陈浩武-积木英文
2001年专业四级真题+解析+听力原文
Dictation
Characteristics of a Good Reader
To
improve your reading habits ,you must understand
the characteristics of a
good reader. First,
the good reader usually reads rapidly.0f course,
he does not read
every piece of material at
the same rate. But whether he is reading a
newspaper or a
chapter in a physics text,his
reading rate is relatively has learned to read
for
ideas rather than words one at a , the
good reader can recognize and
understand
general ideas and specific he is able to
comprehend the
material with a minimum of
effort and a maximum of interest. Finally, the
good
reader has at his command several special
skills ,which he can apply to reading
problems
as they occur. For the college student, the most
helpful of these skills
include making use of
the various aids to understanding that most
textbooks provide
and skim-reading for a
general survey.
SECTION A STATEMENT
1. I have to teach the same course books
several times in the summer holiday camp,
which is sometimes boring and not well-paid,
but by and large I’m quite delighted at
being
with young people.
2. The poor living
conditions in such a large city have resulted from
the unplanned
real estate development, which
is rarely seen in small cities.
3. At a recent
seminar, many participants were worried about the
fact that
overpopulation may give rise to many
social security problems.
4. May I have your
attention, please? Flight 998 is leaving at 11:30
a.m. Please check
in half an hour prior to the
departure.
5. Having gone through your claims
for fire damage, I don’t think the policy you have
provided protection against loss by fire.
6. Ian lost one eye in a childhood accident,
but he nonetheless had a very successful
athletic career.
7. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
used to smoke. But now Mrs. Clark has stopped and
she is
afraid her husband will fall ill if he
doesn’t get rid of his bad habit of smoking both
at
home and at work.
8. I heard from Mary
that last semester, Susan found it difficult to
stay on good terms
with her roommate Jenny.
9. Jack says that he is up to his eyes at work
at present and really cannot afford the
time
to have dinner with us.
SECTION B
CONVERSATION
10. W: I want to find a part-time
job during the summer vacation and earn some
money. How about you
M: I’m going to
take a few summer courses so that I can graduate
early next
year.
11. W: Excuse me, I want
some dictionaries. Where can I find them
M: The regular-priced ones are here and on that
table in the corner of the room we
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have some on discount.
W: Thank you.
12. W: I wonder where I can take my girlfriend
for dinner after work tonight.
M: Have
you been to the Chinese Restaurant near the school
13. M: Hello, the pipe in my bedroom is
leaking. Can you come and get it repaired
right away
W: Well, it depends on how
soon I can finish the drains at the office
building.
14. W: Do you think you can play the
music tape another time, dear? I’ve got a slight
headache.
M: Of course. Sorry. I
didn’t realize you could hear it. You want me to
call the
doctor
W: No, thanks. I’ll be
OK in a minute.
15. M: Lisa, how are you
getting along with our term paper
W: I’ve
been writing and rewriting it. I simply don’t know
if I will ever get it
finished.
16. W: I
must go to the library, the one near the
laboratory, because I have to finish
my
research project by tomorrow. But if I could, I
prefer to go with you to the theatre.
M: I
wish you could come along.
17. M: Why did Jack
suddenly decide to quit his job
W: He said
he wouldn’t break his back working for such low
pay.
M: I see.
18. M: Are you sure you
can remember the name of the film you saw last
week
W: It’s just on the tip of my tongue.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News
Item One (19-20)
Commonwealth leaders
agreed to lift Nigeria’s 3-5 years’ suspension on
May 29,
the day the military government hands
over power to the elected president, the
organization secretary general announced
yesterday.?
Nigeria was suspended from the 54
nation group of mainly former British colonies
in 1995 after it executed 9 minority rights
activists including writer Ken Thawrawiwa.
But
now that the country has embarked on the return to
democracy, Commonwealth
heads of government
have agreed to end this estrangement. Secretary
general chief
Ormiga Anyaco said in a
statement: “I’m delighted an unfortunate episode
in Nigeria
Commonwealth relations will now
come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its
rightful
place in the Commonwealth.
News Item Two (21-22)
The Space
Shuttle Discovery made a real night landing at the
Kennedy Space
Center early on Thursday. The
night landing, the 11th in the centre’s 94 shuttle
missions, ended a 10-day mission to outfit the
orbiting international space station.
Although
the space craft created a solid boom that can be
heard along much of
Florida’s eastern
seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see
the orbiter until it
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was
directly over the one-way lights. Scattered
showers off the Florida coast had
threatened
to postpone the shuttle’s return. But broadcasters
gave a green light when
they decided no rain
will fall within 48 kilometres of the space
centre.
News Item Three (23-24)
Five people died, two were missing and at least 18
were injured on Wednesday
when an Italian
petrol vessel collided with a dinghy filled with
refugees crossing the
Adriatic sea from
Albania, authorities said. The victims were
believed to be Albanians
from either Albania
or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy’s Tax
Police Division,
which, along with the coast
guard, patrols the nation’s coast. The cause of
the
collision was not immediately known. Three
Albanians, believed be smuggling the
refugees
were arrested a few hours after the accident.
News Item Four (25)
Malaysian
authorities are discussing possible salvage
efforts with Sun Cruisers,
the Singapore owner
of a large liner, that sunk off Malaysia last
week, a news report
said yesterday. Sun
cruisers had received some advice from Malaysia on
the matter.
The Business Times newspaper
quoted the company’s spokeswoman Judy Shoo Asian.
Judy and other Sun Cruiser’s officials could
not immediately be reached for further
comment
as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went
down in international
waters. The nearby
Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck’s
removal, the
newspaper said. Salvage experts
said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sank in 65
metres of water, poses no threat to ships
passing over it. But Malaysia may still want
it removed.
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