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2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题答案与精解
（试卷A）
PartⅠ Writing
范文:
Abundant recreational activities are available for people to release their strain and stress, ranging
from sports to online activities. There is going on a hot debate arguing whether they are good for
the public or not, especially for college students.
As for such a question, different people hold different views. Some believe that recreation is
helpful if we want to keep healthy physically and mentally. While there also sounds an opposite
voice, which claims that activities also bring many problems. For example, some young people are
easily addicted to the virtual world online, which affects their study seriously and may lead to
worse consequences as well.
As for me, I hold a belief that recreational activities do more good than harm. They do give
us a good chance, and efficiency too. As long as we can arrange the time reasonably, they will
definitely provide more benefits for us.
PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. A）
2. D）
3. B）
4. C）
5. A）
6. B）
7. C）
8. quite homogeneous but small
9. relationships with consumers
10. the appropriate media
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. M: Today’s a bad day for me. I fell off a step and twisted my ankles.
W: Don't worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a while.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
A)
12. W: May I see your ticket, please? I think you are sitting in my seat.
M: Oh, you’re right. My seat is in the balcony. I'm terribly sorry.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
C)
13. W: Did you hear Jay Smith died in his sleep last night?
M: Yes, it’s very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants to may attend the funeral.Q: What are the speakers talking about?
B)
14. M: Have you taken Professor Young’s exam before? I’m kind of nervous.
W: Yes. Just concentrate on the important ideas she’s talked about in the class, and ignore the
details.
Q: How does the woman suggest the man prepare for Professor Young’s exam?
D)
15. W: I’m so sorry, sir. And you’ll let me pay to have your jacket cleaned, won’t you?
M: That’s all right. It could happen to anyone. And I’m sure that coffee doesn’t leave lasting
marks on clothing.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
D)
16. W: Have you seen the movie “The Departed”? The plot is so complicated that I really got lost.
M: Yeah. I felt the same. But after I saw it a second time, I could put all the pieces together.
Q: How did the two speakers find the movie?
B)
17. M: I’m really surprised you got an A on the test. You didn’t seem to have done a lot of reading.
W: Now you know why I never miss a lecture.
Q: What contributes to the woman’s high score?
A)
18. W: Have you heard about the new digital television system? It lets people get about five
hundred channels.
M: Yeah, but I doubt that will have anything different from what we watch now.
Q: What does the man mean?
D)
Conversation One
W: Gosh, have you seen this, Richard?
M: See what?
W: In the paper,（19）says there’s a man going round pretending he is from the electricity board.
He is been calling at people’s homes, saying he’s come to check that all their appliances are safe.
Then he gets around them to make him a cup of tea, and while they are out of the room, （19）he
steals their money, handbag, whatever, and makes off with it.
M: But you know Jean, it’s partly their own fault. They should never let anyone like that in unless
you are expecting them.
W: It’s all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says electricity or gas. And
you automatically think they are ok. Especially if they flashed a card to you.
M: Does this man have an ID then?
W:（20）Yes, that’s just it. It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time.
According to the paper, （21）the police are warning people especially pensioners not to admit
anyone unless they have an appointment. It’s a bit sad. One old lady told them, （22）she’s just
been to the post office to draw her pension, when he called, she said he must follow her home.
（22）He stole the whole lot.
M: but, what does he look like. Surely they must have a description.W: Oh, yes. They have. Let’s see, in his 30s, tall, bushy dark hair, slight northern accent. Sounds a
bit like you actually.
19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper?
C)
20. How did the man mentioned in the newspaper try to win further trust from the victims?.
D)
21. What is the warning from the police?
C)
22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?
C)
Conversation Two
M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about your first job with hotel marketing concepts.
W: Yes, certainly. （23）I was a marketing consultant responsible for marketing ten UK hotels.
They were all luxury hotels in the leisure sector, all of very high standard.
M: Which markets were you responsible for?
W: For Europe and Japan.
M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been to Japan?
W: Yes, I have. I spent a month in Japan in 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist industry,
the big tour operators, and the tourist organizations. （24）As I speak Japanese, I had a very big
advantage.
M: Yes, of course. Have you had any contact with Japan, in your present job?
W: Yes, I’ve had a lot. Cruises have become very popular with the Japanese both for holidays and
for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has
increased a lot recently.
M: Really? I’m interested to hear more about that. But first tell me, have ever traveled on a luxury
train, the Orienting Express for example.
W: No, I haven’t. But I’ve traveled on the Glacier Express to Switzerland, and I traveled across
China by train about 8 years ago. （25）I love train travel. That’s why I am very interested in this
job.
23. What did the woman do in her first job?
A)
24. What gave the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?
D)
25. Why is the woman applying for the new job?
A）
Section B
Passage One
I think a lot about time and not just because it’s the name of the news organization I work for. Like
most working people, I find time or the lack of it, are never ending frustration and an unwinable
battle. My every day is（26） a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This ishardly a lonesome complaint, according to the families and work institutes, national study of the
changing work force,（26） 55% of the employees say they don’t have enough time for
themselves, 63% don’t have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67% don’t have
enough time for their children. （27）It’s also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned
home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts,（27）and complained about how little time
they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. The difference is that the boss of the animal
hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to “Shut up!” or “No survival for you!”
Today’s workers are still demanding control over their time, the difference is: today’s bosses are
listening. I’ve been reading a report issued today called When Work Works, produced jointly by 3
organizations. （28）They set out to find and award the employers who employ the most creative
and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading and
suggest every boss should read it for ideas.
26. What is the speaker complaining about?
A)
27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?
A)
28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the 3 organizations?
D)
Passage Two
Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get. The more you want to
give, Penalapy Leach once said. What she said proves to be true of my blended family. I was born
in 1931. As the youngest of six children, I learn to share my parents’ love. Raising 6 children
during the difficult times of the （29）Great Depression took its toll on my parents’ relationship
and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close relationships
with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorce. Several years later, a
wonderful woman came into his life, and they were married. She had two sons. One of them is
still at home. Under her influence we became a blended family and a good relationship developed
between the two families. （30） She always treated us as if we were her own children. It was
because of our other mother, daddy’s second wife, that he became closer to his own children. They
shared over 25 years together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, the question
came up of my mother, daddy’s first wife, attending his funeral. I will never forget the
unconditional love shown by my stepmother, when I asked her if she would object to mother
attending daddy’s funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, “Of course
not, honey, she is the mother of my children.”
29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents’ divorce?
B)
30. What brought the father closer to his children?
D)
31. What message does the speaker want to convey in this talk?
B)
Passage ThreeIn February last year, my wife lost her job. （32）Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse
where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to
close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My
wife and I read the want-ads each day. （33）Then one morning, as I was hanging out “Going
out of Business” sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an
office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She
was looking for part of plants to place in the reception areas and offices. “I don’t know anything
about plants,” she said. “I’m sure in a few weeks they’ll all be dead.” Why was I helping her select
her purchases? My mind was racing.（34） Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently
opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with
construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six o'clock that evening
I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain
them. Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owner’s
family. Business is now increasing rapidly. （35）And one day, we hope to be the proud owners
of the greenhouse.
32. What do we learn about the greenhouse?
B)
33. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?
C)
34. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?
C)
35. What was the speaker’s hope for the future?
A)
Section C
36. labor
37. ingredients
38. vital
39. individuals
40. engage
41. figures
42. generating
43. Currently
44. will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer
satisfaction.
45. to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures.
46. Don't expect the companies will provide you with a clearly defined career path
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47.D）［精解］根据句意，空格处缺少名词原形，意为“声称”。
48. H）［精解］空格位于系动词was之后，介词to之前，因此缺少形容词或者过去分词，49. O）［精解］用于形容词之前，空格处应缺少副词。根据句意，表示“完全地”。
50. G）［精解］空格处缺少名词，与research并列，因此选择G）interviews采访。
51.M）［精解］空格前有形容词considerable，这里需要填名词。regret抱歉。
52. J）［精解］空格位于形容词bad之后，需要名词，根据句意，这里表示“沮丧、糟糕
的时候”。
53. B）［精解］空格位于名词bookings之前，缺乏形容词或者过去分词。bookings预约，
根据句意，表示“提前的”。
54. N）［精解］空格处需要形容词，表示“令人害怕的，引起惊慌的”。
55. C）［精解］空格位于介词in之后，因此缺少名词。根据句意，表示“乘坐气球”。
56. A）［精解］空格位于情态动词can之后，名词wonders之前，缺少动词原形。根据句
意，表示实现奇迹。
Section B
Passage One
57. D）［精解］段首处设题。根据文章第一句话得知，全球变暖有可能成为 21世纪的环
境危机，但是无论结果如何， 我们都将无能为力。D)中very little will be done与原文we
won’t do much about it意义一致。迅速锁定答案为D。
58. D）［精解］Al Gore称全球变暖是一个被忽视的真相。第二段第二句话but the real truth
is that we don’t know enough to relieve global warming（真相是我们了解的还不够，不足以缓
解全球变暖。）与D)中的“在这一领域我们的知识还很少”是一致的。
59. A）［精解］根据题干中关键词double、2050定位到原文第三段最后一句话。With the
modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emission more than double by 2050. （按照一般的
经济增长速度来计算，能源消耗和温室气体排放到 2050年将翻番。）A)中的economic
growth即原文中的growth.
60. B）[精解］允许缔约国惩罚非缔约国，但是它却不能减少的排放量，也未能采取足够强
硬的政策。B) 中 few nations have adopted real tough measures 和本段最后一句中 didn’t
adopt enough policies 意义相符。
61. B）［精解］作者第一段提出问题：面对全球变暖，我们将无能为力。第二段中作者谈
到认识到这一问题并不代表找到解决方案，然后提出论点： and—without major
technological breakthroughs—we can’t do much about it.(没有大的技术突破，我们仍将无能为
力。)。第三段讲到全球变暖原因：人口增长和经济发展，并预测未来发展趋势。第四段认
为政府行为收效甚微。第五和第六段重申论点：the only solution is new technology（解决问
题的唯一办法就是新科技。） B)是对全文的高度概括与作者论点相同。
Passage Two
62. A）［精解］ 段首处设题。根据第二段，第一句话，我们得知有人会在未经允许的情
况下窃取我们的个人信息，如第一段所说的电子邮件、网址、信用卡购物及电话等，我们
的个人信息赤裸裸地暴露给陌生人，毫无遮掩。A）中的 is easily accessed without their
knowledge 同义与原文中的 watch you without your permission。
63. C）［精解］根据题干中关键词psychologist、friend定位到第三段第一、二句话。心理
学家认为与他人保持一定界限是有益的，虽然会向朋友、家人、爱人倾诉，但是有一些事
情是有底线和界限的。C）中的distance同义与原文中的boundary，跟本段第二句话 but
few boundaries remain 意义一致。
64. B）［精解］第三段第三句话告诉我们：我们在使用高科技时所留下的点滴信息都会为陌生人了解我们提供线索。例如谷歌搜索引擎就会泄漏我们的想法。因此进一步得出结论
我们正生活在一个连保守秘密都很困难的世界里。B）中的trace 同义于原文中的digital
bread crumbs所暗示的意思。
65. D）［精解］根据倒数第二段第一句得知，people say one thing and do another，即言行
不一。随后举例说明，美国人为了一点利益而提供个人信息。D）符合题意。
66. D）［精解］段末处设题。作者把隐私同健康作比较，当拥有时，不曾注意到它，一旦
失去才知其珍贵。D）中cherish同 wish you’d have done more 意义一致。
Part V Cloze
67. A）[精解] 信息词 aim与at和to都可构成固定搭配，但是at后跟doing或直接加n.；
而 to后加动词原型。
68. D）［精解］根据上下文，意思是各个大学对于科研的重视程度在学校和学校之间是不
同的。此处vary 译为“不同”，可以构成vary from…to …意为“因…而异”。
69. C）［精解］介词搭配题。在本句中，根据and这一并列连词可以看出，其后的内容为
根据学校现有资源的不同而决定了科研的不同，那么and前的并列部分，也是在讲学校自
身的原因，因此可以得出people一词后面的介词短语作定语，故而想到in control（主管，
控制），此处 people in control 意为“学校的主管人员”也就是管理者们。
70. B) [精解] 动词用法辨析题。根据句意，一些小规模学校或是新建学校不拥有可以开展
大型研究的工作人员和设备。possess意为“拥有，具备”。
71. D) [精解] 形容词辨义题。根据该句中信息词smaller, newer, larger可以看出规模较小的
学校无法开展大型学校承担的大型科研活动，vast意为“大型的，巨大的”符合题意。
72．A) [精解] 连词用法题。根据句型结构分析，此处缺少并列连词，表示转折意味，因而
but正确。
73．B）[精解] 形容词辨义题。be essential to 为固定搭配，意为“对…至关重要，必不可
少”。 根据句意，专家们认为，为了使学生和教师能够及时了解学科发展的最新信息，搞
科研是很有必要的。
74. C）[精解] 固定搭配题。根据句意，搞科研的目的是让教师和学生能够及时了解前沿信
息，信息词keep，in，with和touch构成固定搭配keep in touch with，意为与…保持联系。
75．A）[精解] 动词辨义题。根据上下文，学生上大学的目的主要是为了获取知识，
acquire“获得（技能，知识等）”与knowledge 搭配符合句意。
76．B）[精解] 形似词辨义题。根据句意学生为所选择的职业而储备知识。profession意为
“职业”
77. D）[精解] 形容词辨义题。此处讲到了大学培养人才的目的，当然不仅仅局限在知识的
传授层面上，还有更高目标：培养博学、有判断能力和智慧的人，因此获得知识不是唯一
目标。only此处意为“唯一的”。
78. A)[精解] 介词辨析题。with意为“具备，具有”，介词短语作定语。
79．C）[精解] 动词辨义题。根据上文，学校的教育目标是多元的，因此学校鼓励学生去
广泛结交兴趣多样的人才。encourage 意为“鼓励，鼓舞”，其固定用法为encourage sb. to
do sth.。
80．C）[精解] 名词辨义题。根据上文的提示，此处指与兴趣广泛的人结交，interest“兴趣，
爱好”符合题意。
81．C)[精解] 动词辨义题。enforce意为“增强，强化”，此处指增强学生对不同学科的理
解。
82．D）[精解]介词辨义题。此处作者意在表明中学生和大学生在学习知识的深度方面可以根据自身兴趣的需求或要求而不同。upon有“关于，针对”之意。
83．D）[精解] 固定搭配题。for one’s own sake也可以说成for the sake of sb.，意为“为
了…的好处，出于对…的兴趣”。
84．B）[精解] 固定搭配题。make sacrifice to do 意为“为…作出牺牲”，此处指学生为了
自己的兴趣爱好作出牺牲。
85．A）[精解] 名词辨义题。根据上文暗示，学生选择的学科与知识也就是此处要表达的
“知识、领域”之意，field正合题意。
86．C）[精解] 此处缺少对contribution“贡献”一词的限定，meaningful意为“有意义的”，
文章最后指出，作为学习者为了兴趣与爱好学习知识，从而对人类知识而作出的贡献当然
是富有意义的。
Part VI Translation
87. can be applied to the development of the new technology
［考点］① apply一词的用法。apply… to…表示“应用于；适用于”；apply for表示“申
请”。
② 情态动词的被动语态。
88．must be wrong
［考点］must be 推测意义句型的考查。
89．no matter what the job is/ whatever the job is
［考点］① no matter what 或whatever引导的让步状语从句；② 从句中的语序问题。
90．Compared with the place where I was brought up
［考点］①分词做状语；where引导的定语从句。
91．Not until he finished his mission
［考点］①not until置于句首引起的倒装句型；② mission表示“使命”。2008年6月大学英语四级听力原文和答案
Section A: Short Conversation:
11.
M: Today is a bad day for me. I fell off a step and twisted my ankle.
W: Don’t worry, usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for
a while.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
12.
W: May I see you ticket, please? I think you’re sitting in my seat.
M: Oh, you’re right. My seat is in the balcony. I’m terribly sorry.
Q: Where does conversation most probably take place?
13.
W: Do you hear Mr. Smith die in his sleep last night?
M: Yes, it’s very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants to may attend
the funeral.
Q: What are the speakers talking about?
14.
M: Have you taken Professor Yang’s exam before? I’m kind of nervous.
W: Yes. Just concentrate on the important ideas she’s talked about in the class and
ignore the details.
Q: How does the women suggest the man prepare for Professor Yang’s exam？15.
W: I’m so sorry sir, and you’ll let me pay to have your jacket cleaned, won’t you?
M: That’s all right. It could happen to anyone. And I’m sure that coffee doesn’t
leave lasting marks on clothing.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
16.
W: Have you seen the movie The Departed? The plot was so complicated that I
really got lost.
M: Yeah, I felt the same, but after I saw it a second time, I could put all the pieces
together.
Q: How did the two speakers find the movie?
17.
M: I’m really surprised you got an A on the test; you didn’t seem to have done a lot
of reading.
W: Now you know why I never missed the lecture.
Q: What contributes to the woman’s high score?
18.
W: Have you heard about the new digital television system? It lets people get about
500 channels.
M: Yeah. But I doubt they’ll have anything different from what we watch now.
Q: What does the man mean?
Long conversation
Conversation One:
W: Gosh! Have you seen this, Richard?
M: See what?W: In the paper. It says, there is a man going around pretending he’s from the
electricity board. He’s been calling at people’s homes, saying he is coming to check
that all their appliances are safe. Then he gets around them to make him a cup of tea,
and while they are out of the room he steals their money, handbag whatever and
makes off with it.
M: But you know, Jane, it’s partly their own fault; you should never let anyone like
that in unless you’re expecting them.
W: It’s all very well to say that. But someone comes to the door, and says
electricity or gas and you automatically think they are OK, especially if they flash a
card to you
M: Does this man have an ID then?
W: Yes, that’s just it. It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time
according to the paper the police are warning people especially pensioners not to
admit anyone unless they have an appointment. It’s a bit sad. One old lady told them
she’d just been to the post-office to draw her pension when he called. She said he
must have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.
M: But what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.
W: Oh, yes they have. Let’s see, in his thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight northern
accent, sounds a bit like you actually.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper?
20. How did the man mention in the newspaper try to win further trust from the
victims?
21. What is the warning from the police?
22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady?
Conversation Two:
M: Miss Jones, could you tell me more about your first job with hotel marketing
concept?W: Yes, certainly. I was a marketing consultant responsible for marketing 10 UK
hotels. They were all luxury hotels in a leisure sector all of a very high standard.
M: Which markets were you responsible for?
W: For Europe and Japan.
M: I see from your resume that you speak Japanese. Have you ever been to Japan?
W: Yes, I have, I spent months in Japan 2006. I met all the key people in the tourist
industry, the big tour operators and the tourist organizations. As I speak Japanese I
had a very big advantage.
M: Yes, of course. Have you had any contact with Japan in your present job?
W: Yes, I’ve had a lot. Cruises have become very popular with the Japanese both
for holidays and for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury
holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.
M: Really, I’m interested to hear more about that, but first tell me have you ever
traveled on the luxury train, the Orient Express, for example?
W: No, I haven’t. But I’ve traveled on the Glacial Express through Switzerland and
I traveled across China by train about 8 years ago. I love train travel. That’s why I’m
very interested in this job.
23. What did the woman do in her first job?
24. What give the woman an advantage during her business trip in Japan?
25. Why is the woman applying for the new job?
Passage 1
Time. I think a lot about time and not just because it's the name of the news
organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time, or the lack of it, and
never-ending frustration and an unwinnable battle. My every day is a race against the
clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint. According
to the families and work institutes, national study of the changing workforce, 55
percent of employees say they don't have enough time for themselves, 63 percent
don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67 percent don't have
enough time for their children. It's also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors
returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about
how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. The difference isthat the boss of animal hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to
shut up or no survival for you. Today's workers are still demanding control over their
time. The difference is today's bosses are listening. I've been reading a report issued
today called "when work works" produced jointly by three organizations. They set up
to find and warn the employers who employ the most creative and most effective
ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading and suggest
every boss should read it for ideas.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 26. What is the speaker complaining about?
Question 27. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?
Question 28. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the three
organizations?
Passage 2
Loving a child is a circular business. The more you give, the more you get, the
more you want to give, *** said. What she said proves to be true of my blended
family. I was born in 1931. As the youngest of six children, I learned to share my
parents' love. Raising six children during the difficult times of the Great Depression
took its toll on my parents' relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18
years old. Daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even
farther away from us after the divorce. Several years later, a wonderful woman came
into his life and they were married. She had two sons, one of them still at home.
Under her influence, we became a blended family and a good relationship developed
between the two families. She always treated us as if we were her own children. It
was because of our other mother, Daddy's second wife, that he became closer to his
own children. They shared over 25 years together before our father passed away. At
the time of his death, the question came up of my mother, Daddy's first wife,
attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my step
mother. When I asked her if she would object to mother attending Daddy's funeral,
without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied. "Of course not, honey.
She is the mother of my children."
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.Question 29. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents' divorce?
Question 30. What brought the father closer to his own children?
Question 31. What message does the speaker want to convey in this talk?
Passage 3
In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the Green
House where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that
they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it.
Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one
morning, as I was hanging a "going out of business" sign at the green house, the door
opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company had
just moved into the new office park on the edge of the town. She was looking for
potted plants to place in the reception areas in offices. "I don't know anything about
plants", she said, "I am sure in a few weeks, they'll all be dead.” While I was helping
her select her purchases, my mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms that
recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more
acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove up to the office park. By 6
o'clock that evening, I had signed contacts with 7 companies to rent plants from me
and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked down to an
agreement to lease the Green House from the owner's family. Business is now
increasing rapidly. And one day we hope to be the proud owners of the Green House.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 32. What do we learn about the green house?
Question 33. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one
morning?
Question 34. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?
Question 35. When was the speaker's hope for the future?复合式听写
We are now witnessing the emergence of an advanced economy based on
information and technology. Physical labor, raw materials, and capital are no longer
the key ingredients in the creation of wealth. Now the vital raw material in our
economy is knowledge. Tomorrow's wealth depends on the development and
exchange of knowledge. And individuals entering the workforce offer their
knowledge not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and
their ability to learn. Knowledge workers engage in mind work. They deal with
symbols, words, figures, and data. What does all this mean for you? As a future
knowledge worker, you can expect to be generating, processing as well as exchanging
information. Currently three out of 4 jobs involve some form of mind work. And that
number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike will be
making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer
satisfaction. in the new world of work, you can look forward to be in constant training
to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and
procedures. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are
the nine-to-five jobs, life-time security, predictable promotions and even a
conventional workplace as you are familiar with. Don't expect the companies to
provide you with a clearly-defined career path and don't wait for someone to empower
you. You have to empower yourself.
答案：
短对话
11. A give his ankle a good
rest
12. C in a theater
13. A a tragic accident
14. D focus on the main points of her
lectures
15. D the woman spilt coffee on theman’s jacket
16. B. hard to understand
17. A. attending every lecture
18. D the new TV system may not provide
anything better
长对话 1
19. C the description of a thief in
disguise
20. D showing his ID
21. C not to let anyone in without an
appointment
22. C the pension she had just drawn was
stolen
长对话 2
23. A. marketing consultancy
24. D. being able to speak
Japanese
25. B. it will involve lots of train
travel短文1
26. A. the lack of time
27. A. they were just as busy as people of
today
28. D. to find effective ways to give
employees flexibility
短文2
29. B. the Great
Depression
30. D. his second wife’s positive
influence
31. B. love breeds love
短文3
32. B. its owner died of a heart
attack
33. C. putting up a Going Out OF Business
sign
34. C. developing fresh business
opportunities
35. A. owning the greenhouse oneday
听写
36 labor/labour
37 ingredients
38 vital
39 individual
40 engage
41 figures
42 generating
43 currently
44. Will be making decisions in such areas
as product development, quality control and customers’
satisfaction
45. To acquire new skills that will help
you keep up with improved technologies and procedures
46. Don’t expect that the companies will
provide you with clearly defined career paths
