1997年01月大学英语四级考试听力真题及答案

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)听力真题试卷


Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
1. A) Look for a more expensive hotel. B) Go to another hotel by bus.
C) Try to find a quiet place. D) Take a walk around the city.
2. A) They’re talking about nice children. B) The man has a house for sale.
C) The woman lives in a nice house. D) The man has three children.
3. A) In a hotel. B) At a dinner table. C) In the street. D) At the man’s house.
4. A) Relatives. B) Roommates. C) Colleagues. D) Neighbors.
5. A) 5:00. B) 5:15. C) 5:30. D) 5:45.
6. A) He wants to have more sleep. B) His wife doesn’t sleep well.
C) Women need more sleep than men. D) He doesn’t need as much sleep as his wife.
7. A) A student. B) A reporter. C) A visitor. D) A lecturer.
8. A) To the school. B) To a friend’s house C) To the post office. D) Home.
9. A) He is afraid he won’t be chosen for the trip. B) The boss has not decided where to go.
C) Such a trip is necessary for the company. D) It’s not certain whether the trip will take place.
10 A) It was boring. B) It was entertaining. C) It was touching. D) It was encouraging.
Section B
Passage one
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) He wanted to find a place to read his papers.
B) He wanted to kill time before boarding the plane.
C) He felt thirsty and wanted some coffee.
D) He went there to meet his friends.
12. A) Toys for children. B) Important documents.
C) Food and coffee. D) Clothes and scientific papers.
13. A) The woman took his case on purpose. B) All his papers had been stolen.
C) He had taken the woman’s case. D) The woman played a joke on him.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) The liberation movement of British women. B) Rapid economic development in Britain.
C) Changing attitudes to family life. D) Reasons for changes in family life in Britain.
15. A) Because millions of men died in the war.
B) Because women had proved their worth.
C) Because women were more skillful than men.
D) Because factories preferred to employ women.
16. A) The concept of “the family” as a social unit. B) The attitudes to birth control.
C) The attitudes to religion. D) The ideas of authority and tradition.

Passage Three
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Those who are themselves spoiled and self-centered.
B) Those who expected to have several children but could only have one.
C) Those who like to give expensive jewels to their children.
D) Those who give birth to their only children when they are below 30.
18. A) Because their parents want them to share the family burden.
B) Because their parents are too strict with them in their education.
C) Because they have nobody to play with.
D) Because their parents want them to grow up as fast as possible.
19. A) Two types of only children. B) Parents’ responsibilities.
C) The necessity of family planning. D) The relationship between parents and children.
20. A) They have no sisters or brothers. B) They are overprotected by their parents.
C) Their parents expect too much of them. D) Their parents often punish them for minor faults.

1997年1月四级听力参考答案
1. C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B
6.D 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.C
11.B 12.D 13.C 14.D15.A
16.A 17.B 18.B 19.A20.C


1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)听力原文

1.M: I don't think we can find a better hotel around here at this time.
W: Let's walk a little further to see if there is another one. I just can't bear the traffic noise here.
Q: What will the speakers most probably do?
2. W: Hi! I'm calling about the three-bedroom house you advertised in yesterday's paper. It sounds
really nice.
M: It is--especially if you have children.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
3. W: Dear, I feel hungry now. How about you?
M: So do I. Let me call Room Service. Hello, Room Service? Please send a menu to 320 right
away.
Q: Where are the two speakers?
4.M: I've just brought your ladder back. Thanks for lending it to shall I leave it?
W: Just lean it against the wall there. Use the ladder again any time.
Q: What's the probable relationship between these two speakers?
5.M: What's the time for departure?
W: 5:30. That only leaves us 15 minutes to go through the customs and check our baggage.
Q: At what time did the conversation take place?
6.W: Look here, darling. The paper says people tend to feel unwell if they sleep less than six hours
a day.
M: That may be true for you, but it certainly isn't true for me.

Q: What can we conclude from the man's reply?
7.M: Are there any more questions on this lecture? Yes, Mary.
W: , do you think an independent candidate could become president?
Q: What most probably is Mary?
8.M: Can you stay for dinner?
W: I'd love to , but I have to go and send some registered mail before picking up the children
from school.
Q: Where will the woman go first?
9.W: How many people has the boss chosen for the business trip to France?
M: Well, as far as I know, whether there'll be such a trip is yet to be decided.
Q: What does te man mean?
10. W: The speech the blind girl gave this evening was extremely moving.
M: I think everyone felt the same.
Q: How did the man feel about the girl's speech?
Passage One
I had to go to Amsterdam last week for a conference. I arrived at the airport in plenty of time and
checked in, but I only had one small case so I decided to take it on the plane as hand luggage. As
the flight was not due to board for 45 minutes, I went to a cafe, sat down,and ordered a cup of
I was sitting there drinking my coffee and reading the paper,I was vaguely aware of a
woman and her child coming to sit at the next table. I did not pay much attention to them, though,
and when my flight was called I reached for my case and hour later, the plane was in the
air and I decided to look at the conference programme to see what I wanted to attend. Imagine my
horror when I opened the case and found that it was full of picture books and children's toys--and
imagine what the woman must have thought about a case full of men's clothes and scientific
papers!
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. Why did the speaker go to a cafe?
12. What was in the speaker's case?
13. What did the speaker find out on board the plane?
Passage Two
There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the last fifty years. The
liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century and the social and economic effects
of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life. Women became essential to industry
and the professions. During the war they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now,
with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the recently,
great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine, have had enormous social
en and better cared for and are far healthier. Infant death rate is low. Above all,
parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth
ent attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly
contributed to changes in family life. But these developments have affected all aspects of society.
It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of
these challenges.
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. What is this passage mainly about?

15. Why did British women become indispensable to industry after World War II?
16. What remained unchanged in spite of all the challenges in family life?
Passage Three
The key question for any only child is this: why were you an only child? It's a key question for at
least two reasons. If your parents had wanted several children but could have you only, they are
most likely to pour into you all the energy and attention that had been intended for several
children. I call this the
arrive when their parents are older--usually in their thirties. These special jewels can become very
spoiled and self-centered.
On the other hand, you may be an only child because your parents planned for only one and stuck
to their plan. Your parents may give you a very strict and well-structured education to make you
little adultMany only children grow up feeling unhappy because they always had to be such

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. Who are likely to treat their only children as
18. Why do some only children become
19. What does the passage mainly discuss?
20. Why do some only children feel unhappy?