07年英语专四听力原文和答案
2007年专四听力答案
PART Ⅰ DICTATION
Advertising
Advertising has alreadly become a very specialized activity in modern times./ in today’s business world, supply is usuallly greater than demand. / There is great competition between manufactures of the same kind product/ because they want to persuade customers to buy their particular brand./ They always have to remaind their customers/ of the name and qualities of their products by advertising.
The manufacturer advertises in newspapers and on the radio. / He sometimes employs salesgirls to distribute the samples of his products. / He sometimes advertises on the Internet as well. / In addition, he always has advertisements put into television programs that will accept them./ Manufacturers often spend huge sums of money on advertisements./ We buy a particular product because we think that is the best. / We usually think so, because the advertisements say so. / People often don't ask themselves if the advertisements are telling the truth / when they buy advertised products from shops.
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation. Receptionist: Good evening, sir. Can I help you?
Mark: Yes. I think I left my digital camera on the train from London earlier today.
Receptionist: Did you, sir? Oh, well, in that case, we'd better fill in a Lost Property Form. (I) Can you tell me your name?
Mark: Yes, it's Mark Adams.
Receptionist: OK. (1) Your address?
Mark: (2) You mean in Britain or in the States?
Receptionist: How long are you staying?
Mark: (2) Oh, I've still got a few months in Britain.
Receptionist: OK, then can you give me your address here?
Mark: Right. It's 18 Linden Drive, Laten Essex. (1) Do you want the phone number?
Receptionist: Yes, I'd better have that too.
Mark: OK,0809 45233.
Receptionist: Thanks. And you say it was a digital camera. What make and model?
Mark: It's Samsung J302.
Receptionist: OK, got that. Now, you say it was the London train. What time did it arrive in Edinburgh?
Mark: At 4:45 this afternoon.
Receptionist: Well then, if we find it, sir, shall we phone you or write to you?
Mark: No. (3) I think I will drop in the day after tomorrow to check out. Receptionist: Right you are, sir. We'll do our best.
Key: 1.B 2.D 3.A
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.
M: Right, this is the tennis club reception area. As a member, you don't have to register when you arrive. (4) But you must remember to register your guests. And you must be able to produce your membership card if a club official asks to see it.
W: How many guests can I bring with me?
M: You can bring up to 3 at any one time.
W: Hum .that's good.
M: Yes. Well, we want to attract people to our club. Now, (5) here are the changing rooms with showers and lockers for your clothes and things. Obviously, you don't have to leave your clothes in the lockers. But we strongly advise you to. It's much safer. W: How much do the lockers cost?
M: Forty cents. But (5)you get the coin back when you take your things out. Right, and the tennis courts are round here to the left.
W: Hum. And we can play for an hour at a time?
M: (6)You can book the courts for thirty minutes or an hour. But you can carry on play until the next players arrive.
W: Of course. What about cafe or bar?
M: Yes, we have a club room which serves food and drink behind the reception. (7) The club room is open until 11 o'clock. But all players must leave the courts by 10 o'clock.
W: Hum. That seems very good. Thank you very much for showing us around.
M: Pleasure.
Key: 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.
W: Ah, good morning. It's Mr. Robinson, isn't it?
M: Yes.
W: Have a seat.
M: Thank you.
W: OK. I've got your letter of application. Now, as you know, when you apply for a post with our company, we need to find out a few things about both your academic background and recent work experience.
M: Sure.
W: First ofall.A-levels?
M: Yes, I've got three. Geography, maths and physics.
W: Geography, maths and physics. OK. And what about your degree?
M: I went to Manchester University and (8) got an engineer degree with water management as my specialization.
W: A-ha,l see.
M: And as for work experience, I started it out after graduating in 1996 in India, working for the Indian Government.
W: Did you work as a volunteer?
M: ( 10) No, it was a three-year water irrigation project.
W: That sounds fascinating. How did you organize that? You see, it wasn't a British company then.
M: No, (9)1 know. My university had links with an Indian engineering university. So it was organized that level.
W: And after that?
M: Then I came back, moved to Sheffield and have been working with Latimer Engineering since then.
W: And what exactly are you doing for Latimer?
M: Ah, (10) I'm working in water irrigation again, this time as a project research assistant.
W: Great. I've got your details. Now, let's move on to a more general discussion about what we are looking for here.
Key:8.C 9.A 10.C
SECTION B PASSAGES
Questions II to 13 are based on the following passage.
Hello everybody. Thank you very much for inviting me here. It's very pleasant to have a chance to talk to you about something that is obviously very much on everybody's minds. (13)1 want to talk about an area of security or safety -bicycles
I know a lot of you have bikes. First, when you get your bike .whether it's new or second hand, bring it as soon as possible to us. We will be able to stamp it with a serial number. We actually stamp it into the metal. (11) We'll register the number, put it on our list. This can frighten criminals away if they realize there is a number stamped on it.
Second, make sure you buy a good lock. It can be expensive. But it's never a waste of money, (12) If you have an expensive bike, it's worth buying two locks. Do spend money on the good lock, because the cheap ones can be very very easy to cut. Also, make sure you lock the bike to something permanent .though do be considerate to pedestrians. And if the worst happens-you lose your bike, you should immediately report it to the police station calling the serial number that should been stamped.
Key: 11.A 12. A 13. B
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.
Good morning, everyone. And welcome to the English for Academic Purpose Center. I'd like to begin by briefly introducing the services we offer here at our center. First of all, we have wide range of language courses. In the first semester, (14)we run an 8-week conversation class for students of non-English speaking backgrounds. We wish to improve their fluency, grammar and pronunciation in English. (14) The course is held on Tuesdays between 12:30 and 1:30. So that's one hour once a week. Please
enroll with the secretary before Friday this week. For those of you who are interested in developing your writing skills, we have a 6-week course which runs for 2 hours between 4 and 6 on Wednesday afternoons, beginning in Week One. (16) They concentrate on the writing skills needed for assignments in the departments of economics and social sciences. Students must be enrolled in either of these departments. You probably not thinking about taking examinations yet. (17) But later on, towards the end of the term, you might like to enroll in our examination skills class. The course runs for 5 weeks, and two hours in a week. The course deals with the skills you need, in both written tests and oral examinations. (15)It is not necessary to enroll before the course starts. Just turn up for the first class.
Key: 14. A 15.C 16.B 17.C
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.
(18)Leonar do da Vinci was born in1452inTuscany.Asearlyas 1466,hewasworkinginaworkshop.Then,(18)in 1482 he moved to Milan. After the plague had swept the city of Milan in 1484-85, he turned his attention to town planning and made several designs for churches and other buildings. He moved to Florence, another city in Italy in 1500 where he (19) painted the famous Mona Lisa in 1503. Then he returned to Milan. Between 1510 and 1515, ( 19) after he had been working as an architect and engineer to the French King Louis X B , he devoted himself to painting again and produced two great works St. Anne Mane & Child and St. John the Baptist. In 1515, ( 20 ) the King of France invited Leonardo to live in France. He moved to a castle there where he spent his last years, carrying out his own research. He died in 1519.
Key: 18.B 19.D 20.A
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item I
Israel's army entered the West Bank area on Tuesday to (21 ) evacuate the last two Jewish settlements there. This ended Israel's decades-long occupation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Conflicts between the Israelis and Palestinians have been called a major stumbling block to the Middle East peace. Israel formally began the pullout operation last Monday. Israeli Prime Minister put forward the disengagement plan in 2003. It asked Israel to remove (22) all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank.
Key: 21.B 22.D
News Item 2
Romania and Bulgaria on Monday signed an agreement to join the European Union on January 1st, 2007. That will bring the number of EU states to 27. (23) The agreement has to be approved by Romania and Bulgaria, as well as parliaments of all 25 EU states. The two states will join the 25-nation block provided they carry out reforms. (24) They neefl to fight corruption, strengthen border controls and improve
justice, administration and state industrial support rules.If they do not,the membership could be delayed until 2008.
Key: 23.C 24. A
.
News Item 3
(25) An economic forum on opportunities in China is expected to bring scholars, business leaders and government officials to Beijing next week. More than 800 delegates are expected to attend 3-day Fortune Global Forum which opens on Monday. More than 250 foreign companies including 76 of the Global 500 will be represented.
(26)1Tie forum is held annually by the US' Fortune Magazine. This will be the forum's 10th year and third in China. Shanghai hosted it in 1999 and Hong Kong in 2001.
Key:25.C 26.A
News Item 4
Hong Kong Disneyland opened on Monday (27) with a total of 15 OOP visitors. Visitors from the mainland accounted for one third of the total. Most were from Guangdong. According to a survey, more than (28)55 percent of Guangzhou residents showed interest in visiting the theme park. (28) Some 22 percent of Shanghai residents and 20 percent of Beijingers also said they planed to visit it. Disneyland is expected to receive at least 1.5 million visitors between September and December.
Key: 27.B 28. A
News Item 5
(29) An Indonesia ferry packed with hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in the ravaged Spice Island, sank yesterday. And it was not clear whether anyone has survived, rescue official said. (30) Official said the ship had a capacity of 200 passengers. But around 500 were believed to have been on board after hundreds of refugees forced their way on to the ferry on the Island of Halmahera, seeing of bloody religious violence this month. There were about 198 passengers in crew on top of around 290 refugees. Selamen.head of the search and rescue team in the north of Celebes capital of Manado told the reporters.
Key: 29.C 30.B
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