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 inviting 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 spoke 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 severely. 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 Iris own business. C) The decline 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 specialized 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日四級聽力試題原文及譯文
Section A
W：Gorge, 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?
W: 喬治，看看這裏排著這麽長的隊，真高興妳訂到了座位。
M：越來越多的人喜歡在外面吃飯。而且這個地方尤其受留學生親睞。
Q：對話可能在哪裏發生？
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?
M：妳明天晚上能到我這來壹趟嗎？史蒂文森壹家明天到我家吃晚飯，我希望妳能見見他們。
W：當然，我非常願意。我聽說他們非常有意思。
Q：我們可從該對話中了解到什麽？
W: The presentation made by Professor Jackson?was? complicated to understand.
M: Well, I think he didn't speak slowly enough for us?
for us to take the notes.Q: What did the man complain?
W：傑克森教授作的報告太難懂了。
M；我覺得他的語速太快，我們根本沒法做筆記。
Q：男士抱怨什麽？
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?
W：妳買了家俱，是嗎？
M：我從周日市場買了壹些舊家俱。價錢便宜。
Q：男人什麽意思？
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?
M：瑪麗不想讓我幹那個工作，她說孩子還些?這個工作又需要我經常出差。
W：妳應該和她再談談，看妳們能不能想出個兩全其美的辦法。權衡壹下利弊，再做決定。
Q：從對話中我們可以了解到什麽？
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?
M：我還不知道GRE考試的分數。妳覺得我是不是該打電話問問？
W：不要急。考試的分數至少要在考試後八周之後公布。
Q：女人建議男人幹嘛？
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?
M：妳讀上個月妳買的那本書了嗎？
W：哦，我不象妳讀小說那樣從頭讀到尾。我讀了我感興趣的幾章。
Q：女人采用什麽讀書方式？
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?minor injuries though.
Q: What happened to Joe?
W：妳好，喬，很久不見，妳好嗎？
M：還好，我吉人自有天相，出了車禍，只不過受了輕傷。
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?
M：出租車在樓下等著，趕緊！
M：等等，我要帶點吃的東西。我不喜歡吃火車上供應的食物。
Q：兩個談話者準備做什麽？
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?
W：那門選修課象別人說的那麽難嗎？
M：不管妳信不信，難極了。
Q：他們如何評價選修課？
Section B
Passage 1
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 exhausted, but I felt good. I put out a hard day's labor and earned six dollars. One day, my father spotted some weeds I have miss cutting and pulled me inside. "Cut that section again!" he said fimp3ly "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.
11 Q: How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?
13 Q: What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?
14 Q:What did the speak want to tell us in this passage?
Passage B
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, 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 advertising world is very competitive. 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 crisis 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 decided 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.
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 3
"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 entitled 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.
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?
2003年6月21日大學英語四級考試參考答案
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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