决胜四级听力必备 unit15

Section A
[00:01.28]1. W: Let's have a look at the men.
[00:04.28]What can you recommend¹ - that's fast and good?
[00:07.94]M: That sounds fine. I'll have mine rare².
[00:11.02]Q: What are they talking about?
[00:13.90]2. M:I hate them.I'm sure I've got a low IQ.
[00:18.36]W: Oh,cheer up!We didn't do too badly.
[00:21.63]The fellow next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper and looked at it for three hours.
[00:27.09]He didn't write a word.
[00:28.79]Q: What are they talking about?
[00:32.29]3.M: What did you think of your English test?
[00:36.00]W: I was expecting it to be easy.
[00:38.37]But at the end of the first hour.
[00:40.54]I was still on the first page.
[00:43.34]Q: What can we conclude³ from the above conversation?
[00:48.61]4. M: What's it going to be like this afternoon.
[00:52.14]I'd like to hear about those warm days and cool nights they promised us.
[00:56.61]W: He says it's going to be in the high sixties,cloudy and cool.
[01:01.20]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:05.59]5. M: Listen,I've got an idea.
[01:08.65]Let's go to a drive-in as we used to in the old days.
[01:12.33]W: Why should we freeze in our own comfortable jalopy,
[01:15.47]when we could be lounging⁴ in some plush theater?
[01:18.86]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:22.65]6. M: Ranger,thanks for taking the time to give us those tips.
[01:27.51]W: Not at all. Watch out for the bear.
[01:29.94]Don't leave any food around
[01:32.21]or you're liable⁵ to have an unwanted visitor.
[01:34.90]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:38.12]7. M: Do you want airmail⁶ or regular?
[01:41.72]W: Airmail.They're for overseas,France.
[01:45.01]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:48.51]8. W: Do you want a day course or an eveing course?
[01:48.62]M: Well,it will have to be an evening course since I work during the day.
[01:53.06]Q: What are they talking about?
[01:56.77]9. M: Do you prefer a one-storey⁷ or two - storey house?
[02:01.79]W: One-story,I think because there are no stairs to climb.
[02:06.17]Q: What are they talking about?
[02:09.21]10. M: It's mostly blue and green with a pattern of flowers in the middle.
[02:14.80]There's a dark green border.
[02:17.09]W: Yes,it matches the curtains well.
[02:20.52]We are going to put it down in the sitting room.
[02:23.44]Q: What are they talking about?
[02:26.94]Section B     Compound⁸ Dictation
[02:30.16]Any mistake made in the (11)-{printing} of a stamp raises its value to stamp (12)-{collectors
[02:35.93]A mistake on a (13)-{twopenny} stamp has made it worth a million and a half times its face value
[02:42.96]Do you think it (14)-{impossible
[02:45.15]Well,it is true,and this is how it (15)-{happened}.
[02:48.60]The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the former British (16)-{colony} of Mauritius.
[02:54.42]a small island in the Indian Ocean.
[02:57.45]In 1847,an order for stamps was sent to London.
[03:02.08]Mauritius was about to become the (17)-{fourth} country in the world to put out stamps.
[03:07.59]Before the order was filled and the stamps arrived from England.
[03:11.38]a big dance was planned by the Commander-in-chief of all the armed forces on the island.
[03:17.05](18)-{The dance would be held in his house.
[03:19.29]and letters of invitation would be sent to all the important people in Mauritius.
[03:24.36]Stamps were badly needed to post the letters.
[03:28.04]Therefore,an islander,who was a good printer.
[03:31.49]was told to copy the pattern of the stamps.
[03:34.57](19)-{He carelessly put the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid"
[03:39.35]two words seen on stamps at that time
[03:42.33]on the several hundred that he printed}.
[03:45.31]Today,there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps left-fourteen One-penny Reds and twelve Two-penny Blue.
[03:55.13]Because there are so few Two-penny Blues⁹ and because of their age.
[03:59.76](20)-{collectors have paid as much as $ 16,800 for one of them}.

1 recommend   

vt.推荐，介绍；劝告，建议；使成为可取，使受欢迎

参考例句：

• Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
• I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。

2 rare   

adj.稀罕的，罕有的，珍贵的，稀薄的，半熟的，非常的；adv.非常

参考例句：

• It is rare to see a man over 160 years old.很少见到一个人能活到160岁。
• The zoo has a lot of rare animals in it.这个动物园有许多珍奇的动物。

3 conclude   

vt.结束时说；（经推理）相信；达成；vi.结束，终结

参考例句：

• From the evidence I must conclude that you are wrong.从证据看，我敢断定你错了。
• I would like to conclude with a few points.我想用几点来做个结论。

4 lounging   

闲逛（lounge的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Several students were lounging around, reading newspapers. 有几个学生懒洋洋地坐着看报。
• She enjoys lounging around the pool. 她喜欢绕水塘漫步。

5 liable   

adj.有...倾向的，有法律责任的

参考例句：

• We are all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.我们疲劳的时候都容易出错。
• He is liable for the fault of his son.他应该为他儿子的过失负责。

6 airmail   

n.航空邮件，航空邮政

参考例句：

• I told her to send the letter by airmail.我叫她把那封信寄航空。
• A letter sent by airmail will get to Europe quickly.寄往欧洲的航空邮件马上就会到达。

7 storey   

n.楼层；楼的一层

参考例句：

• There's a nine-storey apartment building next to the bank.银行旁边有一座九层高的宿舍大楼。
• Tom's sister says he is weak in the upper storey.汤姆的妹妹说他脑子笨。

8 compound   

n.化合物；大院；adj.化合的；vt.加重；使化合

参考例句：

• Air is a mixture,not a compound of gases.空气是气体的混合物，不是化合物。
• How many households in the compound?院内有几家住户？

9 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。