英语四级听力考试练习题Model Test Five

[00:00.00]1.W:I think I'll take my mother to that French restaurant on Main Street for her birthda

[00:08.15]M:I hope it's not any time soon.They are usually booked up weeks in advanc

[00:14.37]Q:What does the man mean?

[00:18.44]2.M:Did you notice that Mark shaved off his beard over the summer.

[00:24.08]W:Notice?I didn't recognize him.

[00:28.71]Q:What does the woman say about Mark?

[00:32.89]3.W:Is there a weight limit to the luggage a passenger can carry on the train?

[00:39.97]M:Yes.But yours is only 15 kilograms,5 kilograms less than that limit.

[00:46.68]Q:What is the weight limit to the luggage one passenger can carry on the plane?

[00:54.28]4.W:I wish I hadn't thrown away that list of books.

[00:59.87]M:I thought you might,so I took it from the waste paper basket.

[01:04.05]It's right here in my pocket.

[01:07.60]Q:What do we learn about the list?

[01:11.16]5.W:I'm really looking forward to the picnic tomorrow.

[01:17.37]M:If we are lucky,we'll have some sun this year for a change.

[01:22.52]Q:What does the man imply?

[01:27.67]6.M:It's a pity that I missed the modern art exhibition at the museum.

[01:33.88]W:You might well try to catch it when it opens in New York next month.

[01:39.58]Q:What does the woman suggest that the man do?

[01:44.70]7.M:Hey.There's a program on the radio tonight at seven you might like.It's about parrots.

[01:54.36]W:I have heared about it.But you are right ,I am interesting in it.

[02:00.50]Q:What will the woman probably do?

[02:05.68]8.M:I thought you were going to call me last night about the train schedule.

[02:11.87]W:Sorry.I would have.But Harry 1 and Jack 2 stopped by and stayed past midnight.

[02:19.49]Q:What does the woman mean?

[02:24.64]9.W:Gosh!Fred,another cup of coffee?That's your third since lunch.

[02:33.78]M:Yeah,Well,I stayed up all night working for my English exam.

[02:38.51]I couldn't keep my eyes open in my last class.

[02:42.19]I'm having this coffee so I can stay awake this afternoon.

[02:47.31]Q:Why is the man drinking so much coffee?

[02:53.56]10.M:What's up with Donald?I've never seen him so happy.

[02:59.70]W:His supervisor 3 gave performance evaluations 4 this morning.

[03:04.32]Q:What can be inferred about Donald?

[03:08.94]Passage one

[03:12.10]Started in 1636,Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States.

[03:21.25]Yale,Princeton,and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.

[03:26.86]They were all started before the American Revolution made the thirteen colonies into states.

[03:34.07]In the early years,these schools were much alike.

[03:38.25]Only young men attended college.

[03:41.41]All the students studied the same subjects and everyone learned Latin and Greek.

[03:47.55]Little was known about science then,and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world.

[03:54.76]When the students graduated,most of them became ministers or teachers.

[04:00.38]In 1782,Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors.

[04:08.08]Later,lawyers could receive their training in Harvard Law School.

[04:13.78]In 1825,Harvard began teaching modern languages,such as French and German,as well as Latin and Greek.

[04:23.84]Soon it began teaching American history.

[04:27.00]As knowledge increased,Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects.

[04:33.58]Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.

[04:38.75]Special colleges for women were started.

[04:42.93]New state universities began to teach such subjects as farming,engineering and business.

[04:50.56]Today,there are many different kinds of colleges and universities.

[04:55.21]Most of them are divided into smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning.

[05:01.84]There is so much to learn that one kind of school cannot offer it all.

[05:09.00]Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[05:15.32]11.What is this passage talking about on the whole?

[05:22.35]12.When did Harvard start a medical school?

[05:28.62]13.What foreign languages did Harvard teach in 1825?

[05:36.77]14.What can be inferred from the passage?

[05:42.96]Passage Two

[05:45.50]You may not realize that fog is simply a cloud that touches the ground.

[05:51.29]Like any cloud it is composed of tiny droplets 5 of water,or in rare cases,of ice crystals that form an ice fog.

[06:00.10]Ice fogs usually occur only in extremely cold climates,

[06:04.72]because water droplets are so tiny they don't become solid until the air temperature is far below freezing,

[06:11.64]generally 30 degrees below zero Celsius 6 or lower.

[06:17.03]The droplets of fogs are nearly spherical 7.

[06:20.81]The transparency of fog depends mainly on the concentration of droplets.

[06:25.93]The more droplets,the denser 8 the fog is.

[06:30.06]Since water is 800 times denser than air,

[06:34.24]investigators were puzzled for a long time as to why the water particles in fog didn't simply fall to the ground,making the fog disappear.

[06:44.40]It turns out the droplets do fall at a predictable rate,but in fog_creating conditions,

[06:51.48]they are either supported by rising air currents or continually replaced by new droplets condensing from the water vapor 9 in the air.

[07:02.19]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[07:07.44]15.What is the main topic of the passage?

[07:14.55]16.How are fog and clouds related according to the speaker?

[07:22.62]17.Which of the following statements is true?

[07:28.76]Passage Three

[07:31.92]It was Anna's first experience of flying.

[07:36.15]She had always been afraid of heights and so was prepared to be frightened.

[07:41.32]Only the fact that she was going to meet her son who she had not seen for three years had given her the courage to make the flight.

[07:50.47]She sat in her seat,her hands gripping the arms,her seat belt already fastened.

[07:57.62]The airhostess was talking,telling everyone what to do in case of emergency showing them where their life_jackets were.

[08:06.30]The plane was crowded,every seat was full.

[08:10.48]From her window seat,getting out in a hurry would be impossible,thought Anna.

[08:15.67]In any case who would want to get out of a plane in mid_air?

[08:20.79]The engines began to shake___the noise increased till it was like a great rushing wind.

[08:27.04]She looked out to see the runaway 10 slip past at astonishing speed.

[08:31.71]She wanted to cry out___to stop the plane before it left the ground,

[08:36.83]but she knew she was trapped in this great roaring machine,"I mustn't scream,"she told herself,and put her hands over her eyes.

[08:47.49]There was a strange feeling as if she were going up in a lift.

[08:51.77]The noise died down.Carefully she opened her eyes.

[08:57.44]Through the window she saw a great carpet of cloud above,

[09:01.57]so beautiful that she stared in wonder,hardly turning away from the window till they touched down.

[09:08.70]"Well,Mother,"said John,"how did you enjoy your first flight?"

[09:14.89]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

[09:20.98]18.Whom was Anna going to meet?

[09:27.20]19.What did Anna do when the engines began to shake?

[09:34.41]20.What did Anna see when she opened her eyes?