第13周放音内容
第5讲四级短对话和长对话复习训练
Part I
Short Conversations
Practice 1
11.
A) They are both anxious to try Italian food.
B) They are likely to have dinner together.
C) The man will treat the woman to dinner tonight.
D) The woman refused to have dinner with the man.
12.
A) Its only for rent, not for sale. B) Its not as good as advertised.
C) Its being redecorated. D) Its no longer available.
13.
A) Colleagues. B) Husband and wife. C) Employer and employee. D) Mother and son.
14.
A) She contacts her parents occasionally.
B) She phones her parents regularly at weekends.
C) She visits her parents at weekends when the fares are down.
D) She often calls her parents regardless of the rates.
15.
A) The next bus is coming soon.
B) The bus will wait a few minutes at the stop.
C) There are only two or three passengers waiting for the bus.
D) They can catch this bus without running.
16.
A) The assignment looks easy but actually its quite difficult.
B) The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time.
C) They cannot finish the assignment until Thursday.
D) They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.
17.
A) The man will go to meet the woman this evening.
B) The man and the woman have an appointment at 7 oclock.
C) The woman cant finish making the jam before 7 oclock.
D) The woman wont be able to see the man this evening.
18.
A) Shes learned a lot from the literature class.
B) Shes written some books about world classics.
C) Shes met some of the worlds best writers.
D) Shes just back from a trip round the world.
Practice 2
11.
A) She has to post a letter instead. B) She has to turn down the mans request
C) Shes not sure if the computer is fixed. D) She cant send the message right now.
12.
A) He didnt get the book he needed. B) He had no idea where the book was.
C) The library is closed on weekends. D) He was not allowed to check out the book.
13.
A) Play a tape recorder. B) Take a picture. C) Repair a typewriter. D) Start a car.
14.
A) The woman rejected the mans apology. B) The woman appreciated the mans offer.
C) The man had forgotten the whole thing. D) The man had hurt the womans feelings.
15.
A) The woman is meeting the man at the airport.
B) They are complaining about the poor airport service.
C) They are discussing their plan for Christmas.
D) The man is seeing the woman off.
16.
A) She plans to go to graduate school. B) She will drop out of school.
C) She will stop working and concentrate on her studies. D) She will take a part-time job.
17.
A) He needs another job as research assistant.
B) He asked Professor Williams for assistance.
C) He assists Professor Williams with his teaching.
D) He is doing research with Professor William.
18.
A) She thought there were no tickets left for the show,
B) She thought the seats on the left side were fully occupied.
C) The show was planned a long time ago.
D) The audience deeply impressed by the show.
Part II
Long Conversations
Practice 1
19.
A) He saw the office on his way home from work.
B) A friend referred him to Dr. Carters office.
C) He found Dr. Carters number in the phone book.
D) He found Dr. Carters number on the Internet.
20.
A) He has to pick up his tool kits. B) He has to take a bus home.
C) He has to open his store in the morning. D) He has to pick up his kids.
21.
A) The mans telephone number is 647-0547.
B) The mans telephone number is 603-0547.
C) The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:15 A.M. Thursday.
D) The man was scheduled to meet the doctor at 8:00 A.M. Thursday.
22.
A) He hurt his knee when a tall ladder fell on him.
B) He injured his ankle when he fell from a ladder.
C) He sprained his hand when he fell off the roof of his house.
D) His foot has a paint can on because he likes painting the house.
23.
A) Problems with living in an apartment. B) A search for a new apartment.
C) The cost of rent near universities. D) How to share a room with one or two roommate;
24.
A) It must be near the campus. B) It must be equipped with furniture.
C) It must be equipped with utilities. D) There must be a parking space.
25.
A) He will drop a notice there and buy something on his way to school.
B) He is planning on calling a friend who owns an apartment building.
C) He will check the newspapers to see if he can find an apartment for rent.
D) He is going to visit an apartment building nearby.
Part III
When couples get married，they usually plan to have children，Sometimes，however，a couple can not have a child of their own. In this case，they may decide to adopt a child. In fact，___(1)___ is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone. Some people prefer to adopt ___(2)___. Others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own countries. Others adopt children from foreign countries. In any case, they all adopt children for the same reason: they care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.
Most adopted children know that they are adopted. ___(3)___ and childcare experts generally think this is a good idea. However，many adopted children or adoptees have very little information about their ___(4)___ parents. As a matter of fact，it is often very difficult for adoptees to find out about their birth parents because the birth records of most adoptees are usually ___(5)___. The information is secret，so no one can see it.
Naturally，adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adoptees want to search for them，but others do not. The ___(6)___ to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make.
Most adoptees have ___(7)___ feelings about finding their biological parents. Even though adoptees do not know about their natural parents，they do know that their ___(8)___ parents want them，love them and will care for them.
Answer keys
Part I
Practice 1
11-18 BDDBADBA
Practice 2
11-18 DAADDCCA
Part II
Practice 1
19-25 ADCB BAD
Part III
1. Adoption; 2. Infant; 3. Psychologists; 4. Biological; 5. Sealed; 6. Decision; 7. Mixed; 8. Adoptive.
四级文章听写 Audio script
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MOOC
A class with tens or even hundreds of thousands of students might sound like a teachers bad dream. But a big idea in higher education these days is the massiveopen online course, or MOOC.
Some universities offer free, non-credit MOOCsavailable to anyone in the world. Others charge for courses and provide credits. The idea is still developing.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently started its first MOOC. The school plans to offer many free, non-credit courses through a project called MITx.
So far, most massive open online courses are in computer science, technology, mechanics and engineering. For example, students around the world are taking a free course called "Building a Computer Search Engine." Two computer scientists, Sebastian Thrun and David Evans, are offering this course through udacity.com.
Mr. Evans is on leave from the University of Virginia. Mr. Thrun is a Stanford research professor and a Google Fellow best known for his work on a driverless car.
There are no education requirements for the course. The students watch short videos. Then, says Mr. Evans, they take informal, ungraded quizzes after the videos each week for six weeks.
They can repeatedly watch the videos and take the quizzes whenever they want.
Students receive homework. They join online groups to exchange questions and answers about the course.
The teachers hold virtual office hours to answer questions that the students have voted to send them. They also present their own questions and observations.
The students take a final examination to show where they rate in the class. Everyone who finishes the course receives a grade and proof of completion. Top students get letters documenting their work.
Mr. Thrun started Udacity, which supports free MOOCs. Udacity hopes to make a profit in the future by connecting possible employers with interested students. On his Stanford homepage he says he wants to "democratize" education. Education, he says, should be free, accessible for all, everywhere and any time.
第6讲四级短文理解训练技巧
短文听力常考5种文章题材
一．文化教育类短文
1．A）Because it takes too long to process all the applications.
B）Because its resources are limited
C）Because it is a library for special purposes.
D）Because there is a shortage of staff.
2．A）Discard his application form
B）Forbid him to borrow any items
C）Cancel his video card.
D）Ask him to apply again.
3．A）One month
B）One week
C）Two weeks
D）Two months
二．科普及研究报告类短文
30. A) People differ greatly in their ability to communicate
B) There are numerous languages in existence
C) Most public languages are inherently vague
D) Big gaps exist between private and public languages
31. A) it is a sign of human intelligence
B) it improves with constant practice
C) it is something we are born with
D) it varies from person to person
32. A) how private languages are developed
B) how different languages are related
C) how people create their languages
D) how children learn to use language
三．人物历史类短文
33. A）She was a tailor
B）She was an engineer
C）She was an educator
D）She was a public speaker
34. A) Basing them on science-fiction movies
B) Including interesting examples in them
C) Adjusting them to different audiences
D) Focusing on the latest progress on space science
35. A) Whether spacemen carry weapons
B) How spacesuits protect spacemen
C) How NASA trains its spacemen
D) What spacemen eat and drink
四. 故事类短文
32. A) It was located in a park
B) Its owner died of a heart attack
C) It went bankrupt all of a sudden
D) Its potted plants were for lease only
33. A) Planting some trees in the greenhouse
B) Writing a want ad to local newspaper
C) Putting up a Going Out Of Business sign
D) Helping a customer select some purchases
34. A) Opening an office in the new office park
B) Keeping better relations with her company
C) Developing fresh business opportunities
D) Building a big greenhouse of his own.
35. A) Owing the greenhouse one day.
B) Securing a job at the office park
C) Cultivating more potted plants
D) Finding customers out of town
五. 社会热点话题类短文
26. A) The lack of time
B) The quality of life.
C) The frustrations at work.
D) The pressure on working families.
27. A) They were just as busy as people of today.
B) They saw the importance of collective efforts.
C) They didnt complain as much as modern man.
D) They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.
28. A) To look for creative ideas of awarding employees.
B) To explore strategies for lowering production costs.
C) To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints.
D) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.
短文听力7大常考设题点
一．篇首处
二. 篇尾处
三．并列，转折，因果及强调处
四．类比和列举处
e.g. A) Avoid eating any food
B) Prepares the right type of the pie to eat.
C) Wash his hands thoroughly.
D) Practice eating a pie quickly
五. 数字时间处
六. 形容词和副词比较等级处
e.g. A). It is more exciting than space travel.
B). It is much cheaper than space travel.
C). It is safer than space travel
D). It is less time-consuming than space travel
七. 特殊句式处
e.g. A). By decorating our homes
B). By being kind and generous
C). By wearing fashionable clothes
D). By putting on a little makeup.
解题流程
短文听力理解4 步骤
快速浏览各题选项，注意相同或相关词语的重复出现，推测短文主题，联想背景知识。
按照题目顺序，推测问题及内容，确定听音时需要关注的主要信息。
集中精力听短文，抓取关键点，必要时适当速记。
根据问题的内容结合所作笔记，做出正确的选择。
前三个步骤即为SALT原则
（SCANNING – ANTICIPATING – LISTENING - TAKING NOTES）
解题技巧
迅速浏览选项，确定短文题材。
利用DIRECTIONS 的朗读时间，迅速浏览选项，通过比较选项并结合自己的知识储备和常识，对问题进行预测，确定短文题材。（不同题材短文的问题有其不同的特点，如故事类短文多考细节题，社会热门话题类短文的问题中往往会有一个推理判断题，问说话人对文章中涉及的社会问题的观点态度）对选项中的关键词的圈划是浏览选项时的主要工作。
听前分析选项，听时有的放矢
听短文前快速浏览短文，通过纵向，横向比较可能发现解题的重要信息，如否定词，转折词，重复出现的单词，这些都有助于推测短文内容和短文后问题的类型。采取边听边看边选的方法，避免“听到的没记住，记住的没有考”的现象。
巧妙领会短文大意，征服主旨题
应特别注意短文的开头和结尾部分。尤其是篇头，因为短文开头往往点明文章的主题和中心思想，抓住开头两句有助于理解文章后面的内容，而且此处往往是主旨题的设题点。
熟悉常考细节题信息，拿下细节题
细节题设题点无处不在，但仍有一定规律。细节题答案往往由first, most, because, in any case, as a matter of fact 等副词或副词短语引出。
明辨答案与原文的关系，攻克同义转述
正确的选项往往是所听到的语流信息中某个关键词或短语的同义转述，因此扩充词汇量是必要的。（如之前听过的文章中的原文是owners of the greenhouse, workers , hanging out a Go Out Of Business sign, 分别对应着正确选项中的owning the greenhouse, employees, putting up a Go Out of Business sign
四级短文理解训练技巧答案
一．理论讲解
二．科普及研究报告类短文 BCD
三．人物历史类短文BCA
四．故事类短文BCCA
五．社会热点话题类短文AAD
四级文章听写 Audio script
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Better tables
Two trendy restaurants in Paris give beautiful people better tables than ordinary people. Staff who used to work there talked to a Paris newspaper about the restaurants. They said: "The good-looking customers are led to the good places, where they can be easily seen; the non-good-looking ones must be seated in the corners of the room." The rule for celebrity diners was different - "pretty or ugly, old or young," they got the good tables. The waiters and waitresses also had to look good. An ex-employee said: "Anyone short, without a models physique and over 30 need not apply."
The owners want to make sure the restaurants have a good image so they put attractive guests in easy-to-see places. One owner visits regularly to check on his beauty policy. If he saw a "non-attractive" person at a good table, he tells the staff: "There are good-looking people, you put them here; there are bad-looking people, you put them there." Furthermore, staff could not give a table to customers who made telephone bookings, just in case they were not beautiful. Staff decided where to seat them after they came to the restaurant and looked at their faces.
