2009年英语专业四级听力真题及答案

2009年英语专四听力原文+答案

　　Part I DICTATION (15MIN)

　　New Year’s Eve

　　For many people in the west, New Year’s Eve is thebiggest party of the year./ It’s time to get togetherwith friends or family/ and welcome in the comingyear./ 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 citieshave large and spectacular fireworks displays./ There is one thing that all New Year’s Eveparties have in common--- the countdown to midnight./ When the clock strikes 12, people givea loud cheer and sing songs./ It’s also popular to make a promise in the New Year./ This iscalled 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 habitswithin weeks or days.

　　PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHE (20 MIN)

　　SECTION A CONVERSATIONS

　　Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation.

　　W: Hi, Mark. How are you?

　　M: Actually, I am really fed up, Linda. It's Jane (Q1).

　　W: Jane? Who's Jane?

　　M: No, nobody really. Just a most stunningly attractive girl in my year school (Q1).

　　W: Oh, is that all? So, what's the problem?

　　M: 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. Why don't you try talking to her?

　　M: But I wouldn't know what to say. I …

　　W: Look, she is in your chemistry class, isn't she? You are good at chemistry. You could offerto help her with her chemistry homework. How about that?

　　M: Not that. Just one problem (Q3).

　　W: What?

　　M: She is better than me at chemistry.

　　W: OK, then. Well, there's that party at John's on Friday night. You could invite her.

　　M: Just another small problem (Q3). John's her boyfriend (Q2).

　　Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation.

　　W: Yes. Can I help you?

　　M: Yes. You see, I've bought this personal stereo at your shop three days ago. And I'm afraidit hasn't really matched up to what I was told about.

　　W: I see. What exactly is the matter?

　　M: Well, first of all, there's this large scratch across the front of it (Q6).

　　W: But you should have noticed that when you bought it (Q4).

　　M: But it was in the box and all sealed up.

　　W: Well, I'm sorry. But it really is your responsibility to check the goods when you buy them(Q4). How are we to know that it wasn't you who made the scratch?

　　M: But that's ridiculous. But anyway, it's not the most important thing. I really am not happyabout this other thing (Q6).

　　W: And what is that?

　　M: Look, it says here that the noise from it should undetectable by other people.

　　W: Yes, that's right.

　　M: But people can hear it, and it's really embarrassing on the bus and the underground.

　　W: Well, I'm sorry, but it must be the way you are wearing the headphones.

　　M: Look, I know how to put earphones in my ears. Thank you very much (Q5). But what I wantto know is what you are going to do about it at all.

　　W: 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: Well, if I could just have the receipt (Q7).

　　M: Oh yes. Well, there is a slight problem about the receipt.

　　Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

　　W: Hello. Happy Time Catering Services. Victoria's speaking. How can I help you?

　　M: Hello, Victoria. This is Joe Smith from Country Holidays. I wonder if you could do somecatering for us next week (Q9). We're having a small reception (Q8). It's to launch our summerholiday advertising campaign. Will you be free?

　　W: When exactly is it, Mr. Smith?

　　M: Apr.21st, that's Thursday. Oh, sorry, no. It should be Friday (Q9).

　　W: Oh, yes, I can do that. Where will you be holding it?

　　M: We thought we'd have that at head office and use the conference room, because there isenough room for every one there.

　　W: Ok. What sort of things would you like?

　　M: Just a light lunch, I think, so that people can eat while they move around and talk to eachother. You did something similar for us last year. We'd be happy to have the same menu again(Q10).

　　W: Right. I'll look at my diary and see what you had last time. Oh, I nearly forgot to ask you.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 besure.

　　W: Right. Thank you for getting in touch, Mr. Smith. I'll send you confirmation of thearrangements by the end of this week.

　　M: OK.

　　SECTION B PASSAGES

　　Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

　　For shopaholics, the post-Christmas period means only one thing — sales! Across the country,prices are slashed on clothing, electronics, home furnishings and more. But London is the placefor serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains (Q11). The salesstart on Boxing Day — 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenestbargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street, queues formedoutside shops ahead of predawn openings for the start of the sales. At Brent Cross in northLondon, more than 1,000 people were queuing at 3:30 a.m. for the “next” clothing store’s salewhich began at 4 a.m. Some people even camped outside the shops to be the first in line (Q12).Some people are taking their friends shopping with them and buying their Christmas presents inthe sales (Q13A)— a practical but an unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you reallywant. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping experience, online retailers are also gettingin on the act with January sales of their own (Q13B). The most organized of all are those whoare already doing their present shopping for next Christmas (Q13C), in the January sales!

　　Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.

　　Ballroom dancing used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do(Q14). For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanksto a reality TV show (Q15). “Strictly Come Dancing” is one of the big TV shows. Millions ofpeople tune in every Saturday night to watch the show, which airs from September right up toChristmas (Q16D). In the show, a number of professional ballroom dancers each dance with acelebrity (Q16B). Every week they have to learn a different ballroom dance and perform it liveon TV on Saturday night (Q16C). The show demonstrates how glamorous ballroom dancing is.The celebrities get to wear colourful dresses and suits to dance in (Q16A), and it looks like a lotof fun. The TV programme also shows what good exercise it can be to ballroom dance andwhat 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 learnhow to dance. And it’s not only old people who’re interested. Lots of children and young peoplein their twenties are keen to learn (Q17).

　　Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.

　　Recently a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Eventhough New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with anumber are not allowed (Q18). 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. Someparents choose names which come from popular culture (Q19). For example, there have beensix boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films. Equally,names related to sports are fairly common (Q19). Since 1984, 36 children have been calledArsenal after the football team. Other parents like to make up names or combine names tomake their own unique version (Q19), a method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model,who recently invented the name Theaamy for her daughter by combining the names Thea andAmy (the two grandmothers). She was quoted as saying that the accent and double letterswere added to make the name “more exotic”.

　　Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children. Countries includingJapan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from whichparents must choose (Q20).

　　SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

　　News Item 1 (For Questions 21 to 23)

　　11 fishing boat crew who had been stranded sinceOctober in a remote part of Russia's Far East havebeen rescued after sheltering nearly three months atan abandoned military base. The eight men andthree women took refuge at the base after their small boats collided on Oct. 10 (Q21). Theirattempts to fix one of the boats did not succeed and they had to remain at the abandonedbase where there were only flour and cooking fat (Q22). Other supplies at the base, which wasabandoned in 2003, included Christmas ornaments, and the crew members put them up on asmall tree inside their quarters. But supplies began running low and early this week, five set offon foot across snow fields. On Friday, after four days of trudging, they reached a workingmilitary radio station. The center called rescuers, and helicopters were sent to take the 11 tothe regional capital (Q23).

　　News Item 2 (For Questions 24 and 25)

　　Spain's King Juan Carlos, with 32 years on the throne (Q24), turns 70 Saturday. But afteryears of undeniable adulation among Spaniards for putting down an attempted coup in1981, 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 callingfor him to step down. Juan Carlos fired back with a rare public defense of his reign in a recentspeech. “It's been the longest period of stability and prosperity in Spain ever in aparliamentary monarchy,” the king said (Q25).

　　News Item 3 (For Questions 26 and 27)

　　It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicidebombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate.On Nov. 4 (Q26), a woman detonated an explosives vest next to a US patrol in Diyala's regionalcapital, Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, wounding seven US troops and five Iraqis(Q27). On Dec. 7 (Q26), a woman attacked the offices of a Diyala-based Sunni group fightingal-Qaida in Iraq, killing 15 people and wounding 35 (Q27). Then, on Dec. 31 (Q26), a bomber inBaqouba detonated her suicide vest close to a police patrol, wounding five policemen and fourcivilians (Q27).

　　News Item 4 (For Questions 28 to 30)

　　Chinese government is poised to conduct its first national survey of pollution sources inFebruary to help control environmental deterioration in the country (Q28). The study willidentify and collect data on sources of industrial, agricultural and residential pollution for twomonths. Last year, China's environment was facing a grave situation, with several majorrivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste. China's environmental cleanup is compromised bymore than two decades of rapid economic growth, and a lack of technology especially (Q29).Every province, autonomous region and municipality has set up a census office and will reportto a main center staffed by officials from government departments (Q30). Data will be reviewedmultiple 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.

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