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2013 年 12 月四级听力答案解析(第二套)
Part2ListeningComprehension
SectionA
1.W: I’dliketotakeatriptoFloridaformyspringbreak.Canyougivemeanyideawheretogo?
M: IcouldtellyouabouttheplacesIvisited,butIthinkyou’dbetterlookupatravelagencytohelpthe
arrangement.
Q: Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?
C) 【精析】请求建议题。女士想去佛要里达度假,想请 男士给点建议;男士说可以给她介绍他曾经去
过的 地方,但最好的办法还是女士亲自找一家旅行社来 帮自己安排行程。由此可知,男士建议女士咨询旅行
社代理人。
2.M: I'mreallytiredofdrivingatnight,eventhoughthetrafficseemsfine.
W: Isee.Let'sstopforsomefoodandthenfindamotelnearby,sowecanstartearlytomorrow.
Q: Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakers?
A)【精析】细节推新题。对话中男士抱怨他厌倦了夜 间开车,女士表示理解,并建议找一家附近的汽
车 旅馆休息,明天一早再出发。由此推测,他们正在开车长途旅行。
3.M: Jeff'sgotalotofgoodideas.Doyouthinkheiswillingtocometothemeeting?
W: Oh,Ithinkhe'dbegladtocome,butwhat'sdifficultisgettingtheguytospeakbeforealargecrowd.
Q: WhatdoesthewomanimplyaboutJeff?
C) 【精析】细节推断题。对话中男士担心Jeff是否乐 意来会场出主意,问女士意见,女士说Jeff应
该愿 意来,但问题在于很难让Jeff在公众面前讲话。由 此推测,Jeff是一个不喜欢拋买露面、在公共场合 发
言的人。
4.W: Ihearyouareleavingthecompanyandgoingbacktoschoolthisyear.
M: Yes.I'veenrolledinagraduateprograminPublicAdministration.
Q: Whatisthemangoingtodo?
B)【精析】行动计划题。女士听说男士要离开公司重 回学校,男士肯定了这种说法,并说自己要去攻读
公共管理专业的研究生。由此可知.男士下一步的 打算是继续学习深造。
5.W:Haveyouappliedfortheartdirectorposition?
M: No,I’dliketo.ButthejobstartsonthefirstofMayandIwouldn’tbeavailableuntilJune.
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A) 【精析】语义理解题。女士询问男士是否中请了艺术总监一职,男士回答说他没有,原因是他六月
份 才有空而这份工作需要五月一日入职。由此可知,男士因力无法按时入职而没有申请艺术总监这一 职
位。
6.W:Willmycarbereadybytheendoftheday?
M: Itshouldbe.I’llcallifthereareanyproblems.Weareopenuntil6:00.
Q: Whatisprobablytheman’sjob?
B) 【精析】推理判断题。女士询问自己的车今天能否 修好,男士说应谈可以完工,若有问题会打电话
告 知女士。由此推测,男士正在为女士修车,故男士 的职业是修理工。
7.W: IhaveabigpaperdueMonday,butIpromiseLaurawe,dcleantheapartmentthisweekend.What
amIgoingtodo?
M:Whydon’tyoujustseeifLauracanwaitforaweekortwo?
Q: Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?
D) 【精析】请求建议题。对话中女士左右为难,一方面她要完成论文,另一方面还答应Laura—起打扫
公寓;男士建议她问问Laura是否能等一两周后再打扫公寓,由此可知,男士建议女士和Laura商量一下,看能
否将打扫公寓推迟一两周。
W:Constructiononthebridgehasreallyslowedthetraffic.
M:Iknow.Sincetheystartedworking*thetimeittakesmetogettoworkhasdoubled.
Q; Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?
A)【精析】综合理解题。对话中女士抱怨建桥一事影 响了交通,男士表示认同,因为他上班路上花
费的 时间因此加倍了。由此可知,他们谈论的话题是桥 梁建设造成的交通问题。
ConversationOne
W: Salesdepartment.CanIhelpyou?
M: Oh,yes.Ihopeso.MynameisKingsBruceofGPFLtd.(9)Weneedsomesuppliesforourdesign
office.
W: Isee.Whatsortofthingsareyoulookingfor,Mr.KingsBruce?
M:Well,firstofall,weneedonecompletenewdrawingboard.
W:Well,inthestandardrange,wehavetheD044,andtheD045models.
M: Oh,what’sthedifferencebetweenthem?
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M:Sowhatisthetotalprice?
W: FortheD045,itis387pounds50pence.
M: Anddoesthatincludevalueaddedtax?
W: Oh,yes.
M: Canyoutellmehowlongittakestodeliver?
W:Ican’tgiveadefinitedatenowI’mafraid,becauseitdependsontheotherorderswehavetogetout.But
itwillcertainlybewithinthreeweeks.
M:OK,nowwealsowantsomedrawingpens,inkandcorrectionfluid,andsomedrawingpaper.
W: (10)Ah,nowtheladywhodealswithdrawingofficesuppliesisn’therethismorningI’mafraid.ButI
couldaskhertogiveyouaringthisafternoonifyoulike.
M: Oh,yes.Thankyou.
W:Whatisyourtelephonenumber?
M: ItisRedding.(11)Thatiscode0734,21653-51.
W:OK,IwillgetMissThompsontoringyouthisafternoon.Nowwouldyoulikemetoplaceanorderfor
oneD045drawingboard?
M: Yes,please.You’vebeenmosthelpful.Goodbye.
W: Goodbye.
答案详解
9.What’stheman’spurposeinmakingthetelephonecall?
C)【精析】目的原因题。对话开头女士便说自己是销售部,这是典型的接听电话用语。男士自报家门
后 说要为他的设计室订购一些物品。
10.Whycan’tthemanordertheotherdrawingofficesuppliesrightnow?
A)【精析】目的原因题。对话中女士为男士提供了
两种型号的両板,并给出报价;之后男士又咨询了 关于賊笔、墨水、修正液和M纸的情况,女士说负 责
此类产品的工作人员不在,但可以代为转达让 她给男士回电话。由此推测,男士之所以无法订购其他相关物
品是因为相关产品负责人不在办公室。
11.What’stheman'stelephonenumber?
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ConversationTwo
W: I’msoworriedaboutMarkthesedays.(12)Eversincehemovedintohisapartment,hehasbeenlosing
weight.Hereallydoesn'tlookwellatall.
M: Heshouldtrytogainsomeweight.Heisprobablynoteatingenough.
W: Well,anyway,howisTimthesedays?
M: Tim?Oh,Timhasbeenworried,too.(13)Heisreallygettingmuchtoofat.Heneedstoloseabout75
poundsnow.
W:That’salotofweighttolose.WhatdoesTimeat?
M:Ireallydon’tknow.ButIamsureheiseatingtoomuchcakeandcandy.
W: Well,didItellyouMarkdoesn’teatanymeatnow?Heonlyeatsvegetablesandfruit.
M : That’sprobablywhyheissothin.Doeshesmoke?
W: Doeshesmoke?Abouttwopacksofcigarettesaday.That’smyson,asmokingvegetarian.
M:En,ifhestopssmoking,hewouldgainweight.Iknowhewould.Timputonalotofweightwhenhe
stoppedsmoking.
W : DoesTimplayanysports?
M:(14)Playsports?Oh,my!Ikeeptellinghim,"Tim,dear,youreallyneedtogetsomeexercise.”Andyou
knowwhathedoes?Hejustgetsangry.
W:(14)IknowMarkdoesn’ttakeexercise,either.
M:Didyoutellhim?
W:Ofcourse,butyouknowwhatitislikebeingamotherofa13-year-oldboy.Theyjustdon’tthinkthey
needyouradviceanymore.(15)IwishMarkcouldfindanicegirlfriendtorelaxandhavefunwith.IheardTim
hasagirlfriendatlast.That’swonderful.
答案详解
12.WhendidMarkstartlosingweightaccordingtothewoman?
D) 【精析】事实细节题。对话开买,女士表达了对 Mark的担忧,因为自从Mark搬进公寓之后,他
一直都在变瘦,而且他现在的身体状况不太好。
13.WhyisthemanworriedaboutTim?
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需要减掉75镑左右。
14.WhatdidMarkandTimhaveincommon?
D)【精析】细节推断题。在谈到运动的话题时,男士 说他时常劝说Tim锻炼身体,Tim非但不听而且 还
因此生气;女士说Mark也不喜欢运动,故Tim 和Mark两人的共同点是不喜欢运动。
15.Whatisthewoman'swishforMark?
C)【精析】事实细节题,对话末尾女士诉说作为一个 13岁男孩的母奈的难处,她希望Mark能找个
好 女朋友.
SectionB
PassageOne
Goodafternoon.ThisisDianeMartinetwiththemiddaynewsonKALF.(16)FiresinCaliforniacontinueto
burnoutofcontrol,andseveralsmalltownsintheforestsnearSanFranciscoarestillindanger.Oneofthe
greatestdangerstothe500firefighters,however,comesnotfromthefires,butfrompoisonplantsintheforest.
(17)Manyfirefightershavegotskinproblemsaftertouchingtheplants,andatleastthreehavehadtogotothe
hospitalfortreatmentfortheirskinproblems.
NASA,theNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAgency,todayannouncedinFloridathatthenextspaceshuttle
missionhasbeencanceled.Themissionwasscheduledforan11:30a.m.takeoffonTuesday.(18)However,the
flighthasbeencanceledbecauseofproblemswiththespaceship’scentralcomputersystem.NASAtechnicians
noticedthecomputerproblemsduringlast-minutechecks.
SeventeenagercomputerspecialistshavebeenarrestedbypoliceinNewJersey.(19)Aftertakingan
advancedcomputercourseatschool,thesevenboys,allfromPrinceton,NewJersey,illegallyobtaintop-secret
informationfromgovernmentcomputersinWashington.Theyalsostartedtousetheirhomecomputerstoaccess
telephonenetworks.
InNewYork,thevalueofthedollarsstayedthesametoday.ButinTokyo,thedollarfelldramatically.At
theendoftheday,itwasworth83yen,comparedto88yenyesterday.
16.WhatdoesthemiddaynewsonKALFsayaboutfiresinCalifornia?
D)【精析】细节辨认题。短文开始提到第一则新闻, 加利福尼亚森林火灾的火势尚未得到控制。
17.Whatdowelearnaboutmanyofthefirefighters?
B)【精析】细节辨认题。第一则新闻提到,500名消防员参与了灭火工作,然而给消防员带来伤害的 并
不是大火,而是森林里有毒的树木,许多消防员 因接触了这些树木而引起皮肤疾病。
18.Whatdowelearnfromthenewsaboutthespaceshuttlemission?
C) 【精析】细节推断题。短文提到的第二则新闻是美 国航空航天局因宇宙飞船的中央计算机系统出
了故障而取消了航天任务。由此可知,由于技术问 题航天任务被取消。
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D) 【精析】细节辨认题。短文后半部分提到第三则新闻,七个精通电脑的孩子因为从政府电脑中非法
获取高端机密信息而被逮捕。
PassageTwo
(20)Whenyouliveinanapartmentbuilding,whereonlywallseparatesyoufromyourneighbors,everyone
needstobeconsiderateofeachother.That’snotwhathappenedinmyapartmentbuilding.Someonewasalways
leavingtheclothesinthewashersanddryersinthelaundryroom.Igottiredofrunningupanddownthestairsto
seeiftheclotheshadbeenremoved,soIcouldstartmyownone.Obviouslysomeoneelsegottired,too.
(21)Becauseoneday,someonetookclothesfromthewasheranddryer,anddumpedtheminthecorner.Thisact
startedabattleofletterspostedonthewallofthelaundryroom.ThefirstletterwasfromMindyLancewhowas
reallyangrythatherclotheshadbeenremovedfromthewasheranddryer,anddumped.Shethenthreatenedto
dumpeverybodyelse'sclothessheherselffoundinthewasheranddryer.MindyLance’sletterenragedother
residentsandtheypostedtheletterstoher.Eventually,Mindybegantobehaveproperlybuthardfeelings
remained.(22)Theproblemcouldn'thavebeenresolvedbetter.Ifresidentshadinformedthebuildingmanager>
shethencouldinformallresidentsthattheclothesshouldberemovedfromthewashersanddryerswithin50
minutesaftertheirwashisdone.Thosewhorefusetoobeymightnothavetheirleasesrenew.Thatcouldbeafare
consentsolution.Neighborproblemsmaysometimesseeminevitable,butit’simportanttoresolvethemfairly.
20.Whatdoesthespeakerthinkresidentsinanapartmentbuildingneedtobe?
B) 【精析】观点态度题。短文一开始就提到住在同 一个公寓里的邻居需要相互体谅。
21.WhatstartedabattleoflettersinthelaundryC)room?
A)【精析】细节辨认题。短文提到同住在一个公寓 的邻居对某些人的行为不满,有一天有人把放在 洗
衣机和供干机里的衣服拿出来扔到了墙角,这引起了衣服主人的不满,于是人们把不满写在洗 衣间的墙上,
开始了一场骂战.
22.Whatdoesthespeakerthinkmightbeabetterwaytoresolvetheproblem?
C【) 精析】事实细节题。短文最后提到了这场骂战 的结果t有人把事情反映给楼管员,楼管员制定了 使
用洗衣设备的相关规定和处罚办法.说话者认 为这一做法公道,是解决此类争端的良策。
PassageThree
Intoday’sclass,we'lldiscussToniMorrison'snovelBeloved.AsI’msureyouallknow,(23)Morrisonis
bothapopularandhighlyrespectedauthorandit’snoteasytobeboth.Bornin1931,Morrisonhaswrittensome
ofthemosttouchingandintelligentworksontheAfrican-Americanexperienceeverwrittenbyanyone.Andyetto
callheranAfrican-Americanwriterdoesn’tseemtodoherjustice.Inmanyways,she’ssimplyanAmerican
writerandcertainlyoneofthebest.Belovedisatrulyremarkablework.Itwasrecommendedfornearlyevery
natureliteraryclass,includingtheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,anditin
factwonthePulitzerPrizeforfictionin1988.(24)MorrisonherselfisdistinguishedforhavingwontheNobel
Prizeforliteraturein1993.WhatmakesBeloveduniqueistheskillfulsurewayinwhichMorrisonblends
intenselypersonalstorytellingandAmericanhistory,racialthemesandgenderthemes,theexperienceofblacks
withtheexperienceofallpeopleeverywhere,thedown-to-earthrealityofslaverywiththesenseofmysterious
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interestedinyourviewsontherelativeimportanceofgraceandgenderinthisbook.(25)Isitmoreimportantthat
Sethe,themaincharacterisblack,orthatsheisawoman?Whichcontributesmoretoherbeing?Whatdoes
Morrisontellusaboutboth?
答案详解
23.WhatdowelearnaboutToniMorrison?
A) 【精析】事实细节题。短文一开始提到本节课的内 容是讨论托妮•莫里森的作品《宠儿》,并首先
介绍说莫里森是一位深受欢迎和爱戴的作家。
24.WhathonordidToniMorrisonreceivein1993?
B) 【精析】事实细节题。莫里森一生中赢得了许多荣誉,其中1993年她获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
25.WhatdoesthespeakertellusaboutSethe,themaincharacter,inMorrison’snovelBeloved"!
D)【精析】事实细节题。短文末尾部分提到莫里森小 说里的主人公Sethe是一位黑人妇女。
SectionC
26.Inaddition
【精析】语义推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处填 入衣示递进关系的单同或短语。結合录音填人In
addition,意力"此外"。.
27.software
【精析】句意推断题。结合空格前的purchase可 知,此处应填人名词作宾语。结合录音填人 software,
意为"软件"。
28.available
【精析】句意推断题。此处应该填人形容词,与 were构成系表结构。结合录音填人available,意 为”
可用的,可得到的"。
29.individuals
【精析】句意推断题。此处应该填入名词形式作主语。结合录音填入individuals.意为"个人"。
30.technological
【精析】修饰关系题。此处应该填入形容词,修饰 名词improvements。结合录音填入technological,意 为
"技术的"。
31.manufacture
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为"生产"。
32.Inshort
【精析】语境推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处应 该填人具有总结意义的单词或短语。结合录音填 人
Inshort,意为"筒而言之"。
33.Bycontrast
【精析】语义推断题。句子主干结构完整,此处应 该填人具有承上启卞意义的单词或短语。结合录 音
填人Bycontrast,意为"比较而言"。
34.scientific
【精析】并列关系题。此处应该填人形容词,修饰 名词短语animalbreeding。结合录音填人 scientific,
意为"科学的"。
35.quantity
【精析】句意推断题。结合空格后的ofaproduct 推测,此处应该填人名词构成常用搭配。结合录音填
入quantity,意为"数量"。
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