2023年英语专四听力原文和答案

年专四听力答案2023PART IDICTATIONNew Year*s EveFormany people in thewest,New YearsEve is the biggestparty of the year./Its thetimeto get together withfriends orfamily/and welcomein thecoming year./New Yearspartiescan takeplace indifferent places./Some peoplehold ahouse party;others attendstreetparties;/while somejust gofor afew drinkswith theirfriends./Big citieshave largeandspectacular fireworksdisplays./There isone thingthat allNew YearsEve partieshave incommon,/the countdownto midnight./When theclock strikes12,people givea loudcheerand singsongs./Its alsopopular to make apromise in the NewYear./This iscalled aNewYears resolution./Typical resolutionsinclude givingup smokingand keepingfit./However,the promiseis oftenbroken quitequickly/and peopleare backinto theirbadhabits withinweeks ordays.PART IILISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTIONA CONVERSATIONSQuestionsI to3are basedon thefollowing conversation.W:Hi,Mark.How areyouM:2Actually,Pm reallyfed up,Linda.Ifs Jean.W:2Jean Whois JeanM:Oh,nobody really.1Just amost stunninglyattractive girlin myyear school.⑴W:Oh,is thatall Sowhats theproblemM:1Well,the thingis Ijust don*t knowhow tomake hernotice me,or...W:Wait aminute.Tve gota brilliantidea I3Why dontyou trytalking toherM:3But Iwouldnt knowwhat tosay.

1...W:Look,shes inyour chemistryclass,isnt sheYoure goodat chemistry.3You couldofferto helpher withher chemistryhomework.How aboutthatM:Not bad.Just oneproblem.W:WhatM:3Shes betterthan meat chemistry.W:OK,then3Well,there isthat partyat Johnson Fridaynight.You couldinvite her.M:2/3Just anothersmall problem.John!s herboyfriend.Key:l.B

2.C3,AQuestions4to7are basedon thefollowing conversation.W:Yes,can I help youM:Yes,you seeI boughtthis personalstereo atyour shopthree daysago.And Pmafraidthat ithasnt reallymatched up to whatI wastold about it.W:I see.What exactlyisthematterM:4/6Well,first ofall,theres thislarge scratchacross thefront ofit.W:But youshould havenoticed thatwhen youbought it.M:But itwas in the boxand allsealed up.W:4Well,I amsorry,but itreally isyour responsibilityto checkthe goodswhen youbuythem.How werewere toknow thatit wasntyou whomade thescratchM:Thats ridiculous.6But,anyway,its notthe mostimportant thing.I reallyam nothappyabout thisother thing.W:And whatis thatM:Look,it sayshere that the noisefrom itshould beundetectable byother people,W:Yes,thats right.M:But peoplecan hearit andits reallyembarrassing on the busand theunderground.W:Well,I amsorry.5But itmust bethe wayyou arewearing theheadphones.M:5Look,I knowhow toput earphonesin myears.Thank youvery much.But whatIwant toknow iswhat youare goingto doaboutitall.W:7Well,I supposewe couldexchange itfor anothermodel if you reallyarent happywithit.M:No,I certainlyam not.W:7Well,if Ijust couldhave thereceipt.M:Yes,well thereis aslight problemabout thisreceipt.Key:

4.C

5.A6D

7.B.Questions8to10are basedon thefollowing conversation.W:Hello,Happy TimeCatering ServicesVictoria speaking.How canIhelpyouM:Hello,Victoria.This isJoe Smithfrom CountryHolidays.8/9I wonderifyoucoulddo somecatering for us nextweek.10Were havinga smallreception.Its tolaunch oursummerholiday advertisingcampaign.Would you be freeW:When exactlyis it,Mr.SmithM:April21st,thats Thursday.Oh,sorry,no.9lt shouldbe Friday.W:Oh,Yes,I cando that.10Where willyoubeholding atM:We thoughtwe wouldhave hadit athead officeand usethe conferenceroom becausethereis enoughroom foreveryone there.W:OK,what aortof thingswould youlikeM:Just alight lunchI think.So thatPeople caneat whilethey movearound andtalk toeachother.10You didsomething similarforuslast year.We will be happyto havethe samemenuagain.W:Right,I willlook atmy dairyand seewhat youhad lasttime.Oh,I nearlyforgot to askyou,10how manyshould Icater forM:Well,I thinkmost peoplewill beable tocome,perhaps around

30.No,lets say35,to besure.W:Right,thank youfor getting in touchMr.Smith.I willsend confirmationof thearrangementsby theend ofthis week.M:OK.Key:

8.C

9.A

10.DSECTION BPASSAGESQuestions11to13are basedon thefollowing passage.一For shopaholics,the post-Christmas periodmeans onlyone thingsales!12Across thecountry,prices areslashed onclothing,electronics,home furnishingsand more,11butLondon isthe placefor seriousshopping andyou cancertainly pickup someamazingbargains.12The salesstart onBoxing Day-26th,December andcontinue for the monthofJanuary,but thekeenest bargainhunters get there earlyto befirst throughthe doors,12InOxford Streetqueues formedoutside shopsahead ofpre-dawn openingsfor thestart oftheirsales.At BrentCross,in northLondon,more than1,000people werequeuing at3:30a.m.fortheNext clothingstores salewhich beganat4a.m.Some peopleeven campedoutsidethe shopsto bethe firstintheline.13Some peopleare takingtheir friendsshoppingwith themand buyingtheir Christmaspresents inthe sales.A practicalbutunromantic wayof makingsure yougetthegift youreally want.For aless excitingbut lessstressfulshopping experience,online retailers are alsogettinginon theact withJanuarysales oftheir own.13The mostorganized ofall arethose who are alreadydoing theirpresentshopping fornext ChristmasintheJyuary sales.Key:

11.C

12.A

13.DQuestions14to17are basedon thefollowing passage.14Ballroom dancingused tobe seen as somethingrather unfashionablethat old peoplemight do.15For thepast fiveyears though,the popularityof ballroomdancing hassoaredthanks toa realityTV show.Strictly ComeDancing isone ofthe bigTV shows.16Millions ofpeople tunein everySaturday nightto watchthe showwhich airsfromSeptember rightuptoChristmas.16In theshow a number ofprofessional ballroomdancerseach dancewith acelebrity.Every weekthey haveto learna differentballroomdance andperform itlive onTV onSaturday night.The showdemonstrates howglamorousballroom dancingis.The celebritiesgettowear colorfuldresses andsuits todance in,and itlookslike alot offun.The TVprogramme alsoshows whatgood exerciseit canbe toballroomdance andwhat hardwork isinvolved inlearning thedances andperforming themproperly.Dance schoolsaround the country haveseenaboost inthe numberof peoplewantingto learnhow todance.17And itsnot onlyoldpeoplewhoareinterested.Lots ofchildrenand youngpeopleintheir20sarekeen tolearn.Key:

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.CQuestions18to20are basedonthefollowing passage.18Recently,a couplein New Zealand wereforbidden fromnaming theirbaby son4Real.Even thoughNewZealandhas quiteliberal rulesabout namingchildren,namesbeginning with anumberare notallowed.They decidedto callhim Supermaninstead.Inmany countriesaround theworld,unusual namesfor childrenare becomingmore popular,especially sincethe increasingtrend forcelebrities togive theirchildren unusualnames.19Some parentschoose nameswhich comefrom popularculture.For example,therehave beensix boysnamed Gandalfafter thecharacter inthe LordoftheRings novelsand一films.Equally namesrelated tosport arefairly commonsince1984,36children havebeencalled Arsenalafter thefootball team.Other parentslike tomake upnames,orcombine namestomaketheir ownunique version,a methoddemonstrated byJordan,theBritish model,who recentlyinvented thename Tidarniifor herdaughter bycombining thenamesThea andAmy thetwo grandmothers-She wasquoted assaying thatthe accentanddouble letterswere addedtomake thename moreexotic

1.20Other countrieshavemuch stricterrules whenit comesto namingchildren.Countries includingJapan,Denmark,Spain,Germany andArgentina havean approvedlist ofnames fromwhich parentsmustchoose.Key:

18.C

19.D

20.ASECTION CNEWS BROADCASTNewsItem I处在困境的，搁浅的Eleven fishingboat crewwho hadbeen strandedsinceOctober in a remotepart ofRussia*s FarEast havebeen rescuedafter shelteringnearlythree monthsat anabandoned militarybase.21The eightmen andthree womentookrefuge atthe baseafter theirsmall boatcollided onOctober10th.Their attemptsto fixoneof theboats didnot succeed,22and theyhad toremain atthe abandonedbase wheretherewere onlyflour and-cooking fat.Other suppliesatthebase,which wasabandoned in2023including Christmasornaments,and thecrew membersput themup ona smalltree insidetheirquarters,but suppliesbegan runninglow andearly thisweek,five setoff onfootacross snowfields.On Friday,after foursdays oftrudging,they reacheda workingmilitaryradio station,23the centercalled rescuersand helicopterswere sentto takethe eleventothe regionalcapital.Key:2LB

22.C

23.ANews Item224Spains KingJuan Carloswith32years onthe throneturns70Saturday,but after「田西班牙人，years ofundeniable adulation[,aed3olei Jon]among Spaniardssp njod]西班牙居民〈法〉意外而成功的行动for puttingdown anattempted coup/ku:/in1981,25hes recentlyfaced moredifficult times.Small groupsof leftistshave burnedhis photo,and fierycriticism hasalso comefrom theright withone leadingconservative radiohostcalling forhim tostep down.Juan Carlosfired backwitharare publicdefense ofhis reignina recentspeech.nIts beenthe longestperiod ofstability andprosperity inSpain everina君主统治,parliamentary monarchythe Kingsaid.Key:

24.B

25.DNews Item3禁忌It goesagainst religioustaboos inIraq toinvolve womenin fighting,but three起义、暴动recent suicidebombings carriedout bywomen couldindicate insurgentsaregrowing increasinglydesperate.26In November4th,a womandetonated[,detn9eit]使爆炸，引爆背心、马甲巡逻；an explosivevest nexttoaU.S.patrol patrol[potroul]巡查in Diyala*s regionalcapital,Baqouba,35miles northeastof Bagdad27woundingseven U.S.troops andfive Iraqis.26On December7th,a womanattacked theoffices ofaDiyala-based Sunnigroup,fighting al-Qaida inIraq,27killing15people andwounding35,26then onDecember31st,a bomberin Baqouba,detonated hersuicide vestclose toa policepatrol（）27wounding fivepolicemen andfour civilians.Key:

26.A

27.BNews Item4（）（准备彳亍动）28Chinese governmentis poisedto conductits firstnational survey（环境恶化）of pollutionsources inFebruary tohelp controlenvironmental deteriorationinthecountry.The studywill identifyand collectdata onthe sourcesof industrial,agricultural andresidential pollutionfor twomonths.Last year,Chinas environmentwas（严重的）（堵塞）facing agrave situationwith severalmajor riversand lakesclogged（）（被危by industrialwaste.29China*s environmentalcleanup iscompromised by害）more thantwo decadesof rapideconomic growth（）and alack oftechnology especially.30Every province,autonomous regionand（自治市）municipality/mju,nisipseliti/has setup acensus officeand willreport toa maincenterstaffed byofficials fromgovernment departments.Data willbe reviewedmultipletimes beforebeing putinto adatabase andwillbeanalyzed inthe secondhalf of

2023.Findings willbe examinedand approvedby mid-

2023.Key

28.C

29.A

30.B。