College English Test Band 4.（二）
Section A.
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report 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 1 with a single line through the centre.
News Report One.
A waiter has returned a check worth nearly $ 424,000 to a retired social worker who lost it. The waiter found a bank envelope while cleaning off a table last Saturday at restaurant. He ran outside but the customer was gone. He opened the envelop and got a shock. After an unsuccessful search, the restaurant's owner called the Daily News for help. The "relieved" customer was reunited with her check on Wednesday. It contained money from her apartmen
t sale, already planned for a down payment on a new home. The customer did not tip the waiter after her meal. She tried to give him money later on, but he graciously declined. The waiter, who's working his way through school, did accept the customer's apology and gratitude and said it was happy to have helped her.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 1: What does the news report say about the waiter?
Question 2: What did the customer try to do when she got her check back?
News Report Two.
The village of Maref in Alaska voted on Tuesday to move to the state's mainland. The move is due to global warming and rising sea levels. Most of the village's 169 registered voters took part in the town hall meeting. They decided in a vote of 89-78 to move from their land on Sarichef Island, near the Arctic Circle. Maref Council Secretary Donna Barr said the vote was largely symbolic. It will be costly financially to the community.
"About 15 years ago, they estimated the cost at $180 million. I would figure it's much higher now," Barr said. "We don't see the move happening in our lifetime because of the funding". The village's roughly 650 residents have seen warming temperatures melt sea ice and permanently frozen land. This has resulted in houses falling into the water. At least 31 villages in Alaska face "immediate threats" due to climate change, the Government Accountability Office reported in 2009.
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 3: What is Maref's vote on Tuesday about?
Question 4: Why did Donna Barr say they wouldn't see the plan carried out any time soon?
News report 3.
A man in Halifax, Canada wanted to find out if people were thankful for someone holding the door open for them. The social experiment showed that 99 out of 100 people expressed gratitude. "I didn't think we were going to get 99. I don't know why, but I was pleasantly surp
rised because it went beyond just 'thank you'— people got into conversations with us," said Steve Foran, CEO of Gratitude At Work. "What we know from research is that from grateful people come good things," he said. "A simple way to induce gratitude in people is opening doors and so we went to six places and open the doors for people". For the experiment, Foran's team went to a shopping center, a mall, two office buildings and a coffee shop. The door was held for 15 to 20 people at a time at each location. "We did have one that didn't say thank you. We're not here to judge them, because on any given day, that could be me or you. I suspect out of the 100 people, there were probably a bunch of them having a bad day, but grateful people make people grateful," said Foran.
四级听力Questions 5~7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
Question 5: What is the purpose of the social experiment?
Question 6: What did Steve Foran and his team do in the experiment?
Question 7: What do we learn from the news report?
Section B.
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversation 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 1with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One.
W: Raise Solar. Lisa's speaking. How can I help? Hi. My name is Winston. I wish to enquire about solar panel installations.
W: Yes. What would you like to know?
M: Well, my neighbor installed panels on his roof about a year ago, in order to power his hot water. He tells me it has saved him over $500 thus far. Does that sound about right to you?
W: Well, I'm not familiar with your neighbor or his particular setup. But that amount is definitely possible. I can tell you that the average four-bedroom house may typically have a roof with 50 square metres of surface area. Four panels on one side of that roof could save a family of four around $300 a year.
M: OK. That sounds about right, then. My house is about the size you described, but my neighbor's is bigger. I'm not sure how many panels he has up there, but he does have a large family of six.
W: Are you interested in installing some solar panels on your roof, sir?
M: Yes. I'm considering it.
W: If you wish to come into our office, we could show you the different solutions we offer.