介绍:
[00:03.13]College English Test（Band 4）
[00:05.20]Part II Listening Comprehension
[00:09.08]Section A
[00:10.62]Directions: In this section,
[00:13.23]you will hear 8 short conversations
[00:15.99]and 2 long conversations.
[00:18.83]At the end of each conversation,
[00:20.99]one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[00:25.08]Both the conversation and the questions
[00:27.73]will be spoken only once.
[00:31.11]After each question there will be a pause.
[00:34.69]During the pause, you must read the four choices
[00:38.07]marked A),B), C) and D),
[00:41.28]and decide which is the best answer.
[00:44.01]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1
[00:48.53]with a single line through the centre.
[00:51.60]Now let’s begin with the eight short conversations.
[00:56.65]1. W: Hello, Mr. Harrison, thanks for calling.
[01:01.35]Now, when would it be good for you
[01:03.54]to visit our company?
[01:05.21]M: Well. In fact, I can come
[01:07.12]almost any time next month.
[01:09.79]And probably toward the end of the week
[01:12.18]would be best for me.
[01:14.59]Q: What are the speakers talking about?
[01:32.18]2. W: Can you help me find a book
[01:35.45] on South America?
[01:37.36]M: What specifically would you like to know about?
[01:40.09]We catalog our books in many different ways.
[01:43.74]Q: Where does the conversation
[01:45.64]most probably take place?
[02:03.02]3. M: I’m trying to make a call to New York
[02:07.40]and haven’t been able to get through.
[02:09.70]Can you help me?
[02:10.88]W: Sure. Try my phone.
[02:14.17]Q: What is the man’s problem?
[02:31.40]4. M: I have to go to Prof. Hudson’s office
[02:35.73] to discuss my thesis.
[02:37.76]If time allows,
[02:38.90]I’d like to go to the movies with you
[02:40.81]when I come back.
[02:42.33]W: I don’t think I can make it.
[02:44.33]I’m going shopping with Jane right now.
[02:47.95]Q: What is the man going to do first?
[03:06.95]5. W: Why are you so upset and worried?
[03:11.45]M: I’ve been racking my brains all morning,
[03:14.06]trying to recall where I put my gold watch.
[03:17.18]But it has been in vain.
[03:19.35]Q: What do we learn about the man?
[03:37.66]6. W: I thought you said
[03:40.00]you were going to call me last week
[03:42.16] about the car I’m selling.
[03:44.09]M: Oh, I’m sorry.
[03:45.89]It completely slipped my mind.
[03:48.41]Q: What does the man mean?
[04:05.63]7. W: I tried to catch the bus
[04:09.34]but couldn’t make it.
[04:10.87]So I’m late for class.
[04:12.78]M: Another excuse.
[04:14.48]Are you ready for what you’ll say tomorrow?
[04:17.56]Q: What does the man imply about the woman?
[04:36.61]8. M: The apartment building I live in
[04:39.49] is going to be torn down
[04:41.08]before the end of this month.
[04:43.06]I don’t know what to do.
[04:44.57]W: Well, my brother is a real estate agent.
[04:47.84]He can help you out,I think.
[04:50.50]Q: What do we learn about the man?
[05:08.35]Now you will hear the two long conversations.
[05:11.51]Conversation One
[05:13.59]M: Ace Employment Agency. Good morning.
[05:16.01]W: Good morning.
[05:17.12]I wonder if you can help me.
[05:19.08]I’m looking for a job.
[05:21.11]M: I’ll see what we can do.
[05:22.64]Uh...Have you been to us before?
[05:24.91]W: No. But you’ve managed to get jobs
[05:27.73] for some of my friends.
[05:29.16]So I thought,perhaps, you know...
[05:31.90]M: Yes, I see. First of all,
[05:34.29]could you give me your full name?
[05:36.20]W: Yes, of course. Susan Hollies.
[05:39.15]M: Good. And could I have your phone number?
[05:41.97]W: Yes. 7788992.
[05:47.40]M: Fine. And your date of birth,please?
[05:50.26]W: Feb. 3rd, 1980.
[05:53.62]M: Thank you. Now, education.
[05:55.79]Which school did you go to?
[05:57.63]W: I went to a secondary school in South Town.
[06:00.94]M: And have you been to college?
[06:02.58]W: No. I left full-time education when I was 18.
[06:06.62]M: I see. Any qualifications?
[06:09.15]W: Yes. I gained a shorthand
[06:11.44]and typing diploma at evening classes.
[06:14.43]M: That’s good.
[06:15.61]Now, where are you working at the moment?
[06:18.17]W: Well, I’ve got a job as a shorthand-typist.
[06:21.98]But I’m not enjoying it very much
[06:24.03]and it doesn’t pay very well.
[06:25.93]M: I see. Have you applied for any other jobs?
[06:29.42]W: Yes. I thought I’d like to be a policewoman.
[06:32.43]But they turned me down because I was too short.
[06:35.82]M: What would you like to do now,then?
[06:37.93]W: Well, I think I’d like to work in a travel agency.
[06:41.27]M: I see. I think the best thing is for me to see
[06:44.57] what we might find for you. And then...
[06:47.96]Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation
[06:51.35]you have just heard.
[06:53.64]9. How did the woman get to know
[06:57.08] about the man’s company?
[07:14.79]10. What formal education did the woman receive?
[07:36.10]11. What do we learn about the woman’s occupation?
[07:56.65]Conversation Two
[07:59.29]W: Steve, can you tell me how long
[08:01.17] you’ve been a pub owner?
[08:02.83]M: Well, four years,I suppose.
[08:05.55]I’ve been involved with pubs
[08:07.22]off and on for ten years.
[08:09.58]I’ve sort of done hotel work
[08:11.77] and I’ve also run a restaurant pub.
[08:14.27]And now I’ve got what you call
[08:16.93] a good old-fashioned pub.
[08:18.01]That is, a public bar,
[08:20.03]with all the social games going with it,
[08:22.65]which is what we’ve always wanted to have,
[08:24.82]you know.
[08:25.69]W: It sounds like you’ve always worked in pubs,
[08:28.45]but not always in this one.
[08:30.37]M: No, no. I worked in quite a variety of pubs.
[08:34.53]W: What makes a good pub? I mean, you said,
[08:37.97]you know,it has got a good variety of things.
[08:41.38]M: Well, I think having the right customers to start with,
[08:45.26]selling the right beer,keeping it good,
[08:48.20]and most of all,
[08:49.25]keeping a good attitude yourself,
[08:51.43]even though you probably feel very tired.
[08:54.63]But the idea is,
[08:56.77]if you generate from your side,
[08:58.95]it’s got to affect the other side,
[09:01.54]if you’re getting the right customers in.
[09:03.41]W: Yeah. I must say that’s one thing
[09:06.16]that has always struck me
[09:07.74] about being a pub owner.
[09:09.41]I mean, a lot of people seem to
[09:11.51] think that it’s a nice job,you know.
[09:14.03]Everybody says, “Oh, I’d love to retire
[09:17.23] and get a country pub.”
[09:18.99]But it seems to me that it’s actually very hard work.
[09:23.62]Questions 12to 15 are based on the conversation
[09:27.06]you have just heard.
[09:30.27]12. What does the man say
[09:32.56]about his involvement with pubs?
[09:50.65]13. What characterizes the old-fashioned pub
[09:54.63] according to the man?
[10:12.20]14. What does the man say
[10:15.06] is the most important in making a good pub?
[10:34.69]15. What does the woman think of
[10:37.58] running a country pub?
[10:55.10]Section B
[10:56.38]Directions: In this section,
[10:58.96]you will hear 3 short passages.
[11:01.91]At the end of each passage,
[11:04.12]you will hear some questions.
[11:06.27]Both the passage and the questions
[11:08.69]will be spoken only once.
[11:11.27]After you hear a question,
[11:13.31]you must choose the best answer from the four choices
[11:17.15]marked A), B), C) and D).
[11:21.24]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1
[11:26.02]with a single line through the centre.
[11:29.28]Passage One
[11:31.14]To help ourselves and others,
[11:33.40]it’s important to know
[11:34.91]something about drugs.
[11:36.74]A drug is a chemical substance.
[11:39.53]It can bring about a physical,
[11:42.01]emotional, or mental change in people.
[11:45.42]Alcohol and tobacco are drugs.
[11:48.46]Caffeine, a substance found in coffee
[11:51.45] and some soft drinks,
[11:53.28]is also a drug.
[11:55.32]Drug abuse is the use of a drug,
[11:58.24]legal or illegal,
[12:00.23]that hurts a person or someone close to him.
[12:03.54]A drug user is the person who takes the drug.
[12:07.94]There are many kinds of drug users.
[12:11.00]Experimental users may try drugs once or twice.
[12:15.29]They want to see what the effects will be.
[12:18.47]Recreational users take drugs to get high.
[12:22.06]They use drugs with friends
[12:23.92]or at parties to get into the mood of things.
[12:27.80]Regular users take drugs all the time.
[12:30.93]But they are often able to
[12:32.90] keep up with the normal routine of work.
[12:36.42]Dependent users can’t relate to
[12:38.75] anything but drugs.
[12:40.49]Their whole life centers around drugs.
[12:43.52]They feel extreme mental
[12:45.68]or physical pain without drugs.
[12:48.65]It’s not always easy to
[12:50.40]tell that someone is using drugs.
[12:53.17]In the early stages,
[12:54.76]drug use is often hard to see.
[12:57.98]Sometimes, people like drugs
[13:00.22]or need drugs so much
[13:02.43]that they can’t do without them.
[13:04.54]They are dependent upon drugs.
[13:07.17]Only a few kinds of drugs
[13:09.00]can cause physical dependence.
[13:11.48]But almost any drug,
[13:13.24]when it’s misused,
[13:14.52]can make a person think he needs it all the time.
[13:18.45]By this time,
[13:19.43]it’s too late and the person is hooked.
[13:23.68]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage
[13:26.82]you have just heard.
[13:28.84]16. What does the speaker say
[13:32.16]about drug abuse?
[13:49.64]17. What does the speaker say
[13:51.74]about recreational drug users?
[14:10.37]18. What does the speaker say
[14:12.31]about drug dependence?
[14:30.02]Passage Two
[14:31.53]According to Charles Harper,
[14:33.30]Chairman of ConAgra,
[14:34.87]the Healthy Choice line of frozen dinners
[14:37.24]began with his own heart attack.
[14:40.17]It has been brought on by years of
[14:42.42]eating anything he could get his hands on.
[14:45.47]As he lay in the hospital recovering,
[14:47.81]Harper imagined the line of
[14:49.42] healthy frozen foods that tasted good.
[14:53.44]The Healthy Choice product line
[14:55.42]was carefully tested with consumers
[14:57.81] before being introduced to the general public.
[15:01.53]ConAgra’s research and development staff
[15:04.21]spent a year working under the instruction
[15:07.30]“Whatever the cost,don’t sacrifice taste.”
[15:11.29]The first test market results surprised
[15:14.07]even the ConAgra team.
[15:16.89]The low-sodium, low-fat frozen dinners
[15:19.44]sold much better than expected.
[15:22.74]According to the firm’s vice-president of
[15:24.98]marketing and sales,
[15:26.98]“We benefited from low expectations.
[15:29.85]The products were much better
[15:31.65] than people thought they would be.”
[15:34.17]This finding supported ConAgra’s decision to
[15:36.76]position the product against
[15:38.97]other high-quality frozen dinners
[15:41.80]rather than as a diet or health food.
[15:45.62]The new product’s brand name
[15:47.44]and packaging were an important part of
[15:50.28]the development process.
[15:52.52]The name Healthy Choice was chosen
[15:54.89]for the positive implication
[15:57.34]it held for consumers.
[15:59.13]Because ConAgra felt the product
[16:00.98]would be an impulse purchase,
[16:03.25]it was important to make the item
[16:05.14]stand out in the freezer case.
[16:08.72]This was accomplished
[16:10.18]through the dark green packaging
[16:11.80]that not only differed from the competitors
[16:14.48] but also suggested freshness and richness in vitamins.
[16:19.53]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage
[16:23.77]you have just heard.
[16:26.11]19. What did Charles Harper think of
[16:30.00]while he was in hospital?
[16:48.05]20. What does the passage say
[16:50.61]about the Healthy Ch
