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1、公共英语四级真题练习公共英语四级真题练习section i listening comprehension,part ayou will hear a recording ofa conversation between mary and john about the hilton hotel and the hotelrossiya. listen to it and fill out the table with the information youveheard for questions 1-5. some of the information has been completed
2、foryou. write not more than 3 words in each numbered box. you will hear therecording twice. you now have 25 seconds to read the table below.information about the hilton hotel and the hotel rossiyathe hilton hotel the hotel rossiyanumber of bedrooms 1 3,200number of employees 2 3,000number of restaur
3、ants 12 3number of elevators 4country of location u.s. 5tapescript:m: hi, mary. hows everything?w: fine. you know, john, im planningto go to las vegas for a holiday and would like to stay in a large hotel.anything to recommend?m: er? the hilton hotel there is quite a large one.it has ? er ? 3,174 be
4、drooms. it also has 12 restaurants and about 125,000square feet of convention space. therere a 10-acre recreation deck anda stage show dining hall. over 3,600 people now work for it.w: oh, great!is it the largest hotel in the u.s.?m: yes, it is. but it may not be thelargest in the world. er ? as far
5、 as i know, the hotel rossiya in moscowis larger than hilton. it is a 12-story building that has 3,200 rooms.it can provide accommodation for 6,000 guests. it takes nearly 8 yearsand a half to spend one night in each room. besides, theres a 21-story“presidential tower“ in the central courtyard. it h
6、as 15 restaurants and93 elevators. and it employs about 3,000 people. the ballroom is knownas the worlds largest. russians are not allowed to live in that hotel.and foreigners are charged 16 times more than the very low rate chargedrussian officials.w: its unbelievable ?fade outnow you will hear the
7、 recording again. (the recording is repeated.)that is the end of part a.partpart b byou will hear a radio weather forecast. answer questions 6-10 whilelistening. use not more than 5 words for each answer. you will hear therecording twice. you now have 40 seconds to read the questions.when will showe
8、rs reach south-west england and the southern coast ofwales?6what will the minimum temperature be in the south during the night?7on what day of the week do you think this weather forecast was given?8what will be the general feeling about the weekend in the netherlands?9what part of england will be cl
9、oudy and dry over the weekend?10w: hello. its been another warm and fine day for most of us.temperatures in south-east england reached twenty-six degrees centigradeby mid-afternoon, and brighton had fifteen hours of lovely sunshine. butalready the weather is beginning to change, im afraid, and durin
10、g thenight showers will slowly move in from the atlantic to reach south-westengland and the southern coast of wales by early morning.the rest of thecountry will have a very mild, dry night with minimum temperatures no lowerthan fifteen degrees in the south, a little cooler ? eleven degrees orso ? in
11、 the north. any remaining showers in northwest scotland will passquickly, to leave a mild, dry night there too.and now, the outlook forfriday and the weekend. well, southern europe will once again get the bestof the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this weekend, thensouthern spain is the
12、place to go, with temperatures of thirty-fourdegrees along the mediterranean coast. at the eastern end of the med, too,you can expect uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to thirty-twodegrees centigrade in greece and south-east italy, but further north theweathers not so settled. much of fr
13、ance, belgium and the netherlands willbe cloudy with occasional rain and maximum temperatures will be aroundtwenty-two degrees ? very disappointing for this time of the year.scotlandand northern ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend andtemperatures will drop to a cool seventeen degree
14、s. across most of englandthe weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. and whenthe sun does come out temperatures could rise to a maximum of twenty-threedegrees.now you will hear the recording again. (the recording is repeated.)that is the end of part b.part cyou will hear three dial
15、ogues or monologues. before listeningto each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. whilelistening, answer each question by choosing a, b, c or d. after listening,you will have time to check your answer. you will hear each piece onceonly.questions 11-13 are based on the followi
16、ng talk introducing emilydickinson, a well-known american poet. you now have 30 seconds to readquestions 11-13.11. how long did emily dickinson live in the house where she wasborn?a almost all her lifeb less than half her lifec until 1830dbefore 187212. which of the following is true of emily dickinson?a she was nota productive poet.b she saw many of her poems published.c she was nota sociable person.d she had contact only with a few poets.13. when was emily dickinson
