务中，法国的影响已大大地扩大了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

13 practically   

adv.差不多；几乎；实际地，从实际角度

参考例句：

• He solved the problem very practically.他很实事求是地解决了这个问题。
• She's practically always late for school.她上学几乎总是迟到。

14 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

15 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

16 tribes   

n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群

参考例句：

• tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

18 ginger   

n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气

参考例句：

• There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
• Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。