2001年1月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案（在线收听）

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11.M: Today is a bad day for me; I fell off a step and twisted my

ankle.

   W: Don't worry, usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop

regular activity for a while.

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

12. W: May I see your ticket please? I think you are sitting in my

seat.

   M: Oh, you are right. My seat is in the balcony. I'm terribly

sorry.

   Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?

13. W: Did you hear Mr. Smith died in his sleep last night?

   M: Yes, it's very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants

to, may attend the funeral.

   Q: What are the speakers talking about?

14. M: Have you taken Professor Young's exam before? I'm kind of

nervous.

W: Yes, just concentrate on the important ideas she's talked about in

class and ignore the details.

Q: How does the woman suggest the man prepare for Professor Young's

exam?

15. W: I'm so sorry sir, and you'll let me pay to have your jacket

cleaned, won't you?

   M: That's all right, it could happen to anyone. And I'm sure that

coffee doesn't leave lasting marks on clothing.

   Q: What can we infer from the conversation? www.hxen.com

16. W: Have you seen the movie the departed? The plot was so

complicated that I really got lost.

   M: Yeah, I felt the same, but after I saw it a second time, I could

put all the pieces together.

   Q: How did the two speakers find the movie?

17. M: I'm really surprised you got an "A" on the test. You didn't

seem to have done a lot of reading.

   W: Now you know why I never missed a lecture.

Q: What contributes to the woman's high score?

18. W: Have you heard about a new digital television system? It lets

people get about 500 channels.

   M: Yeah, but I doubt they'll have anything different from what we 

watch now.

   Q: What does the man mean?

Conversation One

W: Gosh! Have you seen this Richard?

M: Seeing what?

W: In the paper, it says there's a man going round pretending he's

from the electricity board. He's been calling at people's homes,

saying he's come to check that all their appliances are safe. Then he

gets around them to make him a cup of tea and while they are out of

the room, he steals their money, handbag, whatever and makes off with

it.

M: But you know Jane, it's partly their own fault. You should never

let anyone like that in unless you are expecting them. source:

Hxen.com

W: It's all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and

says electricity or gas, and you automatically think they are ok,

especially if they flash a card to you.

M: Does this man have an I. D. then?

W: Yes, that's just it! It seems he used to work for the electricity

board at one time. According to the paper, the police are warning

people, especially pensioners not to admit anyone unless they have an

appointment. It's a bit sad. One old lady told them she'd just been to

the post office to draw her pension when he called. She said he must

have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.

M: But what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.

W: Oh, yes, they have. Let's see. In his thirties, tall, bushy dark

hair, slight northern accent, sounds a bit like you actually.

Q19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper? (A

theft case)

Q20. How did the man mentioned in the newspaper try to win further

trust from the victims? www.Hxen.com

(Flashing his I.D. to them)

Q21. What is the warning from the police?( not to admit anyone unless

they have an appointment)

Q22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?(Her

pension has been stolen by the man)

Conversation Two

M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about your first job with hotel

marketing concepts?

W: Yes certainly. I was a marketing consultant, responsible for

marketing ten UK hotels. They were all luxury hotels in the leisure

sector, all of a very high standard.

M: Which markets were you responsible for?

W: For Europe and Japan.

M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been

to Japan?

W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key

people in the tourist industry, the big tour operators and tourist

organizations. As I speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.

M: Yes, of course. Have you had any contact with Japan in your present

job?

W: Yes, I've had a lot. The truth is I have become very popular with

the Japanese, both for holidays and for business conferences. In fact,

the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has

increased a lot recently.

M: Really, I'm interested to hear more about that, but first, tell me,

have you ever traveled on a luxury train? The Orient Express, for

example.

W: No I haven't, but I have traveled on a glacier express to

Switzerland and I traveled across China by train about 8 years ago. I

love train travel. That's why I'm very interested in this job.

Q23. What did the woman do in her first job?(marketing consultant)

Q24. What gave the woman an advantage during her business trip in

Japan?(She can speak Japanese)

Q25. Why is the woman applying for the new job? (She loves train

travel.)

Compound dictation

We're now witnessing the emergence of the advanced economy based on

information and knowledge. Physical labor, raw materials and capital

are no longer the key ingredients in the creation of wealth. Now the

vital raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow's wealth

depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. And individuals

entering the work force offer their knowledge, not their muscles.

Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to

learn. Knowledge workers engage in mind work. They deal with symbols,

words, figures, and data.

What does all this mean for you?

As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be generating,

processing as well as exchanging information. Currently, three out of

four jobs involve some form of mind work. And that number will

increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike will be

making decisions in such areas as product development, quality

control, and customer satisfaction.

In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant

training to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with

improved technologies and procedures.

You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone

are the nine to five jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions,

and even the conventional workplace as you're familiar with. Don't

expect the companies will provide you with a clearly defined career

path, and don't wait for some one to empower you. You have to empower

yourself.  HxEn.com

Passage one:

Time

I think a lot about time and not just because it's the name of the

news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time or

the lack of it, are never ending frustration and an unwinable battle.

My every day is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to

win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint, according to the families

and work institutes, national study of the changing work force, 55% of

the employees say they don't have enough time for themselves, 63%

don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67% don't

have enough time for their children. It's also not a new complaint. I

bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and

gathering nuts, and complained about how little time they had to paint

battle scenes on their cave walls. The difference is that the boss of

the animal hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to

"Shut up!" or "No survival for you!" Today's workers are still

demanding control over their time, the difference is: today's bosses

are listening. I've been reading a report issued today called When

Work Works, produced jointly by 3 organizations. They set out to find

and award the employers who employ the most creative and most

effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report

worth reading and suggest every boss should read it for ideas.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What is the speaker complaining about?

   He's in a hurry to work everyday and doesn't have enough spare

time.

27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?

   They were busy with finding food outside in order to survive.

28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the 3

organizations?

Because this report may help them keep their most creative and

effective workers working without too much complaint.

Passage 2

Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you

get. The more you want to give, Penalapy Leach once said. What she

said proves to be true of my blended family. I was born in 1931as the

youngest of 6 children, I learn to share my parents' love. Raising 6

children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its

toll on my parents' relationship and resulted in their divorce when I

was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close relationships with his

children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorce.

Several years later, a wonderful woman came into his life, and they

were married. She had 2 sons. One of them is still at home. Under her

influence we became a blended family and a good relationship developed

between the 2 families. She always treated us as if we were her own

children. It was because of our other mother, daddy's second wife,

that he became closer to his own children. They shared over 25 years

together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, the

question came up of my mother, daddy's first wife, attending his

funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my

stepmother, when I asked her if she would object to mother attending

daddy's funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately

replied, "of course not, honey, she is the mother of my children."

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you've just heard.

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29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents'

divorce?

   The difficult time of the Great Depression

30. What brought his father closer to his children?

   A wonderful woman, his stepmother

31. What message does the speaker want to convey in this talk?

Unconditional love may contribute greatly to keeping closer

relationship between family members.

Passage three

In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the

owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart

attack. His family announced that they were going to close the

business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked

pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want-ads each day. Then one

morning, as I was hanging out "Going out of Business" sign at the

greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an

office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park

on the edge of town. She was looking for petite plants to place in the

reception areas and offices. "I don't know anything about plants," she

said. "I'm sure in a few weeks they'll all be dead." Why was I helping

her select her purchases? My mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a

dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and

there were several hundred more acres with construction under way.

That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that

evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants

from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked

out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner's family.

Business is now increasing rapidly.

And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.

32．What do we learn about the greenhouse?

It is a place where we can buy plants.

33.  What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one

morning?

He just finish making a phone call.

34   What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?

He does not know for sure why he helps her

35. What was the speaker's hope for the future?

He hopes to be the proud owner of the green house.