1、2010 年 6 月四级听力答案：对话部分答案：11. C. He cannot get access to the assigned book.12. A. She will drive the man to the supermarket.13. C. Tidy up the place.14. A. The talks can be held any day except this Friday.15. A. He understand the womans feelings.16. D. She has to invite David to the party.17. C. Many
2、students find Prof. Johnsons lectures boring.18. D. Assemble a computer.19. B. It requires him to apply theory to patience.20. D. It demands physical endurance and patience.21. D. In a hotel.22. B. Paying attention to every detail.23. A. The pocket money British children get.24. C. It often rises hi
3、gher than inflation.25. B. Pay for small personal things.短文听力部分：（北京新东方学校 李瑛）26 A Direct mangers.27 D The important part played by direct mangers.28 B Fifty percent of them were female.29 B He was not gender sensitive.30 C Ask to see the manger politely but firmly.31 D You cant tell how the person on
4、 the line is reacting.32 D Stick to the point.33 B Architect.34 A Do some volunteer job35 C A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.Section CAlmost every child, on the first day he sets foot in the school building, is smarter, more (36)curious, less afraid of what he doesnt know, better at find
5、ing and (37)figuring things out, more confident, resourceful, persistent, and (38)independent than he will ever be again in his schooling-or, unless he is very (39)unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and (40)interacting with the world and people ar
6、ound him, and without any school-type (41)formal instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and (42)abstract than anything he will be asked to do in school or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the (43)mystery of language. He has discovered it. Babies don
7、t even know that language exists- (44) and he has found out how it works and learned to use it appropriately. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, (45) by trying it out and seeing whether it works by gradually changing it and refining
8、 it until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, (46) including many of the concepts that the schools think only they can teach him, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.2010 年 6 月大学英语四级听力原文Section AShort Conver
9、sation11. W: Just imagine! We have to finish reading 300 pages before Monday! How can the professor expect us to do it in such a short time?M: Yeah, but what troubles me is that I cant find the book in the library or in the university bookstore.Q: What does the man mean?12. M: Do you think I could b
10、orrow your car to go grocery shopping? The supermarkets outside the city are so much cheaper. Id also behappy to pick up anything you need.W: Well, I dont like to let anyone else drive my car. Tell you what, why dont we go together?Q: What does the woman mean?13. M: Forgive the mess in here, we have
11、 a party last night. There were a lot of people and they all brought food.W: Yeah, I can tell. Well, I guess its pretty obvious what youll be doing most of today.Q: What does the woman think the man will do?14. W: What time would suit you for the first round talks with John Smith?M: Well, you know m
12、y schedule. Other than this Friday, one day is as good as the next.Q: What does the man mean?15. W: I was so angry yesterday! My biology teacher did not even let me explain why I missed the field trip. He just wouldnt let me pass!M: That doesnt seem fair. Id feel that way too if I were you.Q: What d
13、oes the man imply?16. M: I really cant stand the way David controls the conversation all the time. If he is going to be at your Christmas party, I just wont come.W: Im sorry you feel that way, but my mother insists that he come.Q: What does the woman imply?17. W: Youre taking a course with Professor
14、 Johnson. Whatsyour impression so far?M: Well, many students could hardly stay awake in his class without first drinking a cup of coffee.Q: What does the man imply?18. W: Have you ever put a computer together before?M: No, never. But I think if we follow these instructions exactly, we wont have much
15、 trouble.Q: What are the speakers going to do?Long ConversationsConversation 1W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve?M: Well I have to work very long hours, about eleven hours a day.W: What time do you start?M: I work 9 to 3, then I start again at 5:30 and work until 11,six days a week. So I have
16、to work very unsocial hours.W: And do you have to work at the weekend?M: Oh, yes, thats our busiest time. I get Wednesdays off.W: What are the things you have to do and the things you donthave to do?M: Uh, I dont have to do the washing-up, so thats good. I have to wear white, and I have to keep ever
17、ything in the kitchen totally clean.W: What s hard about the job?M: You are standing up all the time. When we are busy, people get angry and shout, but thats normal.W: How did you learn the profession?M: Well, I did a two-year course at college. In the first year we had to learn the basics, and then
18、 we had to take exams.W: Was it easy to find a job?M: I wrote to about six hotels and one of them gave me my first job, so I didnt have to wait too long.W: And whats the secret of being good at your job?M: Attention to detail. You have to love it. You have to show passion for it.W: And what are your
19、 plans for the future?M: I want to have my own place when the time is right.Q19. What does the man say about his job?Q 20. What does the man think is the hardest part of his job?Q 21. Where did the man get his first job after graduation?Q 22. What does the man say is important to being good at his j
20、ob?Conversation 2W: Now youve seen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?M: Yes. I thought it was quite interesting, but I dont quite understand the column entitled change. Can you explain what it means?W: Well, I think it means the change from the year before. I am no
21、t a mathematician, but I assume the rise from 70p to 90p is a rise of 25 percent.M: Oh yes, I see. And the inflation rate is there for comparison.W: Yes. why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation?M: I am sorry Ive no idea. Perhaps parents in Britain are too generous.W:
22、 Perhaps they are. But it looks as if children were not better off in 2001 than they were in 2002. Thats strange, isnt it?And they seem to have been better off in 2003 than they are now.I wonder why that is.M: Yes, I dont understand that at all.W: Anyway, if you had children, how much pocket moneywo
23、uld you give them?M: I dont know. I think Ill probably give them 2 pounds a week.W: Would you? And what would you expect them to do with it?M: Well, out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldnt expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.W: Yes, by the way, do
24、most children in your country get pocket money?M: Yeah, they do.Q23 What is the table of figures about?Q24 What do we learn from the conversation about British childrens pocket money?Q25 Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money?Section BPassage 1As the
25、new sales director for a national computer firm,Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the companys district managers. Everyone arrived on time, and Alexs presentation went extremely well. He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district man
26、agers to the companys plans. “I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market,” he began, “because of the quality of the people in this room.The district manager is thekey to the success of the sales representatives in his district. He sets the term for everyone else. If he ha
27、s ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example.” When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. Later he spoke with one ofthe senior managers. “Things were going so well until the end”,Alex sai
28、d disappointedly. “Obviously, I said the wrong thing.”“Yes”, the district manager replied. “Half of our managers are women. Most have worked their way up from sales representatives,and they are very proud of the role they played in the companysgrowth. They dont care at all about political correctnes
29、s.But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as he in your speech.”Q26 Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?Q27 What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation?Q28 What do we learn about the audience at the meeting?Q29 Why did Alex fail to receive
30、 the warm response he had hoped for?Passage 2The way to complain is to act business-like and important. If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager. When the manager comes, ask his or her name. And then state your
31、 problem and what you expect to have done about it.Be polite! Shouting or acting rude will get you nowhere. Butalso be firm in making your complaint. Besides, act important.This doesnt mean to put on airs and say “do you know whoI am?” What it means is that people are often treated the way they expe
32、ct to be treated. If you act like someone who expects a fair request to be granted, chances are it will be granted.The worst way to complain is over the telephone. You are speaking to a voice coming from someone you cannot see. So you cant tell how the person on the line is reacting. It is easy for
33、that person to give you the run-around. Complaining in person or by letter is generally more effective. If your complaint doesnt require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter. If you have an appliance that doesnt work, send a letter to the store that sold it. Be business-like a
34、nd stick to the point. Dont spend a paragraph on how your uncle John tried to fix the problem and couldnt.Q30 What does the speaker suggest you do when you are not served properly at a restaurant?Q31 Why does the speaker say the worst way to complain is over the telephone?Q32 What should you do if y
35、ou make a complaint by letter?Passage 3Barbara Sanders is a wife and the mother of two children, ages 2 and 4. Her husband, Tom, is an engineer and makes an excellent salary. Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing.She quit her job whe
36、n she became pregnant, but is now interested in returning to work. Shes been offered an excellent job with the government. Her husband feels its unnecessary for her to work since the family does not need the added income. He also thinks that a woman should stay home with her children. If Barbara fee
37、ls the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week. Barbara,on the other hand, has missed the excitement of her profession and does not feel she would be satisfied doing volunteer work.She would also like to have her own income, so she does
38、not have to ask her husband for money whenever she wants to buy something. She does not think its necessary to stay home everyday with the children and she knows a very reliable babysitter whos willing to come to her house. Tom does not think a babysitter can replace a mother and thinks its a bad idea for the children to spend so much time with someone whos not part of the family.Q33 What was Barbaras profession before she had children?Q34 What does Barbaras husband suggest she do if shewants to work?Q35 What does Tom think about hiring a babysitter?
