2010年6月大学英语四级真题听力原文

1/62010年6月大学英语四级真题听力原文SectionAShortConversation11.W:Justimagine!Wehavetofinishreading300pagesbeforeMonday!Howcantheprofessorexpectustodoitinsuchashorttime?M:Yeah,butwhattroublesmeisthatIcan’tfindthebookinthelibraryorintheuniversitybookstore.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?12.M:DoyouthinkIcouldborrowyourcartogogroceryshopping?Thesupermarketsoutsidethecityaresomuchcheaper.I’dalsobehappytopickupanythingyouneed.W:Well,Idon’tliketoletanyoneelsedrivemycar.Tellyouwhat,whydon’twegotogether?Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?13.M:Forgivethemessinhere.Wehadapartylastnight.Therewerealotofpeopleandtheyallbroughtfood.W:Yeah,Icantell.Well,Iguessit’sprettyobviouswhatyou’llbedoingmostoftoday.Q:Whatdoesthewomanthinkthemanwilldo?14.W:WhattimewouldsuityouforthefirstroundtalkswithJohnSmith?M:Well,youknowmyschedule.OtherthanthisFriday,onedayisasgoodasthenext.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?15.W:Iwassoangryyesterday!MybiologyteacherdidnotevenletmeexplainwhyImissedthefieldtrip.Hejustwouldn’tletmepass!M:Thatdoesn’tseemfair.I’dfeelthatwaytooifIwereyou.Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?16.M:Ireallycan’tstandthewayDavidcontrolstheconversationallthetime.IfheisgoingtobeatyourChristmasparty,Ijustwon’tcome.W:I’msorryyoufeelthatway,butmymotherinsiststhathecome.Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?2/61579095051307TopSage.com大家网，大家的！更多精品在大家！17.W:You’retakingacoursewithProfessorJohnson.What’syourimpressionsofar?M:Well,manystudentscouldhardlystayawakeinhisclasswithoutfirstdrinkingacupofcoffee.Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?18.W:Haveyoueverputacomputertogetherbefore?M:No,never.ButIthinkifwefollowtheseinstructionsexactly,wewon’thavemuchtrouble.Q:Whatarethespeakersgoingtodo?LongConversationsConversation1W:Whatsortofhoursdoyouwork,Steve?M:WellIhavetoworkverylonghours,aboutelevenhoursaday.W:Whattimedoyoustart?M:Iwork9to3,thenIstartagainat5:30andworkuntil11,sixdaysaweek.SoIhavetoworkveryunsocialhours.W:Anddoyouhavetoworkattheweekend?M:Oh,yes,that’sourbusiesttime.IgetWednesdaysoff.W:Whatarethethingsyouhavetodoandthethingsyoudon’thavetodo?M:Uh,Idon’thavetodothewashing-up,sothat’sgood.Ihavetowearwhite,andIhavetokeepeverythinginthekitchentotallyclean.W:What’shardaboutthejob?M:Youarestandingupallthetime.Whenwearebusy,peoplegetangryandshout,butthat’snormal.W:Howdidyoulearntheprofession?M:Well,Ididatwo-yearcourseatcollege.Inthefirstyearwehadtolearnthebasics,andthenwehadtotakeexams.W:Wasiteasytofindajob?3/6M:Iwrotetoaboutsixhotelsandoneofthemgavememyfirstjob,soIdidn’thavetowaittoolong.W:Andwhat’sthesecretofbeinggoodatyourjob?M:Attentiontodetail.Youhavetoloveit.Youhavetoshowpassionforit.W:Andwhatareyourplansforthefuture?M:Iwanttohavemyownplacewhenthetimeisright.Q19.Whatdoesthemansayabouthisjob?Q20.Whatdoesthemanthinkisthehardestpartofhisjob?Q21.Wheredidthemangethisfirstjobaftergraduation?Q22.Whatdoesthemansayisimportanttobeinggoodathisjob?Conversation2W:Nowyou’veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?M:Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitled“Change”.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?W:Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.Iamnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom72pto90pisariseof25percent.M:Ohyes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.W:Yes.Whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?M:IamsorryI’venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.W:Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerealotbetteroffin2001thantheywerein2002.That’sstrange,isn’tit?Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffin2003thantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis.M:Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall.W:Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?M:Idon’tknow.IthinkI’dprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.4/61579095051307TopSage.com大家网，大家的！更多精品在大家！W:Wouldyou?Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?M:Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample.W:Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?M:Yeah,theydo.Q23Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?Q24WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?Q25Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?SectionBPassage1Asthenewsalesdirectorforanationalcomputerfirm,AlexGordonwaslookingforwardtohisfirstmeetingwiththecompany’sdistrictmanagers.Everyonearrivedontime,andAlex’spresentationwentextremelywell.Hedecidedtoendthemeetingwiththeconversationabouttheimportanceofthedistrictmanagerstothecompany’splans.“Ibelievewearegoingtocontinuetoincreaseourshareofthemarket,”hebegan,“becauseofthequalityofthepeopleinthisroom.Thedistrictmanageristhekeytothesuccessofthesalesrepresentativesinhisdistrict.Hesetsthetermforeveryoneelse.Ifhehasambitiousgoalsandiswillingtoputinlonghours,everyoneinhisunitwillfollowhisexample.”WhenAlexwasfinished,hereceivedpoliteapplause,buthardlythewarmresponsehehadhopedfor.Laterhespokewithoneoftheseniormanagers.“Thingsweregoingsowelluntiltheend”,Alexsaiddisappointedly.“Obviously,Isaidthewrongthing.”“Yes”,thedistrictmanagerreplied.“Halfofourmanagersarewomen.Mosthaveworkedtheirwayupfromsalesrepresentatives,an