2005年12月四级听力全文

Part I Listen***g ***mprehension(20 m***utes)

Section A

1. W: Carol ***ld us on the pho*** not *** w***ry about her. Her left leg doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday.

M: She’d better h**e it exam****** by a doc***r anyway. And I will call her about it this even***g.

Q: What does the man th***k Carol ***uld do?

2. M: There is a non-s***p tra*** f*** Wash***g***n and it le**es at 2:30.

W: It’s faster than the 2 o’clock tra***. Besides, we can h**e so***th***g *** eat bef***e gett***g on the tra***.

Q: What do we learn from the ***nversation?

3. M: Hi, Me***ssa, how’s your project ******g? H**e you thought about ******g *** graduate school?Perhaps you can get ****** Harvard.

W: Everyth***g is ***m***g along really well. I h**e been th***k***g about graduate school. But I’ll talk *** my tu***r Dr. Garcia first and see what she th***ks.

Q: What do you learn about the woman from the ***nversation?

4. W: Did you attend A***ce’s presentation last night? It was the first ti*** f*** her *** give a speech *** a large ***dience.

M: How she ***uld be so calm *** front of so many people is really beyond ***!

Q: What do we learn from the ***nversation?

5. W: You’ve been do***g weather rep***ts f*** ***atly 30 years. Has the weather ***t any w***se *** all these years?

M: Well, not ***cessarily w***se. But we are see***g m***e sw***gs.

Q: What does the man say about the weather?

6. M: Excuse ***, I am look***g f*** the textbook by a Profess*** J***don f*** the market***g ***urse.

W: I am afraid it’s out of s***ck. You’ll h**e *** ***der it. And it will take the pub***sher 3 weeks *** send it *** us.

Q: Where did this ***nversation most probably take place?

7. M: I am ******g *** New Y***k ***xt week, but the hotel I book*** is really expensive.

W: Why book a hotel? My brother has 2 spare rooms *** his apart***nt.

Q: What does the woman ***an?

8. W: In my op***ion, watch***g the ***ws on TV is a ***od way *** learn Eng***sh. What do you th***k?

M: It would be better if you ***uld check the sa*** ***f***mation *** Eng***sh ***wspapers afterwards.

Q: What does the man say about learn***g Eng***sh?

9. M: I hear a ***wly-***vent*** drug can make people tell the truth and it may prove useful *** question***g terr***ists. Isn’t it ***cr***ible?

W: Simple solutions *** ***mplex problems rarely su***e***. As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known *** w***k.

Q: What does the woman th***k of the ***w drug?

10. M: You know the electron***s ***mpany is ***m***g *** our campus *** recruit graduate students ***xt week.

W: Really? What day? I'd ***ke *** talk *** them and hand *** my resu***.

Q: What does the woman want *** do?

Section B

Passage o***

A ***w study rep***ts the ***mmon drug aspir*** greatly r***uces ***fe threaten***g problems after an operation *** replace block*** blood vessels *** the heart. M***e than 800,000 people around the w***ld h**e this heart surgery each year. The doc***rs who carri*** out the study say gi***ng aspir*** *** patients soon after the operation ***uld s**e thousands of ***ves. People usually take aspir*** *** ***ntrol pa*** and r***uce high body temperature. Doc***rs also ad***se so*** people *** take aspir*** *** help prevent heart attacks. About 10-15 percent of these heart operations end *** death *** damage *** the heart *** other ***gans. The ***w study ***ws that even a small amount of aspir*** r***uc*** such threats. The doc***rs said the chance of death f*** patients who ***ok aspir*** would fall by 67%. They clai***d this was true if the aspir*** was given with*** 48 hours of the operation. The doc***rs be***eve aspir*** helps heart surgery patients bec***se it can prevent blood from th***ken***g and blood vessels from be***g block***. However, the doc***rs war***d that people who h**e s***mach ble******g *** other bad reactions from aspir*** ***uld not take it after heart surgery.

Q11. What is the f***d***g of the ***w study of aspir***?

Q12. In what way can aspir*** help heart surgery patients a******d***g *** the doc***rs?

Q13. What warn***g did the doc***rs give about the use of aspir***?

Passage Two

Were you the first *** the last child *** you family? Or were you a middle *** an o***y child? So*** people th***k it matters where you were b***n *** you family. But there are different ideas about what birth ***der ***ans. So*** people say that oldest children are smart and strong-will***. They are very ***kely *** be su***es**ul. The reason f*** this is simple. Parents h**e a lot of ti*** f*** their first child, they give him *** her a lot of attention. So this child is very ***kely *** do well. An o***y child will su***e*** f*** the sa*** reason. What happens *** the other children *** the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that imp***tant. If a family has many children, the middle o*** so***ti***s gets lost *** the crowd. The youngest child, though, often gets special treat***nt. He *** she is the baby. Often this child grows up *** be funny and charm***g. Do you be***eve these ideas of birth ***der ***o? A recent study saw th***gs quite differently. The study found that first children be***ev*** *** family rules. They didn’t take many chances *** their ***ves. They usually follow*** ***ders. Rules didn’t ***an as much *** later children *** the family. They went out and follow*** their own ideas. They ***ok chances and they often did better *** ***fe.

Q14. A******d***g *** ***mmon be***ef, *** what way are the first child and the o***y child a***ke?

Q15. What do people usually say about middle children?

Q16. what do we learn about later children *** a family from a recent study of birth ***der?

Passage Three

When my ***terest shift*** from space *** the sea, I ***ver expect*** it would c***se such ***nfusion among my friends, yet I can understand their fee***ngs. As I h**e been writ***g and talk***g about space f***ght f*** the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of ***terest *** the depth of the sea doer seem pecu***ar. To expla***, I’d ***ke *** share my reasons beh***d this unusual change of m***d. The first excuse I give is an e***nom*** o***. Underwater expl***ation is so much cheaper than space f***ght. The first round-trip t***ket *** the moon is ******g *** ***st at least 10 bil***on dollars if you ***clude research and develop***nt. By the end of this century, the ***st will be down *** a few mil***on. On the other hand, the di***ng suit and a set of bas*** ***ols ********* f*** sk***-di***ng can be bought f*** 20 dollars. My se***nd argu***nt is m***e philosoph***al. The ocean, surpris***gly enough, has many th***gs *** ***mmon with space. In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile. If we wish *** sur***ve *** either f*** any length of ti***, we ****** *** h**e ***chan***al aids. The di***ng suit help*** the design of the space suit. The fee***ngs and the emotions of a man be***ath the sea will be much ***ke those of a man beyond the atmosphere.

Q17. How did the speaker’s friends respond *** his change of ***terest?

Q18. What is o*** of the reasons f*** the speaker *** switch his ***terest *** underwater expl***ation?

Q19. In what way does the speaker th***k di***ng is similar *** space tr**el?

Q20. What is the speaker’s purpose *** gi***ng this talk?