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1、四級聽力原文 Secti on A 11. M: What was it like working with those young stars W: It was a great group, I always got mad when people said that we didn t get along, just because we re girls, there was neVeda fight. We a great time. Q: What does the woma n mea n 12. M: Are you telli ng me you donh6usetavper

2、管家） W: No, we don ifybu make a mess you clea n up yourself. Q: What do we lear n from this conv ersati on make a mess 弄臟， 13. M: I hear that the Edwards are thinking of buying ano ther house. W: Should they be doing that with all the other expe nses they have o pay An yhow, they are over 70 now, the

3、irprese nt house is not too bad. Q: What does the man imply 14. W: You look like you arfreezing to death. Why don t you put this on M: Thank you, it was so warm at noon, I didn expect the weather to cha nge so quickly. Q: What do we lear n from the conv ersati on 15. W: I ll havesteek, French fries

4、and let sWe shocolate ice cream fondessert.（甜點(diǎn)） M: Oh, oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat （脂 肪） and sugar, how about ordering（點(diǎn)餐）some vegetables and fruit in stead Q: Where does the conv ersati on most probably take place 16. W: What was it like growi ng up in New Y orkDis

5、tric s地區(qū)nx 區(qū)域） Was it safe M: To me it was, it was all I knew. My mom would send me to the shop and d go and buy thi ngs whe n I was about 8 years old. Q: What do we lear n from the conv ersati on 17. W: Nice weather, isn tOh, I veen you around the office, but I don t think we ve met, I am Henry Smj

6、tik,in the Market Research Section.（市場調(diào)查部門） M: Nice to meet you, Henry, I am Helen Grant, I am in the Advertising Section （廣告部門）on the ninth floor. Q: What can we infer from the conv ersati on 18. M: Ma a rhe ar you have anapartment （公寓）for rent （供出租）， can I take a look at it W: Sure, you re welcome

7、 any tinapfbyintment （約會(huì)），but I have to tell you the building is close to a railways. And if you can put up with the noise you might as wellsave the trip.（省得跑一趟） Q: What do we lear n from the conv ersati on Conv ersati on 1 W: Please have a seat, Mr. Saunders. I received your job resume last week, a

8、nd it was veryimpressed. M: Tha nk you! W: We are a small finan cial compa ny trad ing mostly stocks and bonds （股票和債券）.may I ask why you are so interested in working for us M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I ve always wanted to work for a smaller company. Q19 W: That s good to hear.

9、Would you mind telling me a little bit about your prese nt job M: I m currently working in a large international company charge of_a team of 8 brokers.經(jīng)紀(jì)人）Q20. We buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide. W: Why do you thi nk you are the right can didate for this positi on M: As a head broker

10、, I have a lot of experiences in the stock market, I deal with the clie nts on the daily bases, and I enjoy work ing with people. W: Well, you might just be the person we ve）een looking for. Q21Do you have any questi ons M: Aha, if I were hired, how many acco unts would I beha ndli ng W: you will be

11、 work ing with two other head brokers, in ano ther words, you will be han dli ng about a third of our clie nts. M: And who would I report to W: Directly to me. M: I see. What kind of ben efits package （一攬子福利） do you offer W: Two weeks of paid vacation （帶薪休假） in your first year employme nt, you are a

12、lsobee n en titled to medical and den tal in sura nee, but this is somethi ng you should discuss with ourPersonne Department. Do you have any other questi ons M: No not at the mome nt. W: Well, I have to discuss you application with my colleagues and we ll get back to you early n ext week. M: OK, th

13、anks, it s been nice meeting you! W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today. 19. What s the purpose of Mr. Saunders visit 20. What is Mr. Sau nders curre nt job 21. What can we con clude from the conv ersati on Conv ersati on 2 M: Hey, Karen, you are not really read ing it, are you W:

14、Pardon M: The book! You haven t turned the page in the last ten minutes. W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven t. I need get through it, though, but I keep dri什ing away （走神）Q22 M: So it doem t really hold your interest W: No, not really. I wouldn bother ith it, to be honest, Q22 but I have to read it for a

15、seminar.I m at a university. M: It s a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love. W: I should say, I don t like Dickenallat thle author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less. M: It s not just the book, it s the curse as well W: Yeah, in a way, although the curse itself

16、isn t really that bad, a lot is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturer is fine, as to me, I suppose, you see, I want to do philosophy rather than English, Q23 but my parents took me out of it. M: So the courses are OK as such, it s just that had if been left to you, you would choose a differe nt one

17、. W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, they always do, don tThey believe that my job prospect would be pretiy limited with the degree of philosophy. Q24 Plus, they give me a really gen erous allowa nee（可觀的津貝占）,but I am beg inning to feel that I m wasti ng my time and the

18、ir mon ey. They would be so disappo in ted though if I told them I was quitting. Q25 22. Why can t Kaxercentrate on the book 23. Why is Kare n starti ng to like the course less and less 24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limiteejob opport un ities 25. What is Karen thinking of doing Secti on B

19、 Passage One In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever whe n they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for only three years, the n they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed（部分 腐爛）

20、,it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. Q26 The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose toent the grave for three yea

21、rs and even after it has been dug up, lasting peace is still not guara nteed. If no one pays for ren ti ng space in the bone room, the skelet on is removed and stored in a build ing in a poor part of the tow n. Lack of space in Athe ns is the main reas on why the dead are dug up after the three year

22、s. Q27 The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in the hospitals for over a week un til a grave is found. Athe ns city coun cil wants to in troduce cremation化，火葬） that is bur ning dead bodies as a means of deali ng with the problems_But the Greek church resists this practice, Q

23、29 they believe the only place where people bur n is hell, so burning dead bodies is aga inst the Greek concept of life after death. Q29To save space, the church suggested bury ing the bodies sta nding up in stead of lying dow n. Q28Some people proposed build ing multi-storey un dergr ound grave yar

24、ds. 26. What must Greeks do to keep the dead rest ing in ever-last ing peace 27. Why are most dead bodies in Athe ns dug up after three years 28. What suggesti ons does the church give about the bury ing of dead bodies 29. What practice does the Greek church object to Passage Two If you visit a big

25、city any where in the world, you will probably find a restaura nt would serve the food of your own n ative coun try. Most large cities in the United States offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many diffe

26、rent kinds of restaurants in the United States. A sec ond reas on is that many America ns come from other part of the world Q30. They enjoy tasting the foods of their n ative Ian ds. In the city of Detroit （底特律），for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Lati n America, and the

27、Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better un dersta nd the people and their way of life. Q31 One of the most com mon in

28、ter nati onal restaura nts to be found in the Un ited States is the Italia n restaura nt. The restaura nt may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and childre n serve the people who come to eat there. Q32 Or it may be a large re

29、staura nt owned by several differe nt people who worked together in the bus in ess. Many Italia n dishes that America ns enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese, they are very delicious and tasty. 30. Why are there so many intern ati onal restaura nts in the Un ited States 31. Why do America

30、ns like to go to intern ati onal restaura nts apart from enjoying the foods there 32. How is a typical Italia n family restaura nt run in the Un ited States Passage Three One wi nter day in 1891, a class at a trai ning school in Massachusetts, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Si nce the

31、football seas on had en ded, most of the young man felt they were in for（必定遭至 U） a bori ng time. But their teacher, James Nasmith had other ideas. He had bee n working for a long time on a new game that would have the excitement of the American football. Q33 Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung a