大学英语英语四级考试听力试题

2003年1月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions:Example:

You will hear:

You will read:

will start at 9 o clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the correct answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center. 1.

A) They are both anxious to try Italian food.

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B) They are likely to have dinner together.

C) The man will treat the woman to dinner tonight.

D) The woman refused to have dinner with the man.

2.

A) It's only for rent, not for sale.

B) It's not as good as advertised.

C) It's being redecorated.

D) It's no longer available.

3.

A) Colleagues.

B) Husband and wife.

C) Employer and employee.

D) Mother and son.

4.

5.

B) The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.

C) There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus.

D) They can catch this bus without running.

6.

A) The assignment looks easy but actually it s quite difficult.

B) The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time.

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C) They cannot finish the assignment until Thursday.

D) They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.

7.

A) The man will go to meet the woman this evening.

B) The man and the woman have an appointment at 7 o'clock.

C) The woman can t finish making the jam before 7 o'clock.

D) The woman won t be able to see the man this evening.

8.

A) She s learned a lot from the literature class.

9.

10.

C) She is unhappy to have to drive such a long way every day.

D) She enjoys it because she s good at driving.

Section B Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the

passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For

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blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing

information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

It's difficult to imagine the sea ever running out of fish. It s so vast, so deep, so (S1) _______. Unfortunately, it s not bottomless. Over-fishing, (S2)

_________ with destructive fishing practices, is killing off the fish and (S3) _________ their environment.

Destroy the fish, and you dest (S8)

____.

对虾) caught, up to 15

True, (S9)

_______________________________________________________________, then catch them in a way that doesn't kill other innocent sea life.

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices

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marked A), B) C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?

催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated (隔离的) buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for

large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.

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11. Although heroes may come from different cultures, they _______.

A) generally possess certain inspiring characteristics

B) probably share some weaknesses of ordinary people

C) are often influenced by previous generations

D) all unknowingly attract a large number of fans

12. According to the passage, heroes are compared to high-voltage

transformers in that ____.

A) they have a vision from the mountaintop

B) they have warm feelings and emotions

D) can provide an answer to the problems of their people

15. The author concludes that historical changes would ______.

A) be delayed without leaders with inspiring personal qualities

B) not happen without heroes making the necessary sacrifices

C) take place ff there were heroes to lead the people

D) produce leaders with attractive personalities B)

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Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:

According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today s traditional-age college freshmen are “more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)” than at any time in the 17 years of the poll.

Not surprising in these hard times, the student s major objective “is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful

literature or history but accounting.

Interest in teaching, social service and the science is way up.

drive their employer out of business. No company; no job. How shortsighted in the long run!

But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机): “Miss Baxter,” he says, “could you please send in someone who can

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distinguish right from wrong?”

From the long-term point of view, that s what education really ought to be about.

16. According to the author s observation, college students _______.

A) have never been so materialistic as today

B) have never been so interested in the arts

C) have never been so financially well off as today

_______.

A) the influences of their instructors

-3, 19. Studying the diverse wisdom of others can ________.

A) create varying artistic interests

B) help people see things in their right perspective

C) help improve connections among people

D) regulate the behavior of modern people

20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A) Businessmen absorbed in their career are narrow-minded.

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B) Managers often find it hard to tell right from wrong.

C) People engaged in technical jobs lead a more rewarding life.

D) Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only.

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or domestic business efforts.

be sure that the over).

Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.

English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second

language isn t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal

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The employee posted abroad who speaks the country s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and cam have the

cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.

21. What is the author s attitude toward high-tech communications equipment?

A) Critical.

B) Prejudiced.

C) Indifferent.

D) Positive.

businesspeople ______.

-3, Para. 3) probably D) leaving all care and worry behind

24. According to the passage, what is an important consideration of

international corporations in employing people today?

A) Connections with businesses overseas.

B) Ability to speak the client s language.

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C) Technical know-how.

D) Business experience.

25. The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can _______.

A) better control the whole negotiation process

B) easily find new approaches to meet market needs

C) fast-forward their proposals to headquarters

D) easily make friends with businesspeople abroad

Passage Four

of a consulting firm. “Nothing

垄断者) that until recently have been free to take their customers for granted now fear what Michael Perry, a marketing professor, calls “the revengeful (报复的) consumer.” When the government opened up competition with Bezaq, the phone company, its international branch lost 40% of its market share, even while offering competitive rates. Says Perry, “People wanted revenge for all the years of bad service.” The electric company, whose monopoly may be

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short-lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a

repairman. Now, appointments are scheduled to the half-hour. The graceless El Al Airlines, which is already at auction (拍卖), has retrained its employees to emphasize service and is boasting about the results in an ad campaign with the slogan, “You can feel the change in the air.” For the first time, praise

outnumbers complaints on customer survey sheets.

26. It may be inferred from the passage that _______.

A) customer service in Israel is now improving

B) wealthy Israeli customers are hard to please

________.

C) the appointment takes only half a day to make

D) they only have to wait half an hour at most

29. The example of El A1 Airlines shows that _______.

A) revengeful customers are a threat to the monopoly of enterprises

B) an ad campaign is a way out for enterprises in financial difficulty

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C) a good slogan has great potential for improving service

D) staff retraining is essential for better service

30. Why did Bezaq s international branch lose 40% of its market share?

A) Because the rates it offered were not competitive enough.

B) Because customers were dissatisfied with its past service.

C) Because the service offered by its competitors was far better.

D) Because it no longer received any support from the government.

Part III Vocabulary Directions:_______ them.

A) discovered

A) grown

B) raised

C) tended

D) cultivated

33. The careless man received a ticket for speeding. He ________ have driven so fast.

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A) can t

B) wouldn t

C) shouldn t

D) mustn t

34. If people feel hopeless, they don t bother to ________ the skills they need to succeed.

A) adopt

B) acquire

C) accumulate

D) assemble

A) worked

B) were to work

C) had worked

D) were working

customers.

C) scolded

D) cursed

37. All her energies are ________ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.

A) guided

B) aimed

C) directed

D) focused

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38. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ___ by wild animals.

A) should be attacked

B) had been attacked

C) must be attacked

D) would be attacked

39. Everyone should be ___ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to be educated.

A) attributed

B) entitled

C) identified

D) justified

angry.

A) errors

B) shortcomings

C) fault

D) flaw

A) matters

B) materials

C) particles

D) substances

42. Apart from caring for her children, she has to take on such heavy _______ housework as carrying water and firewood.

A) time-consumed

B) timely-consumed

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C) time-consuming

D) timely-consuming

43. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely _______ to the outside world.

A) having been lost

B) to be lost

C) losing

D) lost

traffic accident.

A) evidence

B) recognition

C) status

D) identity

A) distance

D) boundary

46. We have planned an exciting publicity _______ with our advertisers.

A) struggle

B) campaign

C) battle

D) conflict

47. _______ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the investigation.