1、2011大学英语四级 Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and2 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 ques tion there will be a pause.
2、 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 correspond ing letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.11.A) He is careless about his appearance. B)He is ashamed of his present condition. C)He chang
3、es jobs frequently. D)He shaves every other day.12.A) Jane may be caught in a traffic jam. B)Jane should have started a little earlier. C)He knows what sort of person Jane is. D) He is irritated at having to wait for Jane.13.A) Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships. B)Making preparations for a
4、 trans-Atlantic trip. C)Collecting information about baseball games. D) Analyzing their rivals on-field performance.14.A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident. B)He is hospitalized for a serious injury. C)He lost his mother two weeks ago. D)He has been having a hard time.15.A) The woman has know
5、n the speaker for a long time. B)The man had difficulty understanding the lecture. C)The man is making a fuss about nothing. D)The woman thinks highly of the speaker.16.A) He has difficulty making sense of logic. B)Statistics and logic are both challenging subjects. C)The woman should seek help from
6、 the tutoring service. D)Tutoring services are very popular with students.17.A) Her overcoat is as stylish as Jills. C) Jill wore the overcoat last week. B) Jill missed her class last week. D) She is in the same class as the man.18. A) A computer game. C) An exciting experience.B) An imaginary situa
7、tion. D) A vacation by the sea.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19.A) Beautiful scenery in the countryside. C) Pain and pleasure in sports. B) Dangers of cross-country skiing. D) A sport he participates in.20.A) He cant find good examples to illustrate his point.
8、B)He cant find a peaceful place to do the assignment. C)He doesnt know how to describe the beautiful country scenery. D)He cant decide whether to include the effort part of skiing.21.A) New ideas come up as you write. B)Much time is spent on collecting data. C)A lot of effort is made in vain. D)The
9、writers point of view often changes.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22.A) Journalist of a local newspaper. B)Director of evening radio programs. C)Producer of television commercials. D)Hostess of the weekly Business World.23.A) He ran three restaurants with his w
10、ifes help. B)He and his wife did everything by themselves. C)He worked both as a cook and a waiter.= D)He hired a cook and two local waitresses.24.A) He hardly needs to do any advertising nowadays. B)He advertises a lot on radio and in newspapers. C)He spends huge sums on TV commercials every year.
11、D) He hires children to distribute ads in shopping centers.25. A) The restaurant location. C) The food variety.B) The restaurant atmosphere. D) The food price.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 pas
12、sage 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 passa
13、ge you have just heard.26. A) Its protection is often neglected by children. B) It cannot be fully restored once damaged. C) There are many false notions about it. D) There are various ways to protect it.27 A) It may make the wearer feel tired. B) It will gradually weaken the eyes of adults. C) It c
14、an lead to the loss of vision in children. D) It can permanently change the eye structure.28 A) It can never be done even with high technology. B) It is the best way to restore damaged eyesight. C)It is a major achievement in eye surgery. D) It can only be partly accomplished now.Passage Two Questio
15、ns 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) They think they should follow the current trend. B) Nursing homes are well-equipped and convenient. C) Adult day-care centers are easily accessible. D) They have jobs and other commitments.30. A) They dont want to use up all their life
16、savings. B) They fear they will regret it afterwards. C) They would like to spend more time with them. D) They dont want to see their husbands poorly treated.31. A) Provide professional standard care.C) Be frank and seek help from others.B) Be affectionate and cooperative. D) Make full use of commun
17、ity facilities.Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Health and safety conditions in the workplace. B) Rights and responsibilities of company employees. C) Common complaints made by office workers. D) Conflicts between labor and management.33. A) Replac
18、e its out-dated equipment. B)Improve the welfare of affected workers. C)Follow government regulations strictly. D)Provide extra health compensation.34.A) They requested to transfer to a safer department. B)They quit work to protect their unborn babies. C)They sought help from union representatives.
19、D)They wanted to work shorter hours.35.A) To show how they love winter sports. B)To attract the attention from the media. C)To protest against the poor working conditions. D)To protect themselves against the cold weather.Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Whe
20、n 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
21、 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.Contrary to the old warning that time waits for no one,
22、time slows down when you are on the move. It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts (宇航员) someday may (36) _ so long in space that they would return to an Earth of the (37) _ future. If you could move at the speed of light, your time would stand still. If you could move fast
23、er than light, your time would move (38) _.Although no form of matter yet (39) _ moves as fast as or faster than light, (40) _ experiments have already confirmed that accelerated (41) _ causes a travelers time to be stretched. Albert Einstein (42) _ this in 1905, when he (43) _ the concept of relati
24、ve time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity. A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter (44) _.An obsession (沉迷) with time saving, gaining, wasting, losing, and mastering it (45) _. Humanity also has been obsessed with trying to capture the meaning of time. Einstein (46) _. Thus, time and times relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.