四级听力：漫步听海 (5)

来源：必克英语 2014-11-12

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[00:01.80]Section A
[00:03.37]11. W: Mary has been in the night club since 8 o'clock.
[00:07.29]What time is it now? I'm worried.
[00:09.37]M: It's two o'clock in the morning.
[00:11.16]Q: How long has Mary been in the club?
[00:29.52]12. W: How do you feel about the dinner?
[00:32.01]M: I think I've never had such a terrible dinner, everything is dirty.
[00:35.83]Q: What did the man mean?
[00:53.74]13. M: Betty is supposed to be here at the meeting tonight. Where is she?
[00:58.10]W: She's come down with the flu and has to stay at home.
[01:01.53]Q: Why didn't Betty attend the meeting?
[01:19.86]14. W: I think we should stop playing around with the idea and buy a car.
[01:24.94]M: I didn't realize you are so serious about it.
[01:27.47]Q: What are the speaker's attitudes toward buying a new car?
[01:46.78]15. W: Hello, it's Kate speaking here at my home,
[01:51.01]but Tom and I are going to the concert tonight.
[01:53.53]Would you like to come over to look after my baby, just for two hours?
[01:57.52]M: Well, it's out of question.
[01:59.60]Q: What is not true about the conversation?
[02:17.99]16. W: The shoes were a bargain. I got them for half price.
[02:23.03]M: You mean you only paid $ 40 for them?
[02:26.47]Q: How much did the shoes cost originally?
[02:45.27]17. M: Tara is really enthusiastic about her ballet class, isn't she?
[02:51.31]W: Yes. She used to take lessons only one day a week,
[02:55.10]but now she goes every other day after class.
[02:58.78]Q: How many days a week does Tara take ballet lessons?
[03:19.07]18. W: Did you hear the weather forecast?
[03:22.10]M: Yes. It said it would be slightly above freezing tomorrow.
[03:26.20]Q: What kind of weather are they having?
[03:45.21]Now you'll hear two long conversations.
[03:49.33]Conversation One
[03:51.73]M: I can't find my wallet.
[03:53.13]W: Oh no! Are you sure?
[03:54.94]M: It's definitely not in any of my pockets.
[03:57.84]W: You must have left it in the taxi.
[03:59.84]M: Well, you paid the taxi fare.
[04:01.81]I don't remember having it when I was in the taxi.
[04:04.54]W: Then when did you last have it?
[04:06.38]Maybe you left it at the bank? Remember?
[04:08.86]You took it out when you cashed that check.
[04:11.70]You could have left it on the counter.
[04:13.43]M: Oh, the teller would have noticed it I'm sure.
[04:16.88]And anyway, I remember having it after that,
[04:19.02]when we were in that coffee shop.
[04:20.60]Maybe it slipped out of my pocket while we were having coffee.
[04:23.72]W: But you paid for the coffee, remember?
[04:25.90]M: That's right. And what did I do after that?
[04:28.96]I must have had it when I left the coffee shop
[04:31.02]because I remember feeling it in my pocket as we walked out.
[04:34.85]W: Well, I wonder if someone stole it.
[04:37.09]M: You mean a pickpocket?
[04:38.40]W: Yes. Do you think someone could have stolen it without you noticing it?
[04:42.67]M: I doubt it. I'm sure I would have noticed.
[04:44.92]No. Do you know where I think it could be?
[04:47.16]W: Where?
[04:47.96]M: Remember that little bookshop we stopped in on the way to the taxi stand?
[04:51.88]W: Yeah. Did you have it then?
[04:53.40]M: Yes I did. I remember taking it out of my pocket to write down
[04:56.74]the name of the book on a piece of paper.
[04:59.26]I think I must have put it on the shelf while I was writing, and left it there.
[05:03.14]I'll call the bookshop and see if they've found it.
[05:06.20]Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[05:24.03]19. What did the man do in the bank?
[05:42.11]20. Who paid the taxi fare and who paid for the coffee?
[06:01.28]21. What did the woman think about the missing wallet?
[06:20.02]22. Where did the man most probably lose his wallet?
[06:40.10]Conversation Two
[06:42.08]W: Harry, what's the matter? You look pale. Are you sick?
[06:45.76]M: I just had a terrible experience.
[06:47.82]W: Sit down. Let me get you a glass of water.
[06:50.21]M: No, thanks. I'll be fine in a minute.
[06:52.19]W: Did you have an accident?
[06:53.41]M: Not quite, but almost.
[06:54.82]I was crossing the street just now and was almost hit by a car.
[06:58.00]Fortunately, I jumped back in time.
[07:00.25]W: How awful! I hope you got the license number for the car,
[07:03.57]so you can report this man to the police department.
[07:06.50]M: Before I realized what had happened, the car was gone.
[07:09.54]W: Drivers like that should have their licenses taken away from them.
[07:13.05]M: I agree. I won't forget this for a long time.
[07:15.64]W: I'm sure you won't.
[07:17.34]M: Yes, from now on I won't cross the street
[07:19.24]in the middle of the block reading my newspaper.
[07:21.92]I'll have to watch where I'm going,
[07:23.77]since there are dangerous drivers like that one on the road.
[07:27.74]Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[07:33.46]23. Why did the man look pale?
[07:51.22]24. What was the man doing when the car almost hit him?
[08:10.22]25. What can be inferred from the conversation?
[08:29.77]Section B
[08:31.78]Passage One
[08:33.79]The city's museums are much more than cultural centers.
[08:37.55]They are major contributors to the city's economy.
[08:40.83]Not only do they provide jobs for people living in the city,
[08:44.26]but the museums also attract tourists
[08:46.60]who spend money in hotels, restaurants and stores.
[08:50.53]Each year mass motoring tours visit our museums
[08:54.30]and spend millions of dollars in the city,
[08:56.53]but only a fraction of that money is ever seen by the museums.
[09:00.72]This, in addition to recent cuts in government aid,
[09:04.12]has hurt the museums.
[09:05.61]And museums are in trouble,
[09:07.36]though we can all help by increasing our contributions
[09:10.62]and encourage others to support cultural institutions.
[09:14.53]We should help the museums and help ourselves, too.
[09:17.87]This message is by Crocker Bank,
[09:20.28]which is interested in keeping New York financially healthy.
[09:24.84]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[09:30.48]26. What is the main thought expressed in this appeal?
[09:49.85]27. Why are the city's museums economically important?
[10:09.32]28. Why are museums having problems?
[10:28.55]Passage Two
[10:30.47]Mrs. Baker's sister was ill.
[10:32.08]She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday,
[10:35.51]but not at the weekend,
[10:37.13]so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spent the weekend
[10:41.59]with her at her home in a neighbouring town.
[10:44.51]But as Mr. Baker could not cook,
[10:46.13]she had arranged for his sister to come over
[10:48.79]and spend the weekend looking after him at their home.
[10:51.99]This meant that Mr. Baker had quite a busy time
[10:54.88]when he came home from work on Friday evening.
[10:57.81]First he had to drive home from the railway station.
[11:01.17]Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train.
[11:05.10]And then he had to wait until his sister's train arrived,
[11:08.55]so as to take her to his house.
[11:11.17]Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station
[11:14.16]to catch her train back home,
[11:15.80]and then wait for his wife's train,
[11:17.96]so as to bring her home.
[11:19.74]One Sunday evening he had seen his sister off on her train
[11:23.23]and was waiting for his wife's arrival when a porter,
[11:27.37]who had often seen him at the station,
[11:29.52]came over and spoke to him.
[11:31.45]"You are having a lot of fun," he said.
[11:33.49]"But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other,
[11:37.49]and then you will be in real trouble!"