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2009年专四听力答案
PART IDICTATION
New Year's Eve
For many people in the west, New Year's Eve is the biggest party of the year./lt's the time to get together with friends or family/and welcome in the coming year./ New Year's parties can take place in different places./Some people hold a house party;others attend street parties;/ while some just go for a few drinks with their friends./Big cities have large and spectacular fireworks displays./ There is one thing that all New Year's Eve parties have in common,/ the countdown to midnight./ When the clock strikes 12, people give a loud cheer and sing songs./ It's also popular to make a promise in the New Year./This is called a New Year's resolution./ Typical resolutions include giving up smoking and keeping fit./However, the promise is often broken quite quickly /and people are back into their bad habits within weeks or days.PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Questions I to 3 are based on the following conversation.W: Hi, Mark.How are you?
M:(2)Actually, I'm really fed up, Linda.It's Jean.W:(2)Jean? Who is Jean?
M: Oh, nobody really.(1)Just a most stunningly attractive girl in my year school.W: Oh, is that all?(1)So what's the problem?
M:(1)Well, the thing is I just don't know how to make her notice me, or...W: Wait a minute.I've got a brilliant idea I(3)Why don't you try talking to her? M:(3)But I wouldn't know what to say.1...W: Look, she's in your chemistry cla, isn't she? You're good at chemistry.(3)You could offer to help her with her chemistry homework.How about that? M: Not bad.Just one problem.W: What?
M:(3)She's better than me at chemistry.W: OK, then?(3)Well, there is that party at John's on Friday night.You could invite her.M:(2/3)Just another small problem.John's her boyfriend.Key:1.B2.C3.A
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.W: Yes, can I help you?
M: Yes, you see I bought this personal stereo at your shop three days ago.And I'm afraid that it hasn't really matched up to what I was told about it.W: I see.What exactly is the matter?
M:(4/6)Well, first of all, there's this large scratch acro the front of it.W: But you should have noticed that when you bought it.M: But it was in the box and all sealed up.W:(4)Well, I am sorry, but it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them.How were were to know that it wasn't you who made the scratch? M: That's ridiculous.(6)But, anyway, it's not the most important thing.I really am not happy about this other thing.W:And what is that?
M: Look, it says here that the noise from it should be undetectable by other people, W: Yes, that's right.M: But people can hear it and it's really embarraing on the bus and the underground.W: Well, I am sorry.(5)But it must be the way you are wearing the headphones.M:(5)Look, I know how to put earphones in my ears.Thank you very much.But what I want to know is what you are going to do about it all.W:(7)Well, I suppose we could exchange it for another model if you really aren't happy with it.M: No, I certainly am not.W:(7)Well, if I just could have the receipt.M: Yes, well there is a slight problem about this receipt.Key: 4.C5.A6D7.B.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.W: Hello, Happy Time Catering Services Victoria speaking.How can I help you? M: Hello, Victoria.This is Joe Smith from Country Holidays.(8/9)I wonder if you could do some catering for us next week.(10)We're having a small reception.It's to launch our summer holiday advertising campaign.Would you be free?
W: When exactly is it, Mr.Smith?
M: April 21st, that's Thursday.Oh, sorry, no.(9)lt should be Friday.W: Oh, Yes, I can do that.(10)Where will you be holding at?
M: We thought we would have had it at head office and use the conference room because there is enough room for everyone there.W: OK, what aort of things would you like?
M: Just a light lunch I think.So that People can eat while they move around and talk to each other.(10)You did something similar for us last year.We will be happy to have the same menu again.W: Right, I will look at my dairy and see what you had last time.Oh, I nearly forgot to ask you,(10)how many should I cater for?
M: Well, I think most people will be able to come, perhaps around 30.No, let's say 35, to be sure.W: Right, thank you for getting in touch Mr.Smith.I will send confirmation of the arrangements by the end of this week.M: OK.Key: 8.C9.A10.D
SECTION B PASSAGES
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following paage.For shopaholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing—sales!(12)Acro the country, prices are slashed on clothing, electronics, home furnishings and more,(11)but London is the place for serious shopping and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains.(12)The sales start on Boxing Day—26th, December and continue for the month of January, but the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors,(12)In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of pre-dawn openings for the start of their sales.At Brent Cro, in north London, more than 1 ,000 people were queuing at 3:30a.m.for the ' Next' clothing store's sale which began at 4 a.m.Some people even camped outside the shops to be the first in the line.(13)Some people are taking their friends shopping with them and buying their Christmas presents in the sales.A practical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want.For a le exciting but le streful shopping experience, online retailers are also getting in on the act with January sales of their own.(13)The most organized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas in the Jyuary“ sales.Key:11.C12.A13.D
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following paage.(14)Ballroom dancing used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do.(15)For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show.Strictly Come Dancing is one of the big TV shows.(16)Millions of people tune in every Saturday night to watch the show which airs from September right up to Christmas.(16)In the show a number of profeional ballroom dancers each dance with a celebrity.Every week they have to learn a different ballroom dance and perform it live on TV on Saturday night.The show demonstrates how glamorous ballroom dancing is.The celebrities get to wear colorful drees and suits to dance in, and it looks like a lot of fun.The TV programme also shows what good exercise it can be to ballroom dance and what hard work is involved in learning the dances and performing them properly.Dance schools around the country have seen a boost in the number of people wanting to learn how to dance.(17)And it's not only old people who are interested.Lots of children and young people in their 20s are keen to learn.Key: 14.B15.D16.A17.C
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following paage.(18)Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real.Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed.They decided to call him Superman instead.In many countries around the world, unusual names for children are becoming more popular, especially since the increasing trend for celebrities to give their children unusual names.(19)Some parents choose names which
come from popular culture.For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films.Equally names related to sport are fairly common —since 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal after the football team.Other parents like to make up names, or combine names to make their own unique version, a method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model, who recently invented the name Tidarnii for her daughter by combining the names Thea and Amy(the two grandmothers)-She was quoted as saying that the accent and double letters were added tomake the name 'more exotic'.(20)Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children.Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose.Key: 18.C19.D20.A
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item I
Eleven fishing boat crew who had been stranded（处于困境的，搁浅的）since October in a remote part of Ruia's Far East have been rescued after sheltering nearly three months at an abandoned military base.(21)The eight men and three women took refuge at the base after their small boat collided on October 10th.Their attempts to fix one of the boats did not succeed,(22)and they had to remain at the abandoned base where there were only flour and-cooking fat.Other supplies at the base, which was abandoned in 2003 including Christmas ornaments, and the crew members put them up on a small tree inside their quarters, but supplies began running low and early this week, five set off on foot acro snow fields.On Friday, after fours days of trudging, they reached a working military radio station,(23)the center called rescuers and helicopters were sent to take the eleven to the regional capital.Key:21.B22.C23.A
News Item 2
(24)Spain's King Juan Carlos with 32 years on the throne turns 70 Saturday, but after years of undeniable adulation [,ædʒə’leɪʃən] among Spaniards [‘spænjəd]（西班牙人,西班牙居民）for putting down an attempted coup / ku:/〈法〉意外而成功的行动in 1981 ,(25)he's recently faced more difficult times.Small groups of leftists have burned his photo, and fiery criticism has also come from the right with one leading conservative radio host calling for him to step down.Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his reign in a recent speech.”It's been the longest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in a parliamentary monarchy(君主统治)" , the King said.Key:24.B25.D
News Item 3
It goes against religious taboos（禁忌）in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents（起义、暴动）are growing increasingly desperate.(26)In November 4th, a woman
detonated [,detn’eɪt](使)爆炸, 引爆an explosive vest（背心、马甲）next to a U.S.patrol patrol [pə’trəul] 巡逻;巡查in Diyala's regional capital, Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Bagdad(27)wounding seven U.S.troops and five Iraqis.(26)On December 7th, a woman attacked the offices of a Diyala-based Sunni group, fighting al-Qaida in Iraq,(27)killing 15 people and wounding 35,(26)then on December 31st, a bomber in Baqouba, detonated her suicide vest close to a police patrol(27)wounding five policemen and four civilians.Key: 26.A27.B
News Item 4
(28)Chinese government is poised(准备行动)to conduct its first national survey of pollution sources in February to help control environmental deterioration（环境恶化）in the country.The study will identify and collect data on the sources of industrial, agricultural and residential pollution for two months.Last year, China's environment was facing a grave（严重的）situation with several major rivers and lakes clogged（堵塞）by industrial waste.(29)China's environmental cleanup is compromised by（被---危害）more than two decades of rapid economic growth and a lack of technology especially.(30)Every province, autonomous region and municipality（自治市）/mju,nisi’pæliti/ has set up a census office and will report to a main center staffed by officials from govemment departments.Data will be reviewed multiple times before being put into a database and will be analyzed in the second half of 2008.Findings will be examined and approved by mid-2009.Key：28.C29.A30.B
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