2015年12月英语四级听力原文及答案

2015年12月英语四级听力原文及答案Part1短对话Question1-M:Doyourememberthewonderfulfilmonspaceexplorationwewatchedtogetherlastmonth?-W:Sure.It'sactuallythemostimpressiveoneI'veseenonthattopic.Q:Whatdowelearnaboutthespeakers?Question2-W:Areyoulookingforanythinginparticular?-M:Yes.Mysonisgraduatingfromhighschool,andIwanttogethimsomethingspecial.Q:Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?Question3-M:Miketoldmeyesterdaythathehadbeenlookinginvainforajobintheartgallery.-W:Really?IfIrememberright,hehadachancetoworkthere,butheturneditdown.Q:WhatdoesthewomansayaboutMike?Question4-W:WouldyouliketocometoSusan'sbirthdaypartytomorrowevening?-M:I'mgoingtogivealecturetomorrow.IwishIcouldbeintwoplacesatthesametime.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?Question5-W:Aren'tyoudiscouragedbytheslowprogressyourstaffismaking?-M:Yes.IthinkIwillgivethemadeadlineandholdthemtoit.Q:Whatisthemanprobablygoingtodo?Question6-W:Excuseme.Couldyoutellmewherethevisitors'parkingis?Ileftmycarthere.-M:Sure.It'sinLotC.Overthatway.Q:Whatdoesthewomanwanttoknow?Question7-W:Youlookgreat!Nowthatyou'vetakenthosefitnessclasses.-M:Thanks.I'veneverfeltbetterinmylife.Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?Question8-W:Ireallyadmiretheefficiencyofyoursecretaries.-M:Ourcompanyselectsonlythebest.Theyhaveaheaveworkloadandwegivethemalotofresponsibilities.Q:Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?Part2长对话Conversion1W:HiLeo,whydoyousayEnglishwouldbecometheworldlanguage?M:Well.Foronething,it'ssocommonlyused,theonlylanguagethatisusedbymorepeopleisChinese.W:WhyisEnglishspokenbysomanypeople?M:It'sspokeninmanycountriesoftheworldbecauseoftheBritishempire.AndnowofcourseistheinfluenceofAmericaaswell.W:ManystudentsfindEnglishadifficultlanguagetolearn.M:Oh,alllanguagesaredifficulttolearn.ButEnglishdoeshavetwogreatestadvantages.W:Whatarethey?M:Well,firstofall,ithasaveryinternationalvocabulary.IthasmanyGerman,Dutch,French,SpanishandItalianwordsinit.SospeakersofthoselanguageswillfindmanyfamiliarwordsinEnglish.Infact,Englishhaswordsformanyotherlanguagesaswell.W:Whyisthat?M:Well,partlybecauseEnglishspeakershavetravelledalot,theybringbackwordswiththem.SoEnglishreallydoeshaveaninternationalvocabulary.W:AndwhatistheotheradvantageofEnglish?M:ItthatEnglishgrammarisreallyquiteeasy.Forexample,itdoesn'thavedozensofdifferentendingsforitsnouns,adjectivesandverbs,notlikeLatin,RussianandGermanforexample.W:Whyisthat?M:Well,it'squiteinterestingactually,it'sbecauseoftheFrench.WhentheFrenchruledEngland,Frenchwastheofficiallanguage,andonlythecommonpeoplespokeEnglish.Theytriedtomaketheirlanguageassimpleaspossible.Sotheymadethegrammareasier.Questions9to11arebasedontheconversationyou'vejustheard.Q9:WhatdoesthemansayaboutChinese?Q10:WhatmadeEnglishawidelyusedlanguage?Q11:WhatissaidtobespecialaboutEnglishvocabulary?Conversation2Man:Hello.Yes?Woman:Hello.Isthatthesalesdepartment?M:Yes,itis.W:Oh,well.MynameisJaneKingsburyofGPFlimited.Weneedsomesuppliesforourdesignoffice.M:Oh,whatsort?W:Well,firstofall,weneedonecompletenewdrawingboard.M:DO44orDO45?W:Ah,Idon'tknow.What'sthedifference?M:Well,the45costs15poundsmore.W:Sowhat'sthetotalpricethen?M:It's387pounds.W:Dosethatincludevalued-addedtax?M:Oh,I'mnotsure.Mostofthepricesdo.Yes,Ithinkitdoes.W:Whataretheboardsactuallymadeof?M:Oh,Idon'tknow.Ithinkit‘sasortofplasticstuffthesedays.It'swhiteanyway.W:Andhowlongdoesittaketodeliver?M:Oh,Icouldn'treallysay.Itdependsonhowmuchworkwe'vegotandhowmanyotherorderstherearetosendout,youknow.W:Ok,nowwealsowantsomedrawingpens,inkandrulers,andsomedrawingpaper.M:Ohdear.Thegirlwhotakesallthosesuppliesisn'therethismorning.SoIcan'ttakethoseordersforyou.Ionlydotheequipmentyousee.W:Ok,well,perhapsI'llringbacktomorrow.M:Sodoyouwantthedrawingboardthen?W:Oh,Ihavetothinkaboutit.Thanksverymuch.I'llletyouknow.Good-bye.M:Thankyou.Good-bye.Question12to15arebasedontheconversationyoujustheard.Question12:Whatisthewoman'spurposeinmakingthephonecall?Question13:Whatdowelearnaboutthemanfromtheconversation?Question14:Whatdoesthemansayaboutdelivery?Question15:Whatdoesthewomansayshewillpossiblydotomorrow?Part3短文短文1Nooneknowsforsurejusthowoldkitesare.Infact,theyhavebeeninuseforcenturies.25centuriesago,kiteswerewell-knowninChina.Thesefirstkiteswereprobablymadeofwood.Theymayevenhavebeencoveredwithsilk,becausesilkwereusedalotatthattime.Earlykiteswerebuiltforcertainuses.InancientChina,theywillusetocarryropestocrossrivers.Onceacross,theropeswereteardownandwoodenbridgeswouldhangforthem.LegendtellsofoneGeneralwhoflewmusicalkitesovertheenemies'camp.Theenemyfled,believingthesoundstobethewarmingvoicesofangels.Bythe15thcentury,manypeopleflewkitesinEurope.MarcoPolomayhavebroughtthekitebackfromhisvisittoChina.Thekitehasbeenlinkedtogreatnamesandevents.Forinstance,BenjaminFranklinusedkitetoprovethelighteningelectricity.Heflewthekiteinthestorm.Hedidthisinordertodrawlighteningfromtheclouds.Hetiedametalkeyandastripofsilktothekiteline.Thesilkribbonwouldstopthelighteningfrompassingthroughhisbody.Benjamin'sideawasfirstlaughedat.Butlateron,itenlightenedtheinventionofthelighteningrod.Withsuchgrandhistory,kiteflyingisshortremainanen