1、00:01.20College English Test (Band 4)00:04.76Part Listening Comprehension00:08.51Section A00:10.09Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations00:15.39and 2 long conversations.00:18.05At the end of each conversation,00:20.45one or more questions will be asked about what was said.0
2、0:24.64Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.00:29.70After each question there will be a pause.00:33.07During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),00:39.80and decide which is the best answer.00:42.73Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
3、 Sheet 100:46.70with a single line through the centre.00:49.09Now Lets begin with the 8 short conversations.00:53.841. M: I dont know what to do with Timmy.00:58.95This morning I found orange juice spilled all over the kitchen floor.01:02.92W: Dont be so hard on him. Hes only four.01:06.42Q: What do
4、es the woman mean?01:23.702. W: Excuse me, sir.01:26.20I would like to know about the fitness training program in your club.01:29.92M: Ill have you speak with the director in charge of new accounts.01:34.48Q: What is the woman interested in?01:52.353. W: Its really cold in this apartment.01:55.95Can
5、 we turn up the heat a little bit?01:58.17M: Sorry. Ive run out of money and can hardly pay the fuel bill.02:02.79Maybe youd better put on a sweater.02:05.84Q: What does the man mean?02:23.434. M: Im sorry, Miss. But you have to come with me to02:28.04the security office. The video cameras in our sh
6、op02:31.47have recorded everything you did.02:33.61W: No. No. I. I didnt do anything.02:37.21Ill call the police if you dare insult me.02:40.94Q: What does the man think the woman was doing?02:59.185. M: I think you ought to see a doctor right away about that cough.03:05.01W: Well, Ill wait a few mo
7、re days. Im sure Ill get over it soon.03:10.35Q: What do we learn about the woman?03:27.826. M: Ive heard that Pamela made quite a few mistakes in her lab report.03:35.21W: Well, she wouldnt have if she hadnt been in such03:38.06a hurry to get it done.03:40.17Q: What does the woman imply?03:57.947.
8、M: Wed better check out before 12 oclock, Mary.04:02.63And now there are only 30 minutes left.04:06.28W: Lets hurry up. You go pay the bill04:08.81and Ill call the reception to have our luggage taken downstairs.04:14.22Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?04:33.258. W: Have you ev
9、er heard this speaker before?04:37.22M: Yeah. Shes excellent. She gets her point across04:40.72and is entertaining at the same time.04:44.32Q: What does the man say about the speaker?05:02.50Now, youll hear the two long conversations.05:06.29Conversation One05:09.29M: What should I do about Mr. Rome
10、ro? Remember?05:12.13He said it was important and couldnt wait.05:14.65I think he may want you for that new movie hes directing.05:18.45W: Thats absolutely correct.05:20.56Now, we have to fit him in somewhere.05:23.29Mmm, what does Monday morning look like?05:26.37M: That doesnt look so good.05:28.2
11、8You have a make-up session starting at 6:00.05:31.43Then filming starts at 8:00 and thats going to take the whole morning.05:36.14W: Well, whats after that?05:37.81M: You have lunch with your agent to discuss05:40.53the awards ceremony and you ought to meet him05:42.71at one oclock at the restauran
12、t.05:44.85W: Oh, terrific. Listen, I cannot miss that.05:47.78But I still have to make time for Mr. Romero.05:50.48M: Well, now, dont forget youve got a three-oclock05:53.30appointment with your fashion designer.05:55.74W: Thats right. You know hes showing the latest fashions from Japan?06:00.59You
13、know that loose-fitting look? Those clothes are on show in this year.06:04.97M: At 4:30, you have an appointment with your hairdresser.06:08.53Then at 7:00, you have dinner with a journalist.06:11.85Now remember, be nice to that guy.06:14.78W: Do I have to? That wont be easy and its likely to run la
14、te.06:19.54How does Tuesday look?06:21.20M: Well, you have to spend the whole morning at the photographers.06:24.82They are taking photos to publicize your new movie.06:28.49W: What about the afternoon? Am I free then?06:30.97M: Let me see.Yes, you are free after 3:30.06:35.21W: Then you can set up
15、a meeting with Mr. Romero at 4:00.06:38.48M: OK. Ill get on it right away.06:41.81Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.06:47.359. What are the speakers doing?07:06.1710. What is the woman going to discuss with her agent07:10.90over lunch on Monday?07:28.0111. What do w
16、e learn from the conversation about the man?07:48.90Conversation Two07:51.11M: Im phoning up about this job you advertise in this paper.07:55.24This.er.young sales manager?07:58.54W: Oh, yes.08:00.05M: Id like to apply for it.08:02.00Would you send me an application form?08:04.86W: No. You simply se
17、nd in a written application, a letter.08:08.59M: Can you tell me a bit more about the job?08:11.81W: Well, we are really looking for someone08:14.29who isnt too concerned about working fairly long hours.08:17.34M: What do you mean by “long hours”?08:20.45W: This is a job which does,08:22.66as the ad
18、vertisement says, have travel possibilities,08:26.09and very often, one would be away at weekends, for instance.08:29.71M: Oh, I thought you meant working08:31.84in the evenings and working overtime.08:34.43W: Well, it could also mean working in the evenings.08:36.98But for a managerial post, Im afr
19、aid we dont pay overtime.08:40.98Mmm.thats for other grades.08:42.97M: Oh. What kind of money are you paying then?08:46.67W: Well, this is to be negotiated.08:48.76Oh, it depends partly on your experience and education.08:52.72Perhaps you can tell me briefly what that is?08:55.44M: Ive just left sch
20、ool and got A level in geography.08:59.67W: Oh, I see.09:01.07M: And its the travel that appeals to me.09:03.39Thats why Im inquiring about the job.09:06.16W: Yes, I see. What sort of salary were you thinking in terms of?09:10.28M: Starting off, I thought it would be something like 500 a week?09:15.
21、26W: Well, send in a written application and then well consider your case09:18.76along with all the other applicants.09:21.01M: Alright. Many thanks. Goodbye.09:23.75W: Bye.09:25.23Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.09:30.4512. What does the woman say an applicant09
22、:34.23should do first to apply for the job?09:51.7213. What kind of a person is the company looking for?10:11.8814. What does the man like most about the job?10:32.7015. What does the woman say about the salary10:37.29if the man is accepted by the company?10:55.25Section B10:56.60Directions: In this
23、 section,10:58.80you will hear 3 short passages.11:01.55At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions.11:05.08Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.11:09.46After you hear a question,11:10.98you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D
24、).11:16.49Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 111:19.63with a single line through the centre.11:22.13Passage One11:23.63A typical large supermarket offers around 17 000 to 20 000 items11:29.40for sale and it wants to make sure11:31.87that its customers see as many of them as possible.
25、11:35.55Thats why youll only find essential goods like bread,11:39.39vegetables and meat in completely different parts of the store.11:43.86Products with a high profit margin are always placed on shelves within11:48.06easy reach of the customer, while lower margin items like sugar or11:52.75flower a
26、re on the top or bottom shelves.11:56.47Many people make shopping lists before they visit supermarkets.12:00.55But even so, around 60% of all supermarket12:04.65purchases are the result of decisions that are taken in the store.12:09.33For this reason, supermarkets try to attract12:12.54their custome
27、rs by placing certain kinds of products next to each other.12:16.81In the UK, beer will often be found next to items for babies12:22.17because research shows that fathers of babies buy them12:26.27on their way home from work and will buy beer at the same time.12:31.59Research has also shown that thi
28、s kind of impulse buy happens more12:35.97frequently when no sales assistants are nearby.12:40.17Supermarkets have made selling such a fine art that their12:43.94customers often lose all sense of time. When interviewed,12:48.53customers normally guess theyve only spent half an hour12:51.53in the sup
29、ermarket even when they have been there for over12:55.0745 minutes. But that shouldnt be too surprising.12:59.21Any witty profitable supermarket knows13:02.06that it should keep its clocks well hidden.13:05.76Question 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.13:11.2516. Why are essentia
30、l goods displayed in totally13:15.17different parts of the supermarket?13:32.9917. Where are goods with a high profit margin usually found?13:53.5118. What does the speaker say about supermarket goers?14:13.7319. What shouldnt be too surprising according to the speaker?14:34.65Passage Two14:36.14Whe
31、n Matty Sallin was working on a degree in arts and14:39.23technology at university, he got an interesting14:42.60assignment in electronics class: create something for the household.14:47.79He decided to create an alarm clock.14:50.61“Everybody has to use an alarm clock of some kind every day,14:54.8
32、2and its extremely unpleasant!”14:56.60he says. He asked different people what theyd like to15:00.11wake up to instead of a noisy alarm. A lot of them said,15:03.88“the smell of bacon.” So Sallin invented a new kind of alarm clock:15:08.10a wooden box with a pig face and a digital clock that uses15:
33、11.70the smell of cooking bacon rather than sound to wake someone up.15:16.42He explains, “Theres no danger of burning, because15:19.57I built it carefully. It uses light bulbs instead of a flame15:23.48for cooking and turns off automatically after ten minutes.”15:27.45Just a few easy steps are requ
34、ired to set the “alarm.”15:31.14“What you do is put in a couple of frozen strips the night before,”15:34.68says Sallin. Bacon is preserved, so there is no danger of its spoiling overnight.15:40.00“If you set the alarm for 8:00,15:42.17it will turn on at 7:50 and slow cook for ten minutes under the b
35、ulbs,”15:46.54he says. “Then the bulbs turn off and a fan blows the smell15:50.93out through the nose of the pig. So instead of an alarm, you smell yourself awake,”15:56.00says Sallin. “Then you can open the door on the side15:59.46and pull the bacon out and eat it.”16:02.59Questions 20 to 22 are ba
36、sed on the passage you have just heard.16:08.2020. What was Matty Sallin doing when he created an alarm clock?16:28.9921. What did Matty Sallin do before making the new type of alarm clock?16:50.4722. What makes the newly invented alarm clock so unique?17:10.84Passage Three17:12.74Most people feel l
37、onely sometimes,17:15.46but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours.17:20.45For some people, though, loneliness can last for years.17:24.62Psychologists are studying this complex phenomenon17:28.14and have identified three different types of loneliness.17:32.11The first kind of l
38、oneliness is temporary.17:35.21It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention.17:40.30The second kind, situational loneliness,17:43.49is a natural result of a particular situation, for example,17:47.68a divorce or moving to a new place.17:50.94Although this kind of loneline
39、ss can cause physical problems,17:54.94it usually does not last for more than a year.17:58.40Unlike the second type, the third kind of loneliness usually lasts18:02.81more than two years and has no specific cause.18:06.68People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing18:11.55and
40、becoming close to others.18:14.05Unfortunately, many of them think there is little or nothing18:17.32they can do about it.18:19.17Psychologists agree that one important factor18:21.67in loneliness is a persons social contacts,18:24.89for example, friends, family members, etc.18:28.84We depend on var
41、ious people for different reasons.18:32.38For instance, our families give us emotional18:35.91support and our friends share similar interests and activities.18:40.01However, psychologists have found that the number18:44.16of social contacts we have is not the only reason for loneliness.18:48.81It is
42、 more important how many social contacts18:52.00we think or expect we should have.18:55.07In other words, though lonely people may have many social contacts,18:59.81they sometimes feel they should have more.19:03.03They question their own popularity.19:06.11Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passag
43、e you have just heard.19:12.5123. What does the speaker say about situational loneliness?19:33.2224. What problem will people have if they experience habitual loneliness?19:54.8225. Why do some people suffer loneliness according to psychologists?20:16.47Section C20:18.22Directions: In this section,
44、you will hear a passage20:21.95three times. When the passage is read for the first time,20:25.29you should listen carefully for its general idea.20:28.45When the passage is read for the second time,20:31.34you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words20:34.66you have just heard.20:36.3
45、4Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,20:39.73you should check what you have written.20:41.74Now listen to the passage.20:44.03There was a time when any personal information20:46.89that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper20:49.99and locked away in a file cabinet.20:52
46、.58It could remain there for years and,20:54.36often forgotten, never reach the outside world.20:57.78Things have done a complete about-face since then.21:01.29Responsible for the change has been the astonishingly21:04.54swift development in recent years of the computer.21:07.58Today, any data that is collected about us in one place or anotherand21:11.33for one reason or anothercan be stored in a computer bank.21:15.7
