题型有：1. DICTATION 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART I DICTATIONDirections: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work.
听力原文：Changing Rate of EmploymentWest Germany had one of the lowest rates of unemployment back in 1980. But then over the next three years it rose quite sharply and steadily. The United States has had ups and downs, or rather, it’四级听力s the only country to show a significant drop in the number of unemployed. This is due to high interest rates, which haven’t helped the rest of the world. In 1980 the rate was about the same as France and Great Britain, at about seven percent. This rose to 7.5 percent in 1981, and then peaked the following year at over nine percent.
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正确答案：Changing Rate of EmploymentWest Germany had one of the lowest rates of unemployment back in 1980. But then over the next three years it rose quite sharply and steadily. The United States has had ups and downs, or rather, it’s the only country to show a significant drop in the number of unemployed. This is due to high interest rates, which haven’t helped the rest of the world. In 1980 the rate was about the same as France and Great Britain, at about seven percent. This rose to 7.5 percent in 1981, and then peaked the following year at over nine percent. 涉及知识点：听力
PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALKIn this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking.You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
听力原文：Improve Your Public Speaking SkillsStudents in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about objects they bring in to school--called “show and tell”; this training is a basis for later public speaking. Even so, many native English-speaking adults are afraid to speak or give presentations in front of a large group. There is a large industry of consultants who train professionals in public speaking. Today, we’ll cover this topic and help you conquer the fear of public speaking.First of all, the best way to improve is to practice public speaking in a friendly environment. Learners need to receive feedback about what they are doing well and about their mistakes. One group that gives members the chance to practice is Toastmasters. Toastmasters is an international organization that holds weekly meetings. At the meetings, members each give a speech and give others advice about their speeches and speaking style.Second, simplify and break it down. The central thing to remember about public speaking or presentation is that it’s a very complex, sophisticated communicative activity. For non-native speakers it’s a really scary activity. So to make that more simplistic and easy for them, and to keep it from
being so overwhelming, because there’re so many things going on, the approach that I’ve taken is to divide public speaking into three parts: the physical message, the visual message, and the story message, and focus on one thing each time.If we observe a presentation, there’s what I call the physical message. It’s basically body language. It’s the way that my body, as a speaker, is talking to the audience: how I move my lips, my head, my hands, how I stand, how I make eye contacts with My body communicates how I feel and how I want my audience to feel to them.Then there’s also the visual message. The visual message(s) are the slides that we now make and show the audience: what we call as a PowerPoint. Make full use your slides, especially when you have photos, graphics, data, and so on, which speak to the audience in a more direct, vivid manner.The third message is the story message. The story message is the content of our presentation. So another way we can think of the story message is that it’s the verbal message, it’s what we say to the audience. The story message also includes how we organize our ideas to present to the audience.Another trick is videotaping. Many of you now have a phone or device that can take videos. Ask a friend to videotape your speech or
presentation. Using these videos, you can watch yourself and see how you appeared to your audience. You can also watch models of good speeches on the Internet and learn from watching videos of public speaking experts.Speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. And the second is death. Anyway, overwhelming as public speaking is, it still could be managed and improved through practice.
Improve Your Public Speaking Skills1. Practice in a 【T1】______ environment 【T1】______■ Receive feedback about their 【T2】______ 【T2】______■ Practice in an international organization holding 【T3】______ 【T3】______■ Members obtain advice about speeches and 【T4】______ 【T4】______2. Simplify and break it down■ Make complex, sophisticated activity more 【T5】______ 【T5】______■ Divided into three parts■ Physical message: 【T6】______ 【T6】______■ 【T7】______ message: make full use of PowerPoint 【T7】______■ Story message: 【T8】______ of presentation 【T8】______3. Videotaping■ Study how you 【T9】______ your audience 【T9】______■ Watch models of good speeches online and 【T10】
______ 【T10】______
2． 【T1】
正确答案：friendly
3． 【T2】
正确答案：strengths and mistakes／advantages and mistakes
解析：本题考查细节及对信息的理解和整理。录音指出：练习者应该得到两方面的反馈：做的好的方面及所犯错误的方面(what they are doing well and about their mistakes)，因此考生应把信息提炼出来并用简单的词汇进行总结，如strengths and mistakes或advantages and mistakes；其他能表达what they are doing well的词也正确。 知识模块：听力
4． 【T3】
正确答案：weekly meetings
解析：本题考查细节。录音指出：Toastmasters给会员机会练习公共演讲，它是一个每周举行例会的国际组织(…that holds weekly meetings)。故填入weekly meetings。 知识模块：听力
5． 【T4】
正确答案：speaking style
解析：本题考查对信息的提炼。录音提到，参加Toastmasters的人做演讲，并为他人的演讲提供演讲本身及演讲风格的建议(advice about their speeches and speaking style)。故填入speaking style。 知识模块：听力
6． 【T5】
正确答案：simplistic and easy
解析：本题考查对大意的理解及细节的捕捉。录音提到，公共演讲是一项极其复杂的交际活动，因此我们应该尽量把它简化、使其更容易(more simplistic and easy)。故填入simplistic and easy。 知识模块：听力
7． 【T6】
正确答案：body language
解析：本题考查对分论点的把握。录音提到，观察一个演讲的行为可以称之为物理信息(physical message)，也就是身体语言(body language)，故填入body language。 知识模块：听力
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