2012年12月英语四级
听力 专项
Model Test 2
Listening Comprehension      (35minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
11. A) Fifteen minutes.
B) Half an hour.
C) Forty-five minutes.
D) Twenty minutes.
12. A) 3 blocks ahead.
B) On the 3rd Avenue.
C) On the 5th Street.
D) On the 15th Street.
13. A) 20 people.
  B) 15 people.
C) 30 people.
D) 25 people.
14. A) She cannot go with the man to Smithville.
  B) There is a new art supply store downtown.
C) The store went out of business.
D) The store’s location has changed.
15. A) In an office.
B) In a department store.
C) In an airport.
D) In a travel agency.
16. A) Someone else told him Fred had called.                   
B) It wasn’t really Fred who called.
C) The man looked for Fred at the gym.
D) Fred probably borrowed someone else’s sleeping bag.
17. A) Seven dollars.
B) Five dollars.
C) Three dollars.
D) Two dollars.
18. A) She thinks the man is a good soccer player.                   
B) She wants to watch her sister play.
C) She knows the man’s sister.
D) She isn’t interested in soccer.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) Washington.
B) Maryland.
C) New York. D.
D) D. Portland.
20. A) Forty-five minutes in the morning.                   
B) Fifty minutes in the evening.
C) Twenty minutes if driving a car in the morning.
D) Fifteen minutes in the evening.
21. A) The man likes to drive to work.
B) The woman drives to work everyday.
C) The speakers are on holiday.
D) The woman feels bored with the journey.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) Why the man must take a science course.
B) Which science teachers are the best.
C) Which science course the man should take.
D) Which science courses the woman has taken.
23. A) Geology.
B) Chemistry.
C) Physics.
D) Math.
24. A) He has heard the teacher is poor.
B) It won’t fit his schedule.
C) He did badly in it in high school.
D) The labs are too time-consuming.
25. A) Astronomy.
B) Physics.
C) Chemistry.
D) Biology.
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 choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Find out what caused the tides.
B) Study the nature of light.
C) Invent the first telescope.
D) Develop the calculus.
27. A) He became bottom of his class.
B) He laughed at that boy.
四级听力C) He became angry and fought back.
D) He believed he was lazy and stupid.
28. A) Wools Thorpe University.
B) Grantham University.
C) Cambridge University.
D) Oxford University.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based as the passage you have just heard.
29. A) England.
B) Egypt.
C) Japan.
D) Spain.
30. A) Irving was a British man.
B) Irving’s background provides much to explain his literary achievements.
C) Irving’s works were only received enthusiastically in England.
D) In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford.
31. A) He only began to practice law late in his life.
B) He spent very little time working as a lawyer.
C) He never practiced law although he studies it.
D) He worked as a lawyer with great enthusiasm.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Nuts.
B) Roots.
C) Grass.
D) Dead animals.
33. A) In the eighteenth century.
B) In the nineteenth century.
C) In the thirteenth century.
D) In the fourteenth century.
34. A) They were taller.
B) They had shorter noses.
C) They had stronger legs.
D) They were heavier.
35. A) There was no suitable food for them on most farms.
B) They could find food themselves well enough in forest.
C) It was difficult to develop improved types of pig.
D) They did not grow well when kept indoors.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.