英语四级CET4备战之听力第17期 Passage

Passage 2 （93年6月）

15

A He missed the appointment¹

B He arrived late

C He was sick

D He was very busy

16

A He was busy sightseeing

B He couldn’t reach Mr. Jordan’s office

C He didn’t want to see Mr. Jordan any more

D He didn’t want to take the trouble making it

17

A The trip didn’t to any good to his health

B The trip was a complete disappointment²

C The trip was enjoyable³ but not fruitful⁴ in terns of business

D The trip helped him meet many interesting people

原文

I flew to San Francisco to take care of some business with Mr. Jordan. But as soon as I arrived, I got sick and couldn't meet with him. I had to call our appointment off, Then, when I felt better I thought about visiting him at his home, but he lived too far away. I tried to telephone him during office hours, but he was busy. The receptionist⁵ said that Mr. Jordan would call me back, but he didn't. I gave up trying to make a new appointment because it'wou1d take more time and effort⁶ than I wanted to spend. A few days later, I saw a man on the street who looked like Mr. Jordan, and I called out to him. It was someone else. When I returned to my hotel that day, I found a message, which said that Mr. Jordan had gone out of town on some sudden⁷ unexpected⁸ business, I was sorry I had missed seeing him , but I really enjoyed my sightseeing in San Francisco.

Question

15 Why couldn't the speaker meet Mr. Jordan when he got to San Francisco?

16 Why did the speaker give up making another appointment?

17 What do we learn from the story?

答案与分析

15 C 这句的考点是第二句话“But as soon as I arrived, I got sick and couldn't meet with him.”。 这里but是一个转折提示词，as soon as是一个时间提示词。连续两个很重要的提示词，提示了考点的出现。Sick这个词在C选项中又是原词复现，当然就是正确选项。

16 D 这句的考点在I gave up trying to make a new appointment because it'wou1d take more time and effort than I wanted to spend。 这里because 是一个明显的原因项提示词，应该不难听出。但问题是选项对应有点困难，我们必须理解这个句子。他说因为我不想再花更多的时间和努力了。言下之意也就是嫌太麻烦了，和D选项是一个近义复现。

17 C 这是一个考主题的问题，考点不一般不再开头就在结尾。这里是在结尾I was sorry I had missed seeing him , but I really enjoyed my sightseeing in San Francisco. 没有见到他很遗憾，但在San Francisco 的观光还是很开心的。对应了C选项。这句原文有一个but小词，选项中也只有C项有一个but小词，所以对应还是非常完美的。

1 appointment   

n.约会，指定

参考例句：

• I have an appointment with him at four o'clock.我和他四点钟有个约会。
• They made an appointment for the second day of May.他们在五月二号有个约会。

2 disappointment   

n.失望，挫折；令人失望的事

参考例句：

• The disappointment was cruel.失望是令人痛苦的。
• She couldn't hide her disappointment.她无法掩饰自己失望的情绪。

3 enjoyable   

adj.愉快的；有趣的

参考例句：

• We had a most enjoyable evening.我们度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚。
• We want to make your stay as enjoyable as possible.我们想尽量令你的逗留愉快。

4 fruitful   

adj.有收获的，富有成效的

参考例句：

• Our return with fruitful results to the city surprised them.我们满载而归回到城里，这使他们很是惊奇。
• The work will be more fruitful under this plan.按照这一方案，做这工作将更有成效。

5 receptionist   

n.接待，接待员

参考例句：

• The girl is a receptionist of the Beijing Hotel.这个女孩是北京饭店的前台接待员。
• Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.让接待员把你的电话接到我房间。

6 effort   

n.努力，艰难的尝试

参考例句：

• I will make every effort to arrive on time.我将尽一切努力准时到达。
• There isn't much time ahead,so we should redouble our effort.来日无多，须加倍努力。

7 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

8 unexpected   

adj.想不到的，意外的

参考例句：

• I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒，用来招待不速之客。
• His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。