1999年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案

1999年英语专业四级听力试题原文答案

听力原文PARTⅢLISTENINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONASTATEMENT1.Duringthismorning’stest,Icouldn’tdothelastfourquestions,butIdidthefirstfive.2.AccordingtoJanethereisnobettercheesethanSwisscheeseinourlocalsupermarket.3.Beforegoingtothegasstationtohavehistankfilled,Johnhadhisemergencybrakecheckedandfixedattheservicestationnearthelocalcinema.4.Bettywouldratherthatherhusbanddidn’tsendawaythecleaninglady,buthewillanyway.5.Fredwouldhavepaidtwiceasmuchashedidforhiscarifthesalesmanhadinsisted,ashereallyneededacar.6.Theideaofpermanenteducationispracticalbecausepeopleareneverreallytoooldtogoonlearning.Ofcoursetherearecertainlimitsbutthesearenotagelimits.7.Itisgettingmucheasiertotravelnowadays,butincreasinglyhardertogetawayfrompeople,andthatisperhapsthemostdifficultthingforholidaymakers.8.AccordingtoTom,Williamlosthisjobnotbecausehewasalwayssickandusuallywenttoworklate,butbecausehemadeabigerrorinlastmonth’saccountingandthebosswasangrywithhim.SECTIONBCONVERSATION9.W:DoyouknowthatMarkturneddownthatjobofferbyatravelagency?M:Yeah,thehourswereconvenient,buthewouldn’thavebeenabletomakeendsmeet.10.W:Canweeatsomewhereelse?Veryfewsmallrestaurantslikethisservegoodfood.M:Iknow,butthereisn’tanywhereelseinthistown.Look!Thewaiteriscomingoverforourorder.11.W:MaryisfluentinEnglishandshe’sjuststartedtolearnJapanese.M：IhearshealsoknowsafewwordsinChineseandFrench.12.M:JohnmusthavebeenjokingwhenhesaidthathewasgoingtoliveinBoston.W:Don’tbesosure.Hetoldmethathewaslookingforanagenttosellhishouse.13.W:Excuseme,Iwonderifthebuswouldcomeatall.It’salready10:45.nM:Oh,I’mafraidyou’vejustmissedthelastonewhichleft5minutesago.14.W:Hi,John,haven’tseenyouforaquitefewdays.Iheardyou’vebeensick.Howareyoufeelingnow?M:Theymustconfusemewithmybrother,Jack.Anyway,heisfeelingbetternow.15.W:Afterthewayitisbeingused,thephotocopierisnotgoingtomakeitthroughtherestoftheyear.M:Theyear!It’ssupposedtobegoodforfour!16.W:Lookatallthosecarsandtruckslinedupfortheferry.Theremustbeatleast40aheadofours.M:True,Ithinkitwilltakequiteawhileforustobeonboard.SECTIONCNEWSBROADCASTNewsItemOne(17-18)HaitianhungerstrikersattheUSlaborbaseatGuantannamoBay,Cuba,havebegunrefusingallfluidsandmedicaltreatments.15ofthe267Haitiansareatthebase.7arepreparedtodie,ifnecessary,toforcetheUStoadmittherestofthem.TheHaitiansareeligibletopursuepoliticalasylumintheUS,buthavebeenbarredfromentrybecausemosthavetheAIDSvirus.TheClintonAdministrationsaystheywouldliftthebanontheirentry,butitisnotknownwhen.NewsItemTwo(19)ThetopthreeUSauto-makershavedecidednottoproceedwithplanstofileatradecomplaintwithJapaneseauto-makers.GeneralMotors,FordandChryslerhadplannedtoaccuseJapanesecompaniesofdumpingcarsbelowmarketpricesintheUS,buttheydroppedtheidea,citingapledgebytheClintonAdministrationtoaddresstheUS-Japantradeimbalance.NewsItemThree(20-21)About100peoplearenowknownhavediedinwhathasbeendescribedas“theworststorm”evertohittheeasternUSthiscentury.Thehurricane-forcewindsfirststrucktheGulfofMexicoandhavenowspreadacrosstheCanadianborder,continuingtobringrecklesssnowfalls,severeflooding,andcausingmillionsofdollarsindamage.Allmajorairportshavenowreopenedandairlinesarebeginningtocopewithabacklogofthousandsofstrandedpassengers.ThestormalsoparalyzedareasofCuba,whereseveralpeoplewerekilled,andpropertyandcropsdestroyed.NewsItemFour(22)FrancehascarriedoutanotherundergroundnucleartestintheSouthPacific.ItisthefifthintheregionsinceSeptember.ThetestwasconductedattheMoruroaatollonWednesday.Parishasncomeunderstrongcriticismforitsnucleartestingprogramme,especiallyfromAsia-Pacificcountries.AStateDepartmentspokeswomaninWashingtonexpresseddisappointmentatthelatestFrenchtest.FrancehaspromisedtosignaglobaltestbantreatyafteritcompletesitscurrentseriesofnucleartestsinthePacific.NewsItemFive(23)TheassociationrepresentingBritishairlinepilotssaysthatthereisanurgentneedtoraiselevelsofairsafetythroughouttheworld.Inthestatement,theassociation,knownasBobo,warnsthatunlessairsafetyimprovestravelersfaceaperilousfuture.Theassociationalsosaidthatthestandardoftrainingmustberaisedamongflycrewsandairtrafficcontrollersastheskyhasbecomeevermorecrowded.NewsItemSix(24-25)TheWesternEuropeanUnion,thedefenseorganizationlinkingmostcountriesoftheEuropeanCommunity,ismeetinginLuxembourgtodiscusswaystoreinforceeconomicsanctionsagainsttheSerbsbytighteningcontrolsontheRiverDanube.Itisexpectedtoapproveofaproposaltosendpatrolboatsmannedbyarmedpoliceandcustomsofficerswithpowertosearchandturnbackshipssuspectedofbreakingthesanctions.InternationaleffortstoisolateSerbiahavebeenunderminedbyshipscarryingoilandotherillegalsuppliesfromtheBlackSearegionalongtheDanubeintotheformerYugoslaviaafterignoringattemptsbythelocalauthoritiestostopthem.ItisreportedthatmostoftheillegaltrafficofgoodsisbelievedtobearrivinginSerbiaoverlandfromGreeceandformerYugoslavianRepublicofMacedonian.PARTⅢLISTENINGCOMPREHENSIONSECTIONASTATEMENT1．答案：C【问句译文】讲话者考试做得怎样？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键是听清"Icouldn'tdothelastfour...butIdidthefirstfive．"这里是说她不会做后面的四个题，但做了前面的五个题，故选项C为正确答案。2．答案：A【问句译文】Jane认为瑞士奶酪怎样？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是"nobettercheesethanSwisscheese"，由此可知，Jane认为瑞士奶酪是最好的，故选A。3．答案：D【问句译文】John先去了哪儿？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键是分清做事的先后顺序，"Before．．．Johnhadhisemergencybrakecheckedandfixedattheservicestation..."，由此得出John应该首先去"theservicestation"。n4．答案：C【问句译文】Betty的愿望是什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键词有wouldrather（宁愿......倒愿意......）和sendaway（解雇，开除，赶走）。故"Bettywouldratherthatherhusbanddidn'tsendaway..."是说"Betty倒宁愿丈夫不解雇那个清洁女工，但她丈夫将会解雇她。"故选项C为正确答案。5．答案：A【问句译文】Fred花了多少钱买那辆车？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键是要听出这是一个虚拟语气句，"...wouldhavepaidtwiceasmushashedid...ifthesalesmanhadinsisted..."，意思是说"如果售货员坚持的话，Fred宁愿为此付两倍的价钱。"由此可知，售货员没有坚持原价，Fred只用要价的一半的钱就把车买下了。6．答案：B【问句译文】为何终身教育是有实际意义的？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】在谈到终身教育时，讲话者说"Ofcoursetherearecertainlimitsbutthesearenotagelimits."由此可知，选项B为正确答案。7．答案：B【问句译文】根据讲话者的观点，最困难的事是什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是"Andthatisperhapsthemostdifficult..."，但这里的that指的是上句中的"getawayfrompeople"，故本题的正确答案为B。8．答案：C【问句译文】William为何被解雇？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】只要听清关键句"...becausehemadeabigerror..."，就可判断正确答案为C。SECTIONBCONVERSATION9．答案：B【问句译文】Mark为何拒绝了那份工作？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】当女士说到Mark拒绝了那份工作时，男士说"thehourswereconvenientbuthewouldn'thavebeenabletomakeendsmeet．"由此可以看出，Mark嫌这份工作的薪水太低，所以拒绝了。10．答案：B【问句译文】他们认为那家餐馆如何？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】本题可以从女士的话中推理出答案，她说"Veryfewsmallrestaurantslikethisservegoodfood"，即"很少有像这样的小餐馆能提供好的食物的。"也就是说这餐馆的食物可能不好吃，因此答案选B。11．答案：D【问句译文】Mary说得好的是哪种语言？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是"fluentinEnglish"，由此判断Mary说得好的是英语。n12．答案：C【问句译文】那位女士认为John怎样？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】男士说"JohnmusthavebeenjokingwhenhesaidthathewasgoingtoliveinBoston."他认为John说要去波士顿居住是一句玩笑话，女士则说"Don'tbesosure"，说明她不同意男士的看法，也就是说她认为John或许真的要去波士顿居住，故选项C为正确答案。13.答案：B【问句译文】那位女士应该在几点种之前赶到？【试题分析】本题为计算题。【详细解答】已经是l0:45，女士还没有等到公汽，就问身边的一位男士是否还有公汽，男士回答说"...you'vejustmissedthelastonewhichleft5minutesago"，意思是说末班车5分钟前已离去，由此可以计算如果女士在10:40赶到，就可以赶上末班车。故答案选B。14．答案：A【问句译文】由对话我们可以知道什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】女士以为男士病了，男士说"TheymusthaveconfusedmewithmybrotheJack．"意思是说"把我和我弟弟Jack搞混了"，由此可知，John并没生病，生病的是他的弟弟Jack，故答案选A。15．答案：A【问句译文】男士的语气如何？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】当女士说按照现在这样使用的话，影印机将用不到年底。男士回答说"Theyear?It'ssupposedtobegoodforfour．"意思是"今年?那可是说要用四年的。"可见男士对影印机只用一年就要坏感到吃惊，故答案选A。16.答案：B【问句译文】两位讲话者很可能在哪儿？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】由关键句"carsandtruckslinedupfortheferry"和"takeaquitewhileforustobeonboard."可以知道，谈话者是在等渡船过河，故答案选B。SECTIONCNEWSBROADCAST17.答案：C【问句译文】一些海地人罢工是为了什么？【试题分析】本题为推理题。【详细解答】新闻第四句说"TheHaitiansareeligibletopursuepoliticalasylumintheUS,buthavebeenbarredfromentrybecausemosthavetheAIDSvirus."即"这些海地人是有资格在美国寻求政治避难的，但却因为他们大部分携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境。"由此可知，海地人是因为反对美国政府禁止他们入境而罢工的，因此选项C为正确答案。18．答案：A【问句译文】那些罢工者为何被禁止进入美国？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】本题答案在上一题中已分析过，新闻第四句说"...becausemosthavetheAIDSvirus．"即"因为他们大部分人携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境"，故答案选A。n19．答案：B【问句译文】美国汽车制造商为何决定停止行动？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】新闻最后一句说"Buttheydroppedtheidea，signingapledgebytheClintonAdministrationtoaddresstheUS-Japantradeimbalance．"意思是"他们放弃了这种想法是因为克林顿政府声称要对美日贸易不平衡提出抗议。"因此选项B为正确答案。20．答案：B【问句译文】暴风最先袭击哪儿？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】新闻的第二句说"Thehurricane-forcewindsfirststrucktheGulfofMexico..."，由此可直接得知飓风最先袭击了墨西哥湾。21．答案：D【问句译文】暴风没有造成下列哪一灾难？【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。"About100peoplearenowknowntohavedied..."，"...andcausingmillionsofdollarsindamage."，"Allmajorairportshavenowreopened"，"...andpropertyandcropsdestroyed"，新闻中没有提到"relocationofpeople"这一问题，故答案选D。22．答案：B【问句译文】根据该新闻，法国为何遭受强烈的批评？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】新闻第四句说"Parishascomeunderstrongcriticismforitsnucleartestingprogram..."，由此可知，法国是因为其核试验而遭受强烈的批评，故答案选B。23．答案：B【问句译文】该新闻主要是关于什么的？【试题分析】本题为主旨题。【详细解答】新闻首句说"...thereisanurgentneedtoraiselevelsofairsafetythroughouttheworld."，可见这篇新闻主要讲的是提高航空安全性的问题，故选项B为正确答案。24.答案：C【问句译文】Luxembourg会议的目的是什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】新闻首句就点明了会议的目的，"TheWesternEuropeanUnion...ismeetinginLuxembourgtodiscusswaystoreinforceeconomicsanctionsagainsttheSerbsbytighteningcontrolsontheRiverDanube."即西欧联盟会晤是为了商讨通过加强对多瑙河的控制重新施加对塞尔维亚的经济制裁，故选项C为正确答案。25.答案：A【问句译文】国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力失败的原因是什么？【试题分析】本题为细节题。【详细解答】新闻倒数第二句说"InternationaleffortstoisolateSerbiahavebeenunderminedbyshipscarryingoilandotherillegalsuppliesfromtheBlackSearegionalongtheDanubeintotheformerYugoslaviaafterignoringattemptsbythelocalauthoritiestostopthem."，由此可知国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力之所以失败，是因为运送石油和其他非法物资的船只仍然能够在多瑙河上通行，所以答案选A。