2019年英语专四听力真题

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试题、原文、答案

一、试题：

 PART I   DICTATION                [10 MIN]  

 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage, except the first sentence, will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of fifteen seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE. The first sentence of the passage is already provided. Now, listen to the passage. 

SLANG
We often use slang expressions when we talk because they are so vivid and colorful. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PART II   LISTENING COMPREHENSION         [20 MIN]  

SECTION A TALK 

 In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. 

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 

Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work. 

SECTION B CONVERSATIONS 

 In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.  You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices.  Now, listen to the conversations. 

Conversation One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One. 

1.  A. Writer. 

   B. Wells. 

 C. Writer Wells. 

 D. Susan Writer Wells.  

2. A. She was a career woman. 

 B. She was then a feminist. 

 C. She didn’t like her maiden name. 

 D. She took her husband’s surname.  

3. A.  She named herself after her profession. 

 B. She named herself after her home town. 

 C. She named herself after a day of the week. 

 D. She named herself after the sculptor.  

4.  A. It gives women greater equality. 

 B. It is a good solution to an old problem. 

 C. The problem troubling feminists still remains 

 D. The surname problem has partly been solved.  

5. A. History of surnames in America. 

 B. Feminist movement in the 1960s. 

 C. Traditional surnames in Europe. 

D. Reasons for inventing surnames. 

Conversation Two 

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.  

6. A. A reporter from a weekly program. 

 B. An executive director from a company. 

 C.  A guest on a weekly program. 

 D. A magazine editor from San Diego.  

7. A. To prepare a list of things that you have done. 

 B. To let your boss know that you want a pay rise. 

 C. To let everybody know your achievement. 

 D. To shamelessly promote yourself to yourself to your boss.  

8. A. Because the boss has the data on your work. 

 B. Because you will be given more work to do. 

 C. Because it is unprofessional to do so. 

 D. Because others may lose trust in you.  

9. A. We could earn praise from our boss. 

 B. We may forget the good things we’ve done. 

 C. Things change quickly in work situations. 

 D. The boss will review our performance data.  

10. A. Websites. 

 B. Radio programs. 

 C. Research reports. 

 D. Government documents. 

二、原文：

PART Ⅰ DICTATION

[听力原文]

Slang

    We often use slang expressions when we talk, because they are so vivid and colorful. However, they are usually out of place in formal writing/because of a number of drawbacks. /They go out of date quickly/and become tiresome if used too much. /And they may communicate clearly to some readers, but not to others. /In general, we should avoid the use of slang in our writing./ 

[解析] 听写话题与俚语相关：俚语丰富多彩、鲜活生动，人们经常使用，但是不适合正式的写作，且容易过时，不是所有人都能听懂俚语。因此在写作中我们最好不用俚语。难词：drawbacks缺点；tiresome令人厌倦的。需要注意一些连读的地方，如out of place和out of date。

PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION A TALK

[听力原文]

    Revision of Essay Drafts

    Good morning, everyone. In today's lecture, I'm going talk about how to revise essay drafts and give you some tips as well. The initial revision should, of course, focus on the essay as a whole. You ask yourself "do I reach my writing objective? Does my essay directly answer the question? Is my main idea clear?" In order to answer these questions, what you need to do fast is to revise for content. The typical rough draft may have too little and too much content, all at the same time. It will have touched the surfaces of some portions of the essay, without providing adequate explanation or convincing detail. At the same time, it may have discussed things that do not contribute significantly to your major points.

    So, what is a good essay then? A good essay eliminates irrelevant material while including all the information necessary to your main point. Your reader needs sufficient evidence to accept what you are saying, so you have to make sure you have adequately developed and supported your main idea. Content that is unrelated to the main idea should be eliminated.

    Then, what is the second step in revision? That is, revise for organization. A well-organized essay will group similar ideas together and put them in a proper order. If you find it easy to produce an outline from your draft, this means that there is a clear logic to the flow of the content, and you can be reasonably certain that you have a well-ordered essay. Otherwise, reorder your content.

    The third step you are advised to take is to revise for length. Is your essay approximately the right length? If it is substantially longer than the stated limit, you have to consider reducing the supporting material. But even if there is not stated limit, or you are allowed to write as long as you like, please adhere to a self-imposed limit. And, unless addressing a topic that needs lengthy explanation, stick to it.

    The steps I have mentioned so far actually refer to revision of an essay as a whole. The next step is to revise for components of the essay, including the paragraphs, sentences, and individual words.

    You may ask "how am I going to revise paragraphs?" Well, I say a paragraph, it's not arbitrarily formed. It should revolve around an idea, a theme. Let me tell you one way to revise paragraphs. Isolate a paragraph at a time and make sure it runs smoothly and is not merely a hunch of unrelated statements put together.

    As for revision of sentences and words, most essay writers pile on one long sentence after another. Well, I suggest you avoid this by breaking up some of the longer sentences to provide variety. Use short sentences to make important points and long sentences to explain complex ideas. Also, try to use a variety of sentence structures to maintain reader interest. Eliminate sentences that sound awkward when read aloud.

    For diction, a very important tip is to eliminate imprecise or wordy language. For example, use "although" instead of "despite the fact that". Try to add vigor to your writing by removing clicheacutes and use fresh and interesting descriptions. Try to write as much as possible with nouns and verbs, rather than primarily with adjectives that slow the pace and reduce impact. Similarly, write in the active not the passive voice.

    Now, let me just repeat what I have said today. Revision is important. When you revise your drafts as a whole, pay attention to content, organization and length, but don't forget to revise your essay in detail Revision of sentences and words can also make the essay more interesting to readers.

[听力原文] 对话1

    M: Hello, and welcome to today's programme. I'm James.

    W: And I'm Susan.

    M: Today, we're going to talk about family names. Susan, I've often wondered, why you've got a double-barrelled surname, I mean you're American, and I thought it was only us Brits who went for things like that. Susan Writer Wells, it sounds almost invented, doesn't it?

    W: Well, you're actually not far off the mark. You know my mom was a feminist, don't you?

    M: Really? I never knew that. Well go on then.

    W: Yeah, well her maiden name was Morse, and at that time, I'm talking about the late 1960s, women like my morn were really trying to liberate themselves from male bondage, as they called it. So some. of them began rejecting their father's surname and decided to invent their own surname instead, and because my morn was a journalist she decided to call herself Cindy Writer.

    M: Cindy Writer. Well, who would have guessed!

    W: Actually other feminists named themselves after the town where they were born, like the sculptor Judy Boston. Some even called themselves after a day of the week.

    M: Oh, yes. Wasn't there someone called Victoria Friday? Or maybe she's got nothing to do with it. But your morn wasn't so much of a feminist that she didn't get married, was she?

    W: No. But the problem then was what to call herself or rather her children. Anyway a lot of people of her generation simply decided to add their husband's name to their own. My dad's called Paul Wells, so I'm Susan Writer Wells.

    M: So what would happen if you, Susan Writer Wells, meet some guy who's called Peter Painter Jones, do you then become Susan Writer Wells Painter Jones, bit of a mouthful, isn't it?

    W: No comment. I think the most sensible thing to do is to do what they do in countries like Italy.

    M: What do you mean?

    W: Well, over there the woman keeps her maiden name pretty much for all purposes, like bank accounts, identity cards; and the man obviously keeps his name.

    M: What about the children then?

    W: Well they keep their father's name.

    M: So we're back to the old problem, aren't we, the men win out again?

    W: Yeah, but one solution could be for the sons to keep their father's name and the daughter their mother's.

    M: Well, that might be a good idea.

    W: Ok, that's the end of today's programme. Don't forget to join us again soon. 

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

Question 1.What is the woman's family name?

Question 2.Why did her mother reject her maiden name?

Question 3.How did her mother invent a new surname?

Question 4.What does the man think of the practice in Italy?

Question 5. What is the program mainly about?

Conversation Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

M: Welcome to our weekly program. Well, if you want to get a raise at work, but you just don't know how to ask, our next guest has some helpful tips on how to raise your pay by helping you negotiate with the boss. Here's Janet Smith, senior director from DOS Executive Search Firm in San Diego. Hi, Janet. How do we get a raise?

W: Well, we found in our report that there are really four things that you could do. The first step was making sure your boss knew what you are up to. He can't see everything. And you have to make sure he knows you're here contributing to the bottom line.

M: Well, that could be bragging, though. So, you have to shamelessly promote yourself then.

W: Maybe not shame-free, you don't want to be rude. But every now and again, if you did something that's really noteworthy, let them know, or to get praised from somebody else.

M: So, should you just put together a list of things you've done and hand it to your boss?

W: It doesn't work, because the boss generally has the data to check up on you. So, the second point is don't overstate, because if you lie, you are really going to lose a lot of credibility on the things that you actually did do well.

M: Right. Definitely.

W: OK. So, what you want to do is to point out some of the things that you've done, but be honest about it, and only take credit where credit is due.

M: That's correct.

W: And third, you may think ahead.

M: What do you mean by that?

W: A lot of people forget the things that they've done that are good, so one of the things that we found was that it was really helpful if you kept a diary of the things that you've done that work extraordinary. And then come with review time, you're prepared, and you really should be preparing about, you know, three months in advance to win your performance tributes.

M: That's a good idea. All right, then what's the last point?

W: The last point is to go online. You can research competitive wages for your, particular job at either salary.com, salary expert.com or bls.gov. So that's some of my advice. And hopefully people will check it out.

M: Yeah, I think I want to go see my boss.

W: Yes, you can, but get prepared.

M: OK. Janet, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it.

W: Thank you very much.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

Question 6. Who is Janet Smith?

Question 7. What is the first tip from Janet?

Question 8. Why is it a bad idea to overstate what you have done?

Question 9. Why should we think ahead according to Janet?

Question 10. Where can we check competitive wages?

三、答案：

听力听写：

　　Slang

　　We often use slang expressions when we talk， because they are so vivid and colorful. However， they are usually out of place in formal writing/because of a number of drawbacks. / They go out of date quickly and become tiresome if used too much. / And they may communicate clearly to some readers but not to others./ In general， we should avoid the use of slang in our writing.

听力 talk答案

　　1. revise for content

　　2. major points

　　3. evidence

　　4. the logic

　　5. a self-imposed limit

　　6.components

　　7. diversify sentence structures

　　8. express complex ideas

　　9. wordy //imprecise

　　10. nouns and verbs

　　2019 英语专四听力 conversations 答案

　　1. What is the woman's family name?

　　C. Writer Wells.

　　2. Why did her mother reject her maiden name?

　　B. She was then a feminist.

　　3. How did her mother invent a new surname?

　　A. She named herself after her profession.

　　4. What does the man think of the practice in Italy?

　　C. The problem troubling feminists still remains.

　　5. What is the programme mainly about?

　　D. Reasons for inventing surnames.

　　6. Who is Janet Smith?

　　C. A guest on a weekly program.

　　7. What is the first tip from Janet?

　　D To shamelessly promote yourself to your boss.

　　8. Why is it a bad idea to overstate what you have done?

　　D. Because the boss has the data on your work.

　　9. Why should we think ahead according to Janet?

　　B. We may forget the good things we've done.

　　10. Where can we check competitive wages?

　　A. Websites.