歷年英語專四聽力真題答案和原文

2023年專四聽力答案PARTI DICTATIONWhatWeKnowAboutLanguageManythingsaboutlanguageareamysteryandwillremainso./However,wenowdoknowsomethingaboutit./First,weknowthatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomesort./Nohumanraceanywhereonearthissobackward/thatithasnolanguageofitsownatall./Second,thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage./Therearemanypeoplewhoseculturesareundeveloped,/butthelanguagestheyspeakarebynomeansprimitive./Inallthelanguagesexistingintheworldtoday,/therearecomplexitiesthatmusthavebeendevelopedforyears./Third,weknowthatalllanguagesareperfectlyadequate./Eachisaperfectmeansofexpressingitsculture./Andfinally,weknowthatlanguagechangesovertime,/whichisnaturalandnormalifalanguageistosurvive./Thelanguagewhichremainsunchangedisnothingbutdead.PARTⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTIONA CONVERSATIONSQuestions1to3arebasedonthefollowingconversation.M:Jill,haveyouregisteredwiththenextsemester?W:Notyet,there”sstillsomethingthatI”mnotsure.DoyouknowifProfessorSmith”seconomics102isstillavailabletoallundergraduatestudents?M:No,Idon”tthinkso.LastsemesterItriedtoregisterinthatcoursebutalltheotherpeopletoldmenotto.W:Whynot?M:TheysaidthatmylackofknowledgeinhighermathematicsmightbeanobstacleinunderstandingProfessorSmith”stheory.W:Really?M:(I)JacktqldmethatProfessorSmithusuallyuseslotsofformulasinsideclass.Soyou”dbettermakesurethatyouareextremelyfamiliarwiththeseformulasifyouareseriouslyconsideringtakinghiscourse.W:WhatashameI(2)MyfriendsalltoldmethatProfessorSmithhaslotsoforiginalideasandhereallycanstimulatestudentstothink.ButIdon”tthinkIhavethemathematicalskillstokeepupwiththeothers.M:lfyouwanttotakethecoursesomuch,whydon”tyouregisterinacourseinhighermathematicsfirst?W.ButI”mafraidthatIwillmissProfessorSmith”scoursewhenIfinishthemathematicscourse.M:Hey,IheardthatProfessorSmithwouldgivethesamecourseinthesemesterthatstartsnextfall.(3)Whydon”tyoutakeayear”shighermathematicsandregisterineconomics102thenextfall?W:Thatsoundsagoodidea.I.[B]推斷題。依據(jù)””TheysaidthatmylackofknowledgeinhighermathematicsmightbeanobstacleinunderstandingProfessorSmith”stheory.教授的理論，所以學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)需要有高等數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)問，因而[B]項偉正確答案。[D]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到””MyfriendsalltoldmethatProfessorSmithhaslotsoforiginalideasandhereallystimulatestudentstothink.”由此可知，史密斯教授有很很多穎的觀點，斌且original意為項中s]項為正確答案。[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到””Whydon”tyoutakeayear”shighermathematicsandregisterineconomics102thenextfall?”由此可知，他建議今年學(xué)習(xí)高等數(shù)學(xué)，明年秋天學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，因而[B]項為正確答案。Questions4to6arebasedonthefollowingconversation.M;Doyouwanttogotoabiguniversityorasmallone?W:(4)1thinkI”drathergotoasmalluniversity,sotheclasseswouldn”tbesolarge.M:Doyouwanttogooutofthestateorstayhere?W:lwanttostayinthestate,soIwillbeclosetohome.M:Itsurewouldbenicetobecloseenoughtocomehomeonweekendswhenyouwantto.Howaboutapublicorprivateuniversity?W:Well,(6)Iliketheatmosphereofaprivatechurch-ownedschool.Thestudentsaremoreseriousaboutschool,andtherearen”talotofparties.M:Yes,butprivateuniversitiesaresoexpensive.Howareyougoingtopayforit?W:(5)I”veappliedforamusicscholarship,andmyparentswillbeabletohelppayforsomeoftheexpenses.Whataboutyou?Whatareyougoingtodoaftergraduation?M:I”mgoingtoOregonStateUniversity.W:0h,lknowalotofkidswho”vegonethereandreallylikeit.Whydoyouchooseit?M;Well,alotofmyfriendsaregoingthere,andtheschoolhasagoodteacherpreparationprogram.I”vealwayswantedtobeateacher.I”mreallyexcitedaboutthelifeatcollege.W:Well,goodluck.M:Youtoo.Seeyoulater.]drooal,oesteo有此可知，她情愿去規(guī)模小的大學(xué)，由于班級的人數(shù)不會太多，因此[B]項為正確答案。[D]I”veappliedforamusicscholarship,andmyparentswillbeabletohelppayforsomeoftheexpenses.”由此可知，她已申請了獎學(xué)金，并且她的父母可以幫助她支付局部學(xué)費(fèi)，因而[D]項為正確答案。[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Iliketheatmosphereofaprivatechurch-ownedschool…，andtherearen”talotofparties.[C]項的表達(dá)錯誤，為正確答案。由“...aprivatechurch-ownedschool.Thestudentsaremoreseriousaboutschool...”可知,私立教堂學(xué)校的學(xué)生更加認(rèn)真,由于[A]項的表達(dá)正確;由“butprivateuniversitiesaresoexpensive.”可知,私立大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)昂貴,因此[B]項的表達(dá)正確;由“Well,Iliketheatmosphereofaprivatechurch-ownedschool.”可知,她寵愛私立教會學(xué)校的氣氛,因而[D]項的表達(dá)正確。Questions7to10arebasedonthefollowingconversation.W:Gosh!Fred,anothercupofcoffee?That”syourthirdsincelunch,M:Yeah.Well,(7)Istayedupallnightworkingformyhistoryexam.Icouldn”tkeepmyeyesopeninmylastclass.I”mhavingthiscoffeesoIcanstayawakethisafternoon.W:Don”tyouknowthatdrinkingtoomuchcoffeeisharmful?M:Whatdoyoumeanbyharmful?W:Well,foronethingitmaycauseheartdisease.M:Nah.(8)Mostoftheresearchaboutthelinkbetweencoffeeandtheheartdiseaseisinconclusive.W:Butcoffeehascaffeinewhichisaddictive.M:lcan”tbecomeaddictedtocaffeinelikeotherdrugs.W:Yes,youcan.Don”tyouknowthatpeoplewhoaredeprivedofcaffeinesufferfromdrawsymptoms,esp.headaches.M:0necureforheadaches,oddlyenough,iscaffeine.Haven”tyouevernoticedthatmanyover-the-counterheadacheremediesusecaffeineasoneoftheiringredients?Besides,coffeehelpsmeworkfaster.W:(9)Studieshaveshownthatcoffeemakesyouworkfasterbutnotnecessarilybetter.Youmayfinishyourexaminashorterperiodoftimebutyouwon”thavefewererrors.M:Youknowthatsodayouaredrinkinghascaffeineinittoo.W:But12ouncesofsodahasonlyhalfthecaffeineofa5ouncescupofcoffee.Andacupofteahaslessthanthat.M:ButIlikethetasteofcoffee.[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Istayedupallnightworkingformyhistoryexam.Icouldn”tkeepmyeyesopeninmylastclass.”可知他熬夜復(fù)習(xí)歷史，所以現(xiàn)在太累，因此[C]項為正確答案。[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Mostoftheresearchaboutthelinkbetweencoffeeandtheheartes為正確答案。另外，由“But12ouncesofsodahasonlyhalfthecaffeineofa5ouncescupofcoffee.”可知[C]項錯誤；由“Studieshaveshownthatcoffeemakesyouworkfasterbutnotnecessarilybetter.”可知[D]項錯誤。SECTIONB PASSAGESQuestionsIIto13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.EverywhereweseeAmericansrunning.Theyrunforeveryreasonanybodycouldthinkof.Theyrunforhealth,forbeauty,toloseweight,tofeelfitandbecauseit”sthethingtheylovetodo.Everyyear,forexample,thousandsuponthousandsofpeopleruninonerace,theBostonMarathon,thebestknownlongdistanceraceintheUnitedStates,Inrecentyears,therehavebeennearly5000officialcompetitorsandittakesthreewholeminutesforthecrowdofrunnersjusttocrossthestartingline.YoumayhaveheardthestoryoftheGreekrunnerPheidippides.HeranfromMarathontoAthenstodeliverthenewsofthegreatvictory2500yearsago.(II)Nooneknowshowlongittookhimtorunthedistance.Butthestorytellsusthathediedoftheeffort.TodaynoonewilldieinaMarathonrace.Buttheeffortisstillenormous.Someonedoescomeinfirstinthistiringfootrace.Butatthefinishlineweseewhatthisraceisabout:notbeingfirstbutfinishing.(12)Therealvictoryisnotoverone”sfellowrunnersbutoverone”sownbody.It”savictoryofwillpoweroverfatigue.(13)lntheBostonMarathoneachpersonwhocrossesthatfinishlineisawinner.[B]Nooneknowshowlongittookhimtorunthedistance.Butthestorytellsusthathediedoftheeffort.”由此可知，由于長途跑步，他勞累致死，因而[B]項為正確答案。[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Therealvictoryisnotoverone”sfellowrunnersbutoverone”sownbody.It”savictoryofwillpoweroverfatigue.自我，這是以堅強(qiáng)毅力戰(zhàn)勝疲乏的成功。這里是堅強(qiáng)毅力的成功，而非[D]項所說的是人的體能上的成功，因而[C]項為正確答案。[D]細(xì)節(jié)題.。文中最終一句提到“l(fā)ntheBostonMarathoneachpersonwhocrossesthatfinishlineisawinner.[D]為正確答案。Questions14to16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Paperisoneofthemostimportantproductseverinventedbyman.Widespreaduseofwrittenlanguagewouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutsomecheapandpracticalmaterialtowriteon.(14)Theinventionofpapermeantthatmorepeoplecouldbeeducatedbecausemorebookscouldbeprintedanddistributed.Togetherwiththeprintingpress,paperprovidedanextremelyimportantwaytocommunicateknowledge.Howmuchpaperdoyouuseeveryyear?Probablyyoucannotanswerthatquestionquickly.In1900theworld”suseofpaperwasaboutonekilogramforeachpersonayear.Nowsomecountriesuseasmuchas50kilogramsofpaperforeachper-sonayear.(15)CountriesliketheUnitedStates.EnglandandSwedenusemorepaperthanothercountries.Paper,likemanyotherthingsthatweusetoday,wasfirstmadeinChina.(16)InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnotverycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.TheEgyptianswroteonakindofmaterialmadeofawaterplant.Europeansusedparchment,acertainkindofpaper,formanyhundredsofyears.Itwasverystrongandmadefromtheskinofcertainyounganimals:WehavelearntofthemostimportantfactsofEuropeanhistoryfromrecordsthatwerekeptonit.[A]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Theinventionofpapermeantthatmorepeoplecouldbeeducatedbecausemorebookscouldbeprintedanddistributed.Togetherwiththeprintingpress,paperprovidedanextremelyimportantwaytocommunicateknowledge.[B][C]項和[D]項的表達(dá)均正確，[A]項內(nèi)容并未提及，由于[A]項為正確答案。[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“CountriesliketheUnitedStates.EnglandandSwedenusemorepaperthanothercountries.”由此可知，美國和瑞典這樣的國家使用紙的數(shù)量更多，因而[B]項為正確答案。[A]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnotverycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.”由此可知，在埃及和西方國家，到1400年紙才被廣泛使用，因而[A]項為正確答案。Questions17to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.SciencefictionwritershaveoftenimaginedhumansgoingtoliveonMars.Butthesedays,scientistsaretakingtheideaseriously.Ithasagreatdealtorecommendit,(17)sinceitmightsolvetheproblemofovercrowdingontheearth.Butobviously,itwouldnotbeworthmakingtheeffortunlesspeoplecouldlivetherenaturally.(18)Iftheatmospherewerelikethatoftheearth,thismightbepossible.Apartfromthat,thereareotherproblemstobeovercome.Forexample,thetemperaturewouldhavetoberaisedfrom6degreesbelowzeroto15degreesaboveit.ScientistswhostudyMarshavelaiddowntheprogramthattheycanfollow.Tobeginwith,theywillhavetofindoutwhetherlifehaseverexistedontheplanetofMarsinthepast.Secondly,theywillhavetomakeareliablemapofitssurface.Andfinally,theywillhavetomakealistofthegases.(19)Aboveall,theywillhavetodiscoverhowmuchnitrogenitpossesses.Sincenitrogenisfourfifthsoftheairwebreathe,theyaresurprisinglyoptimisticaboutraisingthetemperatureonMarsandbelieveitcouldbedoneinonehundredyears.Itwilltakeabitlonger,though,totransformtheatmospheresothathumanbeingscouldlivethere.(20)Scientistsestimatethiswilltakeonehundredthousandyears.[A]推斷題。依據(jù)“...sinceitmightsolvetheproblemofovercrowdingontheearth.But,tdtehgetsedee.

可知，感興趣的問題，因而[A]項為正確答案。[D]Iftheatmospherewerelikethatoftheearth,thismightbepossible.細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Iftheatmospherewerelikethatoftheearth,thismightbepossible.”由此可知假設(shè)火星的大氣與地球的大氣相像，人們就可能移居，因而[D]項為正確答案。[D]Aboveall,theywillhavetodiscoverhowmuchnitrogenitpossesses.Sincenitrogenisfourfifthsoftheairwebreathe,..4/5，是大氣的主要成分，所以科學(xué)家要考察火星的氮?dú)夂浚蚨鳾D]項為正確答案。[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。文中提到“Scientistsestimatethiswilltakeonehundredthousandyears”由100000后人類將能在火星上居住，因而[C]項為正確答案。SECTIONC NEWSBROADCASTNewsItemINATOandRussiaarereportingsomeprogressineffortstofinalizeachartergoverningtheirpost-ColdWarrelationship.(21)Buttheystressedmoreworkmustbedonetosettletheirdifferencesinmilitaryandpoliticalissues.AfifthroundoftalksbetweentheRussianForeignMinisterandNATOSecretaryGeneralendedTuesdayinLuxembourg.[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。依據(jù)“Buttheystressedmoreworkmustbedonetosettletheirdifferencesinmilitaryandpoliticalissues.”就可以直接選出答案。NewsItem2(22)ABoeing727aircraftwithfifty-onepassengersandtencrewonboardhascrashedintoamountainsidejustoutsidetheColumbiancapitalBogota.Policeandrescueworkerssaideveryonewaskilledwhentheplaneexploded,scatteringwreckageoverawidearea.(23)Thecrashhappenedshortlyaftertake-offwhentheplanewasunabletogainenoughheighttoclearthemountains.TheaircraftbelongedtoEcuadorairlinebutithadbeencharteredbyAirFrancefortheroutefromBogotatotheEcuadoriancapitalQuito.[A]fifty-onepassengersandtencrewonboardhascrashedintoamountainsidejustoutsidetheColumbiancapitalBogota.61。[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。依據(jù)“Thecrashhappenedshortlyaftertake-off...”可知分級是在起飛后不久墜毀的。NewsItem3TheUShasdesignatedthirtyinternationalgroupsasterroristorganizations,barringthemfromreceivingmoney,weaponsorothersupportfromUScitizens.(24)ThenewterroristlistincludesaPalestiniangroupHamas,thepro-IranianHezbollah,Cambodia”sKhmerRouge,theBasqueseparatistgroupETA,SriLanka”sTamilTigers,andthePeruvian-basedShiningPath,andTupacAmaruRevolutionaryMovement.ThelistdoesnotincludetheIrishRepublicanArmy,orthePalestinianLiberationOi-sanization.(25)USSecretaryofState,MadelynAllbrightsaystheaffectedgroupswillhavetheirUSvisasrevokedandUSfinancialassetsfrozen.[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。聞?wù)f“Thenewterroristlist...doesnotincludetheIrishRepublicanArmy”即恐驚名單不包括愛爾蘭共和軍和巴勒斯坦解放組織。[A]USSecretaryofState,MadelynAllbrightsaystheaffectedgroupswillhavetheirUSvisasrevoked...”就可推斷出恐驚組織名單上全部人的簽證將被取消,他們也就無法合法進(jìn)入美國。NewsItem4(26)IsraeliprosecutorsarereviewingchargesagainstPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuafterIsraelipolicecalledforhisindictment.JusticeMinistryofficialssaytheyhopethedecisiononwhethertobringchargesagainsttheIsraelileaderwillbeannouncedSunday.ThecasestemmedfromtheappointmentofRunnyBarongasIsrael”sAttorneyGeneral.CriticschargetheappointmentwaspartofaconspiracytoendthetrialofaNetanyahupoliticalally.[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。依據(jù)“IsraeliprosecutorsarereviewingchargesagainstPrimeMinisterBenjamin...”可知[B]項為正確答案。NewsItem5(27)Thecombinedleft-wingoppositioninFrancehasdefeatedPresidentJacquesChirac”srulingConservativecoalitioninthefirstroundofthecountry”sparliamentaryelections.ProjectionsbyFrenchtelevisiongivetheSocialist-ledopposition40%ofthevote;andMr.Chirac”scenter-rightcoalition37%.(28)Iftheleftsecuresamajorityofseatsinparliament,so -cialistleaderLionelJospinwilllikelybecomePrimeMinisterinapowersharinghisarrangementwithPresidentChirac.[B]細(xì)節(jié)題。只要聽到“Thecombinedleft-wingoppositioninFrancehasdefeated”就可以知道是左翼反對派取得了成功。[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。依據(jù)“Iftheleftsecures...withPresidentChirac.”就可以直接選出答案。NewsItem6(29)TheU