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2003年6月英语四级听力真题附答案

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2003年6月全国大学英语四级考试-听力原文

1.

W: Gorge1, look at the long waiting line. I am glad you’ve made a reservation.

M: More and more people enjoy eating out now. Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.

Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?

2.

M: I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. I’d like you to meet them.

W: Sure, I’d love to. I’ve heard they are very interesting people.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

3.

W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was complicated to understand.

M: Well, I think he didn’t speak slowly enough for us to take the notes.

Q: What did the man complain?

4.

W: You’ve got your apartment furnished, haven’t you?

M: I’ve bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain.

Q: What does the man mean?

5.

M: Mary doesn’t want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling.

W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

6.

M: I haven’t got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries2?

W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.

Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?

7.

M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?

W: Oh, I didn’t read straight through the way you read a novel, I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.

Q: How did the woman read the book?

8.

W: Hello, Joe, Haven’t seen you for quite a while. Are you fine?

M: Oh, yes, but not a thing to go against me. I had a car accident, only some minor3 injuries though.

Q: What happened to Joe?

9.

M: The taxi is waiting downstairs, let’s hurry.

W: Wait a minute. I’ll take some food with us. I don’t like the meal served on the train.

Q: What are the speakers going to do?

10.

W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?

M: It’s actually even worse, believe it or not.

Q: What did the man say about the course?

Passage One

My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced “Get up. You are going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still, that first day was very hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and t very large yards in well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted4, but I felt good. I put out a hard day’s labor5 and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted6 some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside. “Cut that section again!” he said firmly “and don’t make me have to tell you again.” The message was very clear. Today I stress the importance of doing the job right the first time. Every job I have held from cutting lawns to wash dishes to working a machine on the construction site. I have learned something that help me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?

12. What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?

13. What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage?

Passage Two

I am living in a small village in the country. My wife and I run a village shop. We have a very peaceful live, boring some my say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village. They have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too--gardening, fishing, and walking in the country side. I love the outdoor life. It wasn’t always like this though I used to have a really stressful job, working so late in the office every evening. I often bring work home at the weekends. The advertising7 world is very competitive8. And when I look back, I can’t imagine how I stood it. I have no private life at all. No time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job, I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis9 came when my wife left me. She complaint that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what is really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided10 to get back together and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid of looking back since the past life seemed like a horrible dream.

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. What did the speaker do for a living?

15. What do we know about the speaker’s life in the past?

16. What made the speaker change his life style?

Passage Three

“Where is the university?” is the question many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one could point at any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of 31 self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet their minimum entrance requirements set by the university. And the graduates usually live and study in their colleges but they are taught in very full groups. Lectures and laboratories and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over ten thousand undergraduates and three thousand five hundred post-graduates. About 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, more than sixty university members have won Nobel prizes. The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which as the copy-right libraries, is entitled11 to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are held and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in the 1881, but it was the not until 1941 that they were awarded degrees.

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. Why is it difficult to located Cambridge University?

18. What does the passage tell us about the colleges of the university?

19. What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?

20. What does we know from the passage tell us about the women students in Cambridge university?

Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) At the office.

B) In the waiting room.

C) At the airport.

D) In a restaurant.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) "At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. W: George, look at the long waiting line. I’m glad you’ve made the reservation.

M: More and more people enjoy eating out now. Besides, this place is especially popular with oversea students.

Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

2. M: I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons is coming over for dinner .I’d like you to meet them.

W: Sure. I’d love to. I’ve heard they’re interesting people.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

3. W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson was too complicated to understand.

M: Well, I think he didn’t speak slowly enough for us to take notes.

Q: What is the man’s complaint?

4. W: You’ve got your apartment furnished, haven’t you?

M: Yes. I bought some used furniture at the Sunday Market and it was a real bargain.

Q: What does the man mean?

5. M: Mary doesn’t want me to take the job. She says our child is too young and the job requires much traveling.

W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and loses before you make a decision.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

6. M: I haven’t got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries?

W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.

Q: What does the woman advise the man to do?

7. M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?

W: Oh, I didn’t read it straight through the way you read a novel. I just cover the few chapters that interested me most.

Q: How did the woman read the book?

8. W: Hi, John! Haven’t seen you for quite a while. Are you fine?

M: Oh, yes. But luck seemed to go against me. I had a car accident, only some minor injuries, though.

Q: What happened to John?

9. M: The taxi is waiting downstairs. Let’s hurry.

W: Wait a minute. I’ll take some food with us. I don’t like the meal served on the train.

Q: What are the speakers going to do?

10. W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?

M: Exactly even worse, believe it or not.

Q: What does the man say about the course?

1. A) At a theatre. C) At a railway station.

B) At a booking office. D)At a restaurant.

2. A) The man is inviting13 the woman to dinner.

B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.

C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons'.

D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.

3. A) The professor's presentation was not convincing enough.

B) The professor's lecture notes were too complicated.

C) The professor spoke12 with a strong accent.

D) The professor spoke too fast.

4. A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.

B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.

C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.

D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.

5. A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.

B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.

C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job.

D) The man doesn't want to stay home and take care of their child.

6. A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks. C) Be patient and wait.

B) Call to check his scores. D) Inquire when the test scores are released.

7. A) She read it selectively. C) She read it slowly.

B) She went over it chapter by chapter. D) She finished it at a stretch.

8. A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.

B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.

C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.

D) He was fined for speeding.

9. A) Wait for a taxi. C) Go on a trip.

B) Buy some food. D) Book train tickets.

10. A) It's not as hard as expected.

B) It's too tough for some students.

C) It's much more difficult than people think.

D) It's believed to be the hardest optional course.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up! You’re going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still that first day was really hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and trimmed very large yards in a well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted but I felt food. I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned six dollars. One day my father spotted some weeds I had missed cutting and pulled me aside. “Get that section again,” he said fimp3ly. “Don’t let me have to tell you to do the job right the first time.” In every job I have held,from cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine in a construction site, I have learnt something that help me in my next job. If you look hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?

12.What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?

13.What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage?

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) Anxious and worried. C) Nervous and confused.

B) Proud and excited. D) Inspired and confident.

12. A) His father scolded him severely14. C) His father made him do the cutting again.

B) His father took back the six dollars. D) His father cut the leaves himself.

13. A) One can benefit a lot from working with his father.

B) Manual labourers shouldn't be looked down upon.

C) One should always do his job earnestly.

D) Teenagers tend to be careless.

Passage Two

I live in a small village in the country. My wife and I run the village shop. We have a very peaceful life. “Boring ”, some might say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village and have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too, gardening, fishing, and walking in the countryside. I love the outdoor life. It wasn’t always like this though. I used to have a really stress job, working till late in the office every evening and often bringing work home at the weekend. The advertising world is very competitive and when I look back, I can’t imagine how I stayed it. I had no private life at all, no time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me .She complained that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what was really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to get back together again and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol, and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid looking back since the past life seemed a horrible dream.

14. What did the speaker use to do for a living?

15. What do we know about the speaker’s life in the past?

16. What made the speaker change his life style?

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) He ran a village shop. C) He worked in an advertising agency.

B) He worked on a famp3. D) He was a gardener.

15. A) It was stressful. C) It was peaceful.

B) It was colorful. D) It was boring.

16. A) His desire to start Iris15 own business. C) The decline16 in his health.

B) The crisis in his family life. D) His dream of living in the countryside.

Passage Three

“Where is the university” is the question many visitors to Cambridge asked, but no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over 10,000 undergraduates and 3,500 post-graduates, about 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the 20th century, more than 60 university members have won Nobel Prizes. University has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees.

17.Why is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University?

18. What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University?

19. What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?

20. What does the passage tell about women students in Cambridge University?

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. A) Because there are no signs to direct them.

B) Because no tour guides are available.

C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.

D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.

18. A) They set their own exams. C) They award their own degrees.

B) They select their own students. D) They organize their own laboratory work.

19. A) Most of them have a long history.

B) Many of them are specialized17 libraries.

C) They house more books than any other university library.

D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.

20. A) Very few of them are engaged in research.

B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.

C) They have outnumbered male students.

D) They were not treated equally until 1881.

 

2003年6月21日大学英语四级考试参考答案

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1. D 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C

Section B

11.B 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.A

16.B 17.D 18.B 19.B 20.B


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1 gorge Zf1xm     
n.咽喉,胃,暴食,山峡;v.塞饱,狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句:
  • East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
  • It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。
2 inquiries 86a54c7f2b27c02acf9fcb16a31c4b57     
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
参考例句:
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
4 exhausted 7taz4r     
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
参考例句:
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
5 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
7 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
8 competitive yOkz5     
adj.竞争的,比赛的,好竞争的,有竞争力的
参考例句:
  • Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
  • These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
9 crisis pzJxT     
n.危机,危急关头,决定性时刻,关键阶段
参考例句:
  • He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
  • The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。
10 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
11 entitled 8tWzka     
有资格的
参考例句:
  • You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到65岁就有资格享受养老金。
  • He entitled us to enter his office at any time. 他授权给我们可以随时进入他的办公室。
12 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
13 inviting CqIzNp     
adj.诱人的,引人注目的
参考例句:
  • An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
  • The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人,使人感到亲切温馨。
14 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
15 iris Ekly8     
n.虹膜,彩虹
参考例句:
  • The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
  • This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫,有这样一只难以置信的眼睛,连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。
16 decline K9gyw     
n.衰微,跌落,下降;vt.使降低,婉谢;vi.下降,衰落,偏斜
参考例句:
  • I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
  • The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。
17 specialized Chuzwe     
adj.专门的,专业化的
参考例句:
  • There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
  • These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。
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