历年英语四级听力原文(00-10年)

12000-2010年大学英语四级听力短对话文本集2010年6月四级第一部分听力Shortconversations11.W:Justimaginewehavetofinishreading300pagesbeforeMonday,howcantheprofessorexpectustodoitinsuchashorttime?M:Yeah,butwhattroublesmeisthatIcan'tfindthebookinthelibraryorintheuniversitybookstore.Q:whatdoesthemanmean?12.M:DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.I'dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.W:Wow,Idon'tliketoletanyoneelsetodrivemycar.Tellyouwhat,whydon'twegotogether?Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?13.M:Forgivethemessinhere.Wehadapartylastnight.Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.W:Yeah,Icantell.Well,Iguessit'sprettyobviouswhatyou'llbedoingmostoftoday.Q:Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo？14.W:WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?M:Well,youknowmyschedule.OtherthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?15.W:Iwassoangryyesterday.MybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplainwhyImissedthefieldtrip.Hejustwouldn'tletmepass.M:Thatdoesn'tseemfair.I'dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?16.M:Ireallycan'tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.Ifhe'sgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,Ijustwon'tcome.W:I'msorryyoufeelthatway.Butmymotherinsiststhathecome.Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?17.W:You'retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.What'syourimpressionsofar?M:Well,manystudentscanhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?18.W:Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?M:No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,wewon'thavemuchtrouble.Q:Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?长对话原文第一篇：W:Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?M:Oh,Ihavetoworkverylonghours,about11hoursaday.W:Whattimedoyoustart?M:Iwork9to3.ThenIstartagainat5:30andworkuntil11.Sixdaysaweek.SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours.W:Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?M:Oh,yes,that'sourbusiesttime.IgetWednesdaysoff.W:Whatarethethingsyouhavetodo,andthethingsyoudon'thavetodo?M:Eh,Idon'thavetodothewashing-up,sothat'sgood.IhavetowearwhiteandIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean.W:What'shardaboutthejob?2M:You'restandingupallthetime.Whenwe'rebusy,peoplegetangryandsharp.Butthat'snormal.W:Howdidyoulearntheprofession?M:Well,Ididatwoyearcourseatcollege.Inthefirstyear,wehadtolearnthebasics.Andthenwehadtotaketheexams.W:Wasiteasytofindajob?M:Iwrotetoaboutsixhotels.Andoneofthemgavememyfirstjob.SoIdidn'thavetowaittoolong.W:Andwhat'sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?M:Attentiontodetailandyouhavetoloveit.Youhavetoshowpassionforit.Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?M:Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?22.Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?长对话原文第二篇：W:Nowyou'veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?M:Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon'tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitled“change”.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?W:Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.I'mnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom72pto90p,istheriseof25%.M:Oh,yes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.W:Yes.Whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?M:I'msorry,I'venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.W:Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerealotbetteroffin2001thantheywerein2002.That'sstrange,isn'tit?Andtheyseemedtohavebeenbetteroffin2003thantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis.M:Yes,Idon'tunderstandthatatall.W:Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?M:Idon'tknow.IthinkIprobablygivethemtwopoundsaweek.W:Wouldyou?Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?M:Well,outofthattheyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings.ButIwouldn'texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocksforexample.W:Yes.Bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?M:Yeah,theydo.Questions23toquestion25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard:Q23:Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?Q24:WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren'spocketmoney?Q25:Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?Passage1原文Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeetingwiththecompany'sdistrictmanagers.EveryonearrivedontimeandAlex'spresentationwentextremelywell.Hedecidedtoendthemeetingwithaconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany'splans.“Ibelievewe'regoingtocontinuetoincreaseourshareofthemarket”,hebegan,“Becauseofthequalityofthepeopleinthisroom.Thedistrictmanageristhekeytothesuccessofthesalesrepresentativesinhisdistrict.He3setsthetoneforeveryoneelse.Ifhehasambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhisexample.”WhenAlexwasfinished,hereceivedpoliteapplausebuthardlythewarmresponsehehadhopedfor.Later,hespokewithoneoftheseniormanagers.“Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend”,Alexsaiddisappointedly,“ObviouslyIsaidthewrongthing.”“Yes”,thedistrictmanagerreplied,“Halfofourmanagersarewomen.Mosthaveworkedthewayupfromsalesrepresentativesandtheyareveryproudoftherolethey'veplayedin