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1、大学四级听力真题原文200812Short Con versati ons11. M: I just received an Email from one of my former classmates. I was surprised, I hadn t heard from him for ages.W: Well, I ve been out of touch with most of my old frie nds, only one or two still drop me a line occasi on ally,Q: What does the woma n mean?12.
2、M: If you can make up your mind about the color, I can start on the outside of your house early n ext week.W: Well, right now I think I want white for the window frames and yellow for the walls, but I let you know tomorrow.Q: Who is the woma n talk ing to?13. W: Excuse me, do you have any apartme nt
3、s available for un der 500 dollars a mon th? I n eed to move in next week whe n my new job starts.M: The only vacant one I have is 600 dollars, have you inquired at the apartment complexdow n the street?Q: What does the man suggest the woma n do?14. W: You bought a pair of jeans yesterday, didn t yo
4、u? What are they like?M: Oh, they are pretty much like my other on es, except with a larger waist. I guess I haven spe nt much time exercis ing lately.Q: What can we infer from the conversation about the man?15. W: I really like those abstract paintings we saw yesterday. What do you think?M: I guess
5、 it something I haven acquired a taste for yet.Q: What does the man imply?16. W: You haven steen a blue notebook, have you? I hope I didn t leave it in the reading room.M: Did you check that pile of journals you ve borrowed from the library the other day?Q: What is the man trying to say to the woman
6、?17. M: How about joining me for a cup of coffee?W: I d love to, but I m exhausted. I was up till 3this morni ng, writ ing a paper for my literature class.Q: Why does the woman decline the man s in vitati on?18. W: You had a job in terview yesterday, d idn t you? How did it go?M: Not too bad, I gues
7、s. There were about 20 can didates competi ng for the sales man ager s job. And fin ally it was dow n to three of us, but the other two seemed better qualified.Q: What does the man imply?长对话1F: Simon, how does it feel to be retired?M: Well, not so bad.F: How have you bee n spe nding your time?M: I h
8、ave been spending more time with my family. I velso travelled a bit, you know, off seas on whe n everywhere is less crowded and hotels cost less.F: Great.M: You know I haven t stopped work completely.F: Yes, could you tell us more about this?M: I mon a scheme that called phased retireme nt; I had a
9、six-m on th break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the compa ny I used to work for.F: How does the scheme work?M: Well, it astrial at the mome nt. In stead of hiring temporary stuff, the company advertises posts on its website that retired employees like myself can access.F:
10、 What sort of works advertised?M:Well, all sorts ofthin gs,really.Admi nistrative work and more specialized work, the sort of thi ng I can do. Some of the projects can last five or six mon ths, and others can just be a couple of days. I can decide more or less whe n to work. So I can man age my own
11、time.F: I can see it good for you. What is your compa ny get out of this?M: Well, I still have all my old con tacts at work, so I know who to con tact to get somethi ng done. The compa ny gets flexibility, too. Once the job over, that s it. I m not on shsriiybDokB.Questi ons 19-21 are based on the c
12、on versati on you have just heard.19. Why does Sim on find his retired life enjoyable?20. How does Sim on get to know about the company s available posts?21. Why does the company adopt the phased retireme nt scheme?长对话2W: Oh, where are we going?M: I want to show you someth ing.W: I know, but what is
13、 it?M: A farm. It s just down this road. It place, but at least it would be our own.W: A farm? How can we afford to buy a farm?M: It isn Very large, only 40 acres. We wouldn t have to pay very much right now.W: Is there a house on the place?M: A small one, two bedrooms, but it n eeds to be fixed up
14、a little. I can do the job myself.W: OK. Is there eno ugh space for a kitche n garde n?M: There is about half an acre around the house.That s plenty of space.W: The n we can grow our own fresh vegetables.And maybe keep a few chicke ns, could nM: Yes, and we can probably grow a lot of our own food.s
15、a srt we?W: What are you thi nking about grow in g, if we do take this place?M:Well, it really isn btig eno ugh for cor n. I thought we might try to raise a crop of potatoes.W: Potatoes? There are a lot of work.M: We are used to hard work, aren t we?W: Yes, we are, but the money. Do we have eno ugh to get started? It seems like a dream.M: I thi nk we vejaved eno ugh. We can pay a little on the farm and maybe put a few dollars down on the tractor, too.Questi ons 22 to 25 are based on the con versati on you have just heard.Q 22: What are the speakers going to do at the time of the
