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1、2010年12月英语四级听力原文听力原文Section A 短对话（1118） 11.M: Oh my god! The heat is simply unbearable here. I wish we ve gone to the beach instead.W: Well, with the museumsand restaurants in Washington I ll be happy here no matter what the temperature.Q What does the woman mean?12.M: How s the new job going?W: Wel
2、l, I m learning a lot of new things, but I wish the director would give me some feedback.Q What does the woman want to know?13.M: Can you help me work out a physical training program John?W: Sure, but whatever you do be careful not to overdo it. Last time I had two weeks worth of weight-lifting in t
3、hree days and I hurt myself.Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 14.M: I have an elderly mother and I mworried about her going on a plane. Is there any risk?W: Not if her heart is all right. If she has a heart condition, I d recommend against it.Q: What does the man want to know about his moth
4、er?15.M: Why didn t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads?W: Sorry, I was just a bit absent-minded.Anyway, do I have to pay a fine?Q: what do we learn from the conversation?16.M: Im not expert, but that noise in your refrigerator doesn t sound right. Maybe you should have it fixed.W:
5、 You re right. And I suppose I ve put it off long enough.Q: What will the woman probably do?17.M: I did extremely well on the sale of my downtown apartment. Now, I have enough moneyve had my eyeto buy that piece of land I on and build a house on it.W: Congratulations ! Does that mean you ll be movin
6、g soon?Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?18.s not black andW: My hand still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday. I wonder if I broke something.M: I m no doctor, but it blue or anything. Maybeyou just need to rest it for a few days.Q: what do we learn about the womarfrom th
7、e conversation?长对话 （1921）M: Mrs. Dawson, thanks very much for coming down to the station. I d just like to go over someof the things that you told police officer Parmer at the bank.W: All right.M: Well, could you describe the man who robbed the bank for this report that we re filling out here? Now,
8、anything at all that you can remember would be extremely helpful to us.W: Well, just, I can only remember basically what I said before.M: That s all righ t.W: The manwas tall,six foot, and he had darkhair, and he had a moustache.M: Very good. All right, did he have any other distinguishing marks?W:
9、Um, no, none that I can remember.M: Do you remember how old he was by any chance?W: Well, I guess around 30, maybe younger, give or take a few years.M: Mm, all right. Do you remember anything about what he was wearing?W: Yes, yes, he had on a dark sweater, a solid color.M: OK. Um, anything else that
10、 strikes you at the moment?W: I remember he was wearing a light shirt under the sweater. Yes, yes.M: All right. Mrs. Dawson, I really appreciate what you ve been through today.I m just going to ask you to look at some photographs before you leave if you don t mind. It won t take very long. Can you d
11、o that for me?W: Oh, of course.M: Would you like to step this way with me, please?W: OK, sure.M: Thank you.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What do we learn about the woman?20. What did the suspect look like?21. What did the manfinally asked the woman to do?长对
12、话 （2225）W: Good morning, I m callingabout the jobthat was in the paper last night.M: Well, could you tell me your name?W: Candidate Foreset.M: Oh yes. What exactly is it that interests you about the job?W: Well, I thought it was just right for me M: Really? Um Could you tell me a little about yourse
13、lf?W: Yes. Im 23. I ve been working abroad.M: Where exactly have you been working?W: In Geneva.M: Oh, Geneva. And what were you doing there?I wasve gotW: Secretarial work. Previous to that, at university.M: Which university was that?W: The University of Manchester. I a degree in English.M: You said
14、you ve been working in Geneva. Do you have any special reason for wanting to come back?W: I thought it would be nice to be nearer to the family.M: I see, and how do you see yourself developing in this job?W: Well, I m ambitious. I do hope that my career as a secretary will lead me eventually into ma
15、nagement.M: I see. You have foreign languages?W: French and Italian.M: Well, I think the best thing for you to do is to reply in writing to the advertisement.W: Can t I arrange for an interview now?M: Well, I m afraid we must wait until all the applications are in, in writing, and will then decide o
16、n the short list. If you are on the short list, of course we should see you.W: Oh, I see.M: I ll look forward to receiving your application in writing in a day or two.W: Oh, yes, yes, certainly.M: Ok, thank you very much. Goodbye.W: Thank you. Goodbye.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation
17、 you have just heard.22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?23. Whydid the womarfind the job appealing?24. What had the womanbeen doing in Geneva25. What was the womanasked to do in the end?Section BPassage OneOne of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail t
18、o rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead. Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the maskedfire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster.fire fighter Eric childr
19、en in histhat they shouldplay with and put on.“If you see us,To prevent such tragedies, Velez gives talks to community, explaining never hide during a fire. He displays fire fighters equipment, including the oxygen mask, which he encourages his listeners tonotsavesafterPetemonths speech,Velez tells
20、them, don t hide! Weare monsters. We have come to rescue you.Velez gives his presentations in English and Spanish. Growing up in San Francisco, he learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents.Velez and other fire fighters throughout North America, who give similar presentations, will never know how man
21、y lives they save through their talks. But it s a fact that informative speaking lives. For example, several listening to an informativeGentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris. Inaddition to saving lives, informa
22、tive speakers help people learn newskills, solve problems and acquire fascinating facts about the exciting world in which they live. 26 Whydo somechildren trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters?27 What does the passage tell us about fire fighter Eric Velez?28 What do we learn a
23、bout Pete Gentry?29 What message is the speaker trying to convey?Passage TwoSome people want to make and save a lot of moneyin order to retire early. I see people pursuing higher paying and increasingly demanding careers to accomplish this goal.They make many personal sacrifices in exchange for inco
24、me today. The problem is that tomorrow might not come. Even if it all goes according to plan, will you know how to be happy when you are not working if you spend your entire life making money? More importantly, who will be around for you to share your leisure time with? At the other extreme are peop
25、le who live only for today. Why bother saving when I might not be here tomorrow, they argue. The danger of this approach is that tomorrow maycomeafter all. And most people dont want to spend all their tomorrows working for a living. The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to w
26、ork whenyou are older. You maybe surprise to hear me say that if you must pick an extreme I think its better to pick the spend-all approach. As long as you dont mind continuing to work, assuming your health allows, you should be OK. At least, you are making use of your money, and hopefully deriving
27、value and pleasure from it. Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake. It maynever come. Retirement can be a great time for some people. For others, it is a time of boredom, loneliness and poorhealth.30 Why do some people pursue higher paying but
28、 demanding careers?31 What is the danger facing people who live only for today?32 What does the speaker seem to advocate? Passage ThreeImagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion. Howfair will that be? Well, it happens everyday to
29、 high schoolers. Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like thieves. Even though I d never steal. Store employees looked at melike I m some kind of hardened criminal. For example, during one lunch period, myfriend Denny and I went to the Graben Gore Restaurant
30、 to have a hot dog. We arrived to find a line of students waiting outside. A new sign in the window told the story. No more than twostudents at a time ” . After 15 minutes, wefinally got in. But the storemanager laidthe evil eye on us. I asked him about the new sign, and he said,“You kids are steali
31、ngtoo much stuff. You kids? Too muchstuff?brilliant,greedy thieves. The mostWe were not only assumed to be thieves, buts horrible.annoying thing though, is the way employees watched my friends and me. ItOnce, at a drug store, I was looking around and found a guy standing on a large box, stocking the
32、 shelves. He was watching my hands, more than he was watching his own. I showed him that my hands were empty. He got downoff his box and rushed off, as if he was going to get the store manager. Howcrazy is that!33. What does the speaker find to be unfair?34. What measure did the Graben Gore Restaura
33、nt take to stop stealing?35. What happened in a drug store that greatly annoyed the speaker?Section CWriting keeps us in touch with other people. We write to communicate with relatives and friends. We write to preserve our family histories so our children and grandchildren can learn and appreciate t
34、heir heritage. With computers and Internet connections in so many households, colleges, and businesses, people are e-mailing friends and relatives all the time - or talking to them in writing in online chat rooms. It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until
35、 Sunday for the telephone rates to drop. Students are e-mailing their professors to receive and discuss their classroom assignments and to submit them. They are e-mailing classmates to discuss and collaborate on homework. They are also sharing information about concerts and sports events, as well as
36、 jokes and their philosophies of life.Despite the growing importance of computers, however, there will always be a place and need for the personal letter. A hand-written note to a friend or a family member is the best way to communicate important thoughts. No matter what the content of the message, its real point is, I want you to know that I care about you. This writing practice brings rewards that can t be seen in bank accounts, but only in the success of human relationships.