2011年英語四級聽力答案及解析

2011年12月英語四級聽力短對話分析
2011年12月英語四級短文聽力理解解析
2011年12月英語四級聽力復(fù)合式聽寫評析

Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11.
W: This crazy bus schedule has got me completely confused. I can’t figure out when my bus to Cleveland leaves?
M: Why don’t you just go to the ticket window and ask?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
【答案】B) Go and ask the staff.
【解析】這是一道事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從對話中可知，女士搞不清楚列車時刻表，男士建議她去售票窗口咨詢。ticket window售票窗口。

12.
W: I really enjoyed the TV special about drafts last night. Did you get home in time to see it?
W: Oh, yes, but I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.
Q: What does the man mean?
【答案】A) He fell asleep in the middle of the TV program.
【解析】這是道推理判斷題，考查男士的言下之意以及虛擬語氣。could have done意為本可以做某事，但未做。從對話中可知，男士確實(shí)回家看了電視節(jié)目，但是他說道：I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing. 我真希望自己當(dāng)時能再晚點(diǎn)睡著，這樣我就可以看完整場節(jié)目了。說明他沒有看完整場節(jié)目就睡著了。

13.
W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.
M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
【答案】B) She is worried about missing her flight.
【解析】這是道場景題，略有難度。剛開始，我們還無法很快判斷出該對話發(fā)生的場景，很多同學(xué)一聽到airport可能會誤以為對話發(fā)生在機(jī)場，但如果我們 繼續(xù)聽下去，就會發(fā)現(xiàn)，該對話應(yīng)該發(fā)生在出租車上，因?yàn)榕空f了句“請選擇最快的路”，而男士說“因?yàn)橛星蛸?，所以到處都交通擁?rdquo;可以幫助我們再次確認(rèn) 對話發(fā)生的場景。選項(xiàng)A不對，原文是說要挑the fastest way哪怕不是the most direct way；選項(xiàng)C也不準(zhǔn)確，才剛上車，并沒有擁堵，司機(jī)只是提前說明因?yàn)榍蛸悤龅綋矶拢贿x項(xiàng)D錯誤，女士是為了趕去乘飛機(jī)的，而不是去看球賽。

14.
W: May I make a recommendation, sir? Our seafood with this special sauce is very good.
M: Thank you, but I don’t eat shellfish. I’m allergic to it.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
【答案】A) At a restaurant
【解析】這是道場景題，較為簡單。從對話中可知，女士希望向男士推薦一道菜，從首句中即可推斷出該對話最有可能發(fā)生在餐館中，男士說，他過敏，不吃貝殼類海鮮，可以幫助我們再次確認(rèn)對話發(fā)生的場景。

15.
W: Now one more question if you don’t mind, what position in the company appeals to you most?
M: Well, I’d like the position of sales manager if that position is still vacant.
Q: What do we learn about the man?
【答案】A) He is being interviewed for a job.
【解析】這是較為簡單的細(xì)節(jié)推理題。 從position, company這幾個關(guān)鍵詞中，我們就可以快速判斷出此題的場景為面試，因此男士應(yīng)該正在接受一場面試。 C選項(xiàng)錯誤，他想要銷售經(jīng)理的職位，但并不表示他本身就是銷售經(jīng)理。

16.
M: I don’t think I want to live in the dormitory next year. I need more privacy.
W: I know what you mean. But check out the cost if renting an apartment first. I won’t be surprised if you change your mind.
Q: What does the woman imply?
【答案】B) The man is unlikely to move out of the dormitory.
【解析】這是推理判斷題，詢問女士的言下之意。最后一句，女士表示“你改變主意的話，我不會覺得奇怪”，可知，男士不太可能搬出宿舍。A選項(xiàng)是個干擾項(xiàng)， 雖然該選項(xiàng)看上去意思和B選項(xiàng)差不多，但對話中并沒有提到男士想找一個更安靜的地方，他想搬離寢室，是為了更多的個人空間。

17.
M: You’re on the right track. I just think you need to narrow the topic down.
W: Yeah, you’re right. I always start by choosing two boarder topics when I’m doing a research paper.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
【答案】D) The woman is going to make her topic more focused.
【解析】這是推理判斷題。從對話中可知，男士希望女士縮小主題的范圍，女士回答“你是對的。”說明女士會采納男士的建議，縮小主題。

18.
W: This picnic should beat the last one we went to, doesn’t it?
M: Oh, yeah, we had to spend the whole time inside. Good thing, the weather was cooperative this time.
Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?
【答案】B) They didn’t quite enjoy their last picnic.
【解析】這是推理判斷題。beat一詞是個難點(diǎn)，beat本意有“打敗”的意思，這次的野餐打敗了上次，即這次比上次好，下文中，男士說“上次我們不得不呆在室內(nèi)，但這次天氣不錯。”可以再次確認(rèn)他們不喜歡上次的野餐，因此，正確答案為B。

Conversation One
【聽力原文】
M: When I say I live in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons.
W: The seasons?
M: Yeah, you know how cold it is in winter? What is it like when the days are so short?
W: So what is it like?
M: Well, it is cold, very cold in winter. Sometimes it is cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of course when you go out, you’ll wrap up warm. But inside in the houses it’s always very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.
W: And what about the darkness?
M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring. It is sometimes a bit depressing. But you see the summers are amazing, from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets. It’s still light in the midnight. You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper.
W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun.
M: Yeah, that’s right, but it’s wonderful. You want to stay up all night, and the Sweden’s made most of it. Often they started work earlier in summer and then leave at about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings. They’d like to work hard, but play hard, too. I think Londoners work longer hours, but I’m not sure this is a good thing.
【聽力材料評析】這篇長對話是圍繞瑞典的天氣展開，主要談到瑞典冬天的極寒和夏天的極晝天氣。文章一開頭即說到人們喜歡詢問瑞典的季節(jié)情況。接下來對具體 情況進(jìn)行了描述，包括：極寒天氣下的氣溫、室外和室內(nèi)溫度狀況，另外，就瑞典室溫與英國室溫進(jìn)行了對比，再次強(qiáng)調(diào)證明瑞典室溫很高；而極晝天氣則談的是瑞 典人的工作時間和工作習(xí)慣，另外，就瑞典人工作時認(rèn)真忙、能玩時拼命玩的習(xí)慣和英國人工作勤奮、工作時間長進(jìn)行了對比。
這篇對話考查細(xì)節(jié)信息抓取能力。整體難度不大，并且以男士提供的信息為主。但許多考生可能因?yàn)閷θ鸬洌⊿weden）和與瑞典相關(guān)的一系列名詞不熟悉而糾結(jié)，因此忽略了真正需要聽清的其實(shí)并不太難的關(guān)鍵信息。這就提醒大家在做題時，切勿因?yàn)閭€別詞語不熟悉，而慌張。

19.
A）He likes Sweden better than England.
B）He prefers hot weather to cold weather.
C）He is an English living in Sweden.
D）He visits London nearly every winter.
19. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
【答案】B）He prefers hot weather to cold weather.
【解析】本題為推斷題。根據(jù)文章大意可推斷得出。整篇文章中，分別有兩處暗示信息，一處是男士說，“Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.”，瑞典人在冬天去拜訪英格蘭時，會抱怨英格蘭室溫太冷。另一處是男士在談到冬天天氣時，說道：“It is sometimes a bit depressing.”長時間寒冷的天氣令人沮喪。因此可推斷得出，男士更喜歡hot weather，熱天氣。所以，答案為：He prefers hot weather to cold weather.

20.
A）The bad weather
B）The cold houses.
C）The gloomy winter.
D）The long night.
20. What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?
【答案】B）The cold houses.
【解析】對話中，當(dāng)男士介紹瑞典的極寒天氣時，談到只要穿暖，出門很暖，而室內(nèi)更暖和，為了強(qiáng)調(diào)這一觀點(diǎn)，男士繼續(xù)說道：“Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.”說是瑞典人在冬天去拜訪英格蘭時，會抱怨英格蘭室溫太冷。所以，答案為：The cold houses.

21.
A）Delightful.
B）Painful.
C）Depressing.
D）Refreshing.
21. How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?
【答案】C）Depressing.
【解析】女士問：“And what about the darkness?”男士答道：“around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring.”臨近圣誕節(jié)的時候，每天僅有一小時為白天，所以人們都非常向往春天，希望春天快點(diǎn)到來。然后，進(jìn)一步強(qiáng)調(diào)性地評論道：“It is sometimes a bit depressing.”有時候真有點(diǎn)令人沮喪。因此，本題答案為：Depressing.

22.
A）They often stay up late reading.
B)They work hard and play hard.
C) They like to go camping in summer.
D) They try to earn more and spend more.
22. What does the man say about the Swedish people?
【答案】B）They work hard and play hard.
【解析】男士在談到瑞典的極晝天氣時，著重談了瑞典人在極晝天氣的工作情況，并進(jìn)一步對瑞典人的工作習(xí)慣進(jìn)行了評價。男士說道：“They’d like to work hard, but play hard, too.”瑞典人既能在工作時努力工作，又能在能玩時拼命玩。所以，本題答案為：They work hard and play hard.

Conversation Two
【聽力原文】
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
W: What kind of training does one need to go into this type of job?
M: That’s a very good question. I don’t think there is any, specifically.
W: For example, in your case, what was your educational background?
M: Well, I did a degree in French at Nottingham. After that, I did careers work in secondary schools like the careers guidance people here is in the university. Then I went into local government because I found I was more interested in the administrative side. Then progressed on to universities. So there wasn’t any plan and there was no specific training. There are plenty of training courses in management techniques and committee work which you can attend now.
W: But in the first place, you did a French degree.
M: In my time, there wasn’t a degree you could do for administration. I think most of the administrators I’ve come across have degrees and all sorts of things.
W: Well, I know in my case, I did an English literature degree and I didn’t really expect to end up doing what I am doing now.
M: Quite.
W: But you are local to Nottingham, actually? Is there any reason why you went to Nottingham University?
M: No, no, I come from the north of England, from west Yorkshire. Nottingham was one of the universities I put on my list. And I like the look of it. The campus is just beautiful.
W: Yes, indeed. Let’s see. Were you from the industrial part of Yorkshire?
M: Yes, from the Woolen District.
【聽力材料評析】這篇長對話圍繞男士的教育背景和職業(yè)發(fā)展展開。按順序分別談到男士從諾丁漢大學(xué)法語專業(yè)，畢業(yè)之后去了中學(xué)和政府工作，然后又進(jìn)入了大學(xué) 管理層。這期間，他并沒有刻意做過任何的職業(yè)發(fā)展計(jì)劃，也沒有接受過專門的相關(guān)職業(yè)培訓(xùn)，主要是因?yàn)樵谒淖x書時代，并沒有可攻讀的管理學(xué)學(xué)位。對話最后 談到了男士去諾丁漢大學(xué)讀書的原因是被其校園的優(yōu)美風(fēng)景所吸引。
這篇對話有一定難度。特別是關(guān)于男士職業(yè)的說法，考生未必熟悉。但考生不必緊張，因?yàn)橹饕募?xì)節(jié)考查中，專業(yè)是法語、因?yàn)榄h(huán)境優(yōu)雅所以選擇諾丁漢大學(xué)這兩題都不難聽出。

23. A）Management.
B）French
C）English literature
D）Public Administration
23. What was the man’s major at university?
【答案】B）French.
【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。在第二輪對話中，女士問，“what was your educational background?”你是什么教育背景，男士回答說：“I did a degree in French at Nottingham.” 我在諾丁漢大學(xué)攻讀了法語學(xué)位，所以男士的專業(yè)是French。

24. A）English teaching.
B）Staff training.
C）Careers guidance.
D）Psychological counseling
24. What was the man’s job in secondary schools?
【答案】C）careers guidance.
【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。在說完“I did a degree in French at Nottingham.”之后，男士又接著說“After that, I did careers guidance in secondary schools.”因此，此題的答案應(yīng)為：careers guidance。

25. A）Its pleasant environment.
B）Its worldwide fame.
C）Its generous scholarship.
D）Its well-designed courses.
25. What attracted the man to Nottingham University?
【答案】B）Its pleasant environment.
【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。女士問：“Is there any reason why you went to Nottingham University?”你去諾丁漢大學(xué)是出于什么原因？男士在回答中說到，諾丁漢是我心中理想大學(xué)之一。緊接著他就說道：“And I like the look of it.”還進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說明道：“ The campus is just beautiful. ”因此，男士是因被其優(yōu)雅環(huán)境所吸引而選擇去諾丁漢大學(xué)。所以，本題的答案為：Its pleasant environment.

Section B
Passage One
While Gail Obcamp, an American artist was giving a speech on the art of Japanese brush painting to an audience that included visitors from Japan, she was confused to see that many of her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed. Were they tuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanese in their own art form? Were they deliberately tried to signal their rejection of her? Obcamp later found out that her listeners were not being disrespectful. Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes to enhance concentration. Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words. Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of a minority group in North America. Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings. Here are some examples. In the deaf culture of North America, Many listeners show applause not by clapping their hands but by waving them in the air. In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker. Respect is shown by looking in the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact. In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.
【聽力點(diǎn)睛】本文主要介紹不同文化中都是如何表示尊重的，以及如何利用這點(diǎn)來避免跨文化交流中的誤會產(chǎn)生。一開始先用一位美國藝術(shù)家Gail Obcamp做演講的故事來舉例子，引出對閉上眼睛這樣一種動作不同的理解；繼而發(fā)表了作者的看法：在和不同文化的人交流的時候，如果你懂得其他文化中是 如何表達(dá)尊重的，可以避免誤會；接著又是例子，是關(guān)于北美洲聾啞人是如何用動作來交流的。還有一些國家，對同樣的手勢會有截然不同的理解，進(jìn)一步驗(yàn)證了作 者的觀點(diǎn)。
做這篇題目的重點(diǎn)在于能夠迅速拎出來作者的觀點(diǎn)。

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What did Obcamp’s speech focus on?
A) Characteristics of Japanese artists
B) Some features of Japanese culture
C) The art of Japanese brush painting
D) The uniqueness of Japanese art
【答案】C) The art of Japanese brush painting

27. Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyes while listening to a speech?
A) To calm themselves down
B) To enhance concentration
C) To show their impatience
D) To signal their lack of interest
【答案】B) To enhance concentration.

28. What does the speaker try to explain?
A) How listeners in different cultures show respect
B) How speakers can win approval from the audience
C) How speakers can misunderstand the audience
D) How different Western and Eastern art forms are
【答案】A) How listeners in different cultures show respect.

Passage Two
Chris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipment in his Division at Taxlong Company. He is soon going to have an evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personnel director to discuss the work he has done in the past year. Salary, promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussed at the meeting. Chris has made several changes for his Division in the past year. First, he bought new equipment for one of the departments. He has been particularly happy about the new equipment because many of the employees have told him how much it has helped them. Along with improving the equipment, Chris began a program to train employees to use equipment better and do simple maintenance themselves. The training saved time for the employees and money for the company. Unfortunately, one serious problem developed during the year. Two employees that Chris hired were stealing, and he had to fire them. Chris knows that a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for the whole company will be open in a few months, and he would like to be promoted to the job. Chris knows, however, that someone else wants that new job, too. Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance in another Division of the company. She has also made several changes over the year. Chris knows that his boss likes Kim’s work, and he expects that his work will be compared with hers.
【聽力點(diǎn)睛】這篇文章講述了Chris在職場上的一次經(jīng)歷。Chris在Taxlong公司負(fù)責(zé)采購和維修設(shè)備。他即將要和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)針對過去一年的工作進(jìn)行一 個回顧總結(jié)，他心里希望可以得到晉升。在過去這一年里，他也做了不少貢獻(xiàn)，買了許多能夠提高效率的設(shè)備，但是他手下有兩個職員因?yàn)橥蹈`而被開除了。除此以 外，公司里面還有一個女同事Kim，是他這次晉級的競爭對手，她也一樣很優(yōu)秀。
這篇文章沒有什么生詞，難度較低。題目中考察細(xì)節(jié)問題比較多，需要同學(xué)們可以準(zhǔn)確地在看到題目之后locate文章中對應(yīng)題目的是哪一部分。

Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is Chris’s main responsibility at Taxlong Company?
A) Directing personnel evaluation.
B) Buying and maintain equipment.
C) Drawing up plans for in-service training.
D) Interviewing and recruiting employees.
【答案】 B) Buying and maintain equipment.

30. What problem did Chris encounter in his Division?
A) Some of his equipment was damaged in a fire.
B) The training program he ran was failure.
C) Two of his workers were injured at work.
D) Two of his employees committed theft.
【答案】D)Two of his employees committed theft.

31. What does Chris hope for in the near future?
A) A better relationship with his boss.
B) Advancement to a higher position
C) A better-paying job in another company
D) Improvement in the company’s management
【答案】B)Advancement to a higher position.

32 What do we learn about Kim from the passage?
A)She has more self-confidence than Chris.
B)She works with Chris in the same division.
C)She has more management experience than Chris.
D) She is competing with Chris for the new job.
【答案】D) She is competing with Chris for the new job.

Passage Three
Proverbs, sometimes called sayings, are examples of folk wisdom. They are little lessons which older people of a culture pass down to the younger people to teach them about life. Many proverbs remind people of the values that are important in the culture. Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong. Because the values of each culture are different, understanding the values of another culture helps explain how people think and act. Understanding your own culture values is important too. If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier. Many proverbs are very old. So some of the values they teach may not be as important in the culture as they once were. For example, Americans today do not pay much attention to the proverb “Haste makes waste”, because patience is not important to them. But if you know about past values, it helps you to understand the present and many of the older values are still strong today. Benjamin Franklin, a famous American diplomat, writer and scientist, died in 1790, but his proverb “Time is money” is taken more seriously by Americans of today than ever before. A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures. In many cases though, the same idea is expressed differently.
【聽力點(diǎn)睛】這篇文章是一篇說明文。從科學(xué)客觀的角度講述了Proverb諺語的一些知識。包括它的定義-----是老一輩人傳給后代的生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)，生活價 值觀。不同國家，不同文化中的諺語往往可以揭示不同的價值觀。如果能夠理解其他文化的諺語，價值觀，那么會在跨文化交際中避免很多麻煩。
作者又提到，一些諺語年代久遠(yuǎn)。其中包含的價值觀隨著時代的變遷可能重要性也發(fā)生了改變。并且舉了Haste makes waste. 和Time is money. 這樣兩個例子。
作者最后再次表明，通過學(xué)習(xí)不同國家的諺語，會發(fā)現(xiàn)一些國家會有相同或者相似的價值觀，只是有可能表達(dá)的方式有所不同而已。
這篇說明文對考生的要求在于快速劃分出作者想說明的幾個點(diǎn)。一般通常寫說明文章的順序都是先說明要點(diǎn)，然后用一些事實(shí)來進(jìn)一步說明。

Questions 32- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Why are proverbs so important?
A) They help us see the important values of a culture.
B) They guide us in handling human relationships.
C) They help us express ourselves more effectively.
D) They are an infinite source of human knowledge.
【答案】A）They help us see the important values of a culture.

34. According to the speaker what happens to some proverbs with the passage of time?
A)Their wordings may become different.
B) The values they reflect may change.
C)Their origins can no longer be traced.
D) They may be misinterpreted.
【答案】B) The values they reflect may change.

35. What do we learn from the study of proverbs from around the world?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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