2023年大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試聽力樣題

大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試聽力樣題

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(２5ｍiｎutｅs)ＳeｃtionA?Ｄirectioｎs：Inthissection,ｙｏuwｉllhearthｒeｅnewsｒeｐorts.Ａtthｅｅndoｆeaｃhnewsrｅｐort,youwiｌlheaｒtwooｒthreｅｑueｓtｉons.Bothｔhenｅwsrepoｒtandtｈeｑuestｉonsｗilｌbespokenonlyonce.Ａfterｙｏuhearaquestion,yｏumuｓtchｏosetｈebestanswerｆromtｈefourchｏiｃｅsmarkedA）,B),C)anｄＤ).ＴhenmarkｔｈｅｃorrｅspondinｇｌeｔteｒonAｎswerShｅe(cuò)t１ｗｉｔhasiｎglｅlinethrouｇｈｔheceｎtrｅ.Ｑuesｔｉｏｎs1aｎd2willbｅbasedoｎtheｆｏllowｉnｇnewsiｔem．1.A)Chｒistｍaｓ-timeattacksｍaｄebySomaｌｉrｅbels.

B)Anexplosionatａbuｓstａt(yī)ioｎincentrａlNａｉｒｏｂi.

C)Theｋiｌｌingofmorｅthan７0UgandａｎsinKamｐａla.?D)ＢlaｓtｓsetofｆbyａSomaｌｉgｒoupｉnUｇａｎｄa’scapｉtal.２.

A)OnChｒｉstmaｓEve.

Ｃ）Duｒingaseｃuｒｉtｙcheck.

Ｂ)Ｊustbefoｒｅmｉdnｉght.

D)Inthｅsmallhoursofｔhemoｒｎｉng.Qｕesｔions3and4willbｅbaseｄｏntｈeｆｏllowiｎｇnewsiｔem.３.A）Ｉｔislｉkeｌytoｃｌosemanyofitsstores.

B)Ｉtisknownforthｅqｕalｉtyoｆｉtsｇoodｓ．?C）Itremaiｎscompeｔitiveｉnｔｈerecessiｏn.?D)Iｔｗilｌｅｘpａndｉtsonliｎereｔaiｌbusineｓs.4．A）Eｘpandiｔsbusiｎessbeyondgｒoceries.

B）Fire25,0０0ｏfｉtsｃurreｎtｅｍployeｅs.?C）CｕｔitsDVDpublishｉnｇbusiness.D）Selltｈｅbuｓinｅssforonｅpｏunｄ.Qｕesｔions５ｔｏ7willbebaｓeｄoｎthｅｆolｌｏwingnｅｗｓitem.5.A)Ａlltaxiｓbeｇantousemｅｔers．

B)Alltaｘisgｏtairconｄitioniｎg．

C)Advertiseｍｅｎｔswerealloweｄｏｎtaｘis.?D）Oｌdtaxiｓwereｒeplacedｗithneｗcabs．6.A)Alowｉnｔerｅstlｏanｓcｈeｍe.

C)Ｔaxipassengｅrs’complａints.

B)Enｖiｒonmｅntaｌiｓｔs’proｔestｓ.

Ｄ）Ｐermissｉonｆｏｒcarａｄvertiｓｉｎg．7．A)Ｔheｒｅarｅnoｍoreirregularｐrａｃtｉces．

Ｂ)Ａllｎewcabsｐｒoviｄeair－condｉｔｉoｎｉng．?C)Newcabsaｒeａlleqｕｉｐpｅdwｉtｈmｅtｅrs.

D）Ｎｅwlegisｌaｔioｎpｒoｔｅcｔscｏnsumeｒrｉghｔs.ＳｅctｉonＢ

Dirｅctions：Inｔhiｓsectｉon,yoｕwilｌhearｔｗolｏnｇcｏnveｒsａｔｉons．Ａttheeｎdoｆeaｃhconveｒsatｉon，youwilｌhｅaｒfouｒquesｔioｎs.Ｂoｔhtheconｖersatioｎandthequestiｏnswillbｅspｏkeｎonｌyoｎcｅ.Ａｆｔeryｏuhｅaraｑuestion,yｏuｍｕstchｏosethebesｔaｎswerfroｍthefouｒｃhoiｃesｍarｋedA),B），C)andD).ThenmａrkthecoｒreｓpondinｇlｅtteｒonAnswｅｒＳｈｅe(cuò)t１witｈaｓｉnglelinethｒouｇhｔhecｅntre．Cｏnversａt(yī)ionOｎe?Ｑuestiｏｎs8to１1aｒebａｓedonthecoｎvｅrｓaｔioｎｙouhavｅjｕstｈｅarｄ．8.A)IthasapａrtnershipｗitｈLCP．

C）Iｔspeｃiaｌｉzesinsafeｔyfromleaks．?Ｂ)ItisheaｄｑｕartereｄiｎLondon．

D)Ithasachｅmicaｌproceｓsｉngplａnt.9.A)Heiｓacheｍisｔ．

C)Heisaｓａfetyiｎsｐeｃtor．

Ｂ)Heiｓaｓａlesｍａn.

?D）ＨeisMr.Gｒaｎd’sfriend.10．

Ａ)Theｐublicreｌａt(yī)ｉonsｏffiｃｅr.

?C）Directoｒofthesaｆetyｄeｐaｒtmeｎt．?B)Ｍr．Graｎd’sperｓonalasｓiｓｔａnt．

D)Headｏftheｐeｒsonnelｄepaｒtmenｔ.1１．A)WaitforＭr．Graｎｄtocallbaｃｋ.?B）LｅavｅamesｓageforMr.Grａｎd.?C）Provｉｄｅdetaiｌsoｆtｈeiｒprodｕcｔsａndｓervices．?D）Sendacompreｈｅnsivedｅscriptionoｆtheirwｏrk.Coｎversａt(yī)iｏｎＴwｏ?Ｑuestionｓ12to15aｒebaｓedoｎtheconveｒsationｙoｕｈavejuｓtheard.12.

A)Tｅaｃher.

?C)Ｅdiｔoｒ.?B)Ｊourｎalist．

D）Tｙpist.１3．A)Sｏmｅnewlｙｄiscoｖeredsｃeｎicspot.?B)BiｇchangｅsinthｅAmazoｎｖalｌey.?C)Anewrailwａyundｅrｃoｎｓtrｕcｔｉon.

D）ThebeautifuｌAmａzonｒainｆorｅsｔs．1４.

A)Innｅwｓwｅe(cuò)klies.

C）Innewspａpers’Sunｄayeditionｓ.?B)Ｉnａlocaleveｎｉｎgpaｐer.

D）ＩｎｏverseaseditioｎsofU.S.ｍagａzｉnes.１5．

A)Tobｅcomeａprofｅssｉoｎalwｒｉｔｅr．

?C)Tｏgｅtheｒlifeｓｔoｒyｐublishedｓoon.?B）Tｏbeemｐloｙeｄｂyanｅwｓpapｅr.

Ｄ）Ｔosｅllherarｔicｌeｓtoaｎeｗsserviｃｅ.SｅｃｔioｎC

Dｉreｃｔｉonｓ:Intｈiｓsｅction，ｙｏｕwiｌlhearｔhreｅpａssａｇes．Attheendofｅaｃhｐasｓaｇe,ｙouwiｌｌｈeａrｓomeｑｕｅstions.Bｏthtｈｅpａssagｅａnｄtｈequesｔioｎｓwiｌｌbｅspokenoｎｌyoncｅ.Aｆｔeryｏuheaｒaｑueｓｔioｎ,yｏumusｔchoｏsｅtｈebestａnswｅｒfｒｏmthefoｕｒｃhoiｃeｓｍaｒkedA),Ｂ),C)andD).ThenmarktｈecorrｅspoｎdｉｎgleｔteroｎA(yù)ｎswerSｈｅe(cuò)ｔ1ｗiｔｈaｓｉngleｌinethｒoughthecｅntre.PassaｇeOnｅ

Quｅｓtions16ｔｏ18arｅbaseｄoｎthｅpassageyｏｕhavｅjusｔhｅａrｄ.16．

A)Shｅisbothapoｐuｌarandahｉgｈlyｒespectedauthｏr.

B）Sheisthefｉrsｔｗritertofoｃuｓoｎtheｆatｅofslａves.?Ｃ)ＳhｅｉｓｔhｅｍoｓtlｏvｅｄAfrｉcannｏvｅlｉｓtoｆalltiｍes.

D)Sheｉstheｍｏstinfluentｉalａuthorsincethe193０’s.17.

Ａ)TｈeBoｏkＣritiｃsCircｌeAｗarｄ.

?Ｃ）ThePulitzerPriｚeforｆiｃtioｎ.?B)TheNoｂelPｒizeforlitｅraｔure.

?D)TheＮａt(yī)ｉoｎａｌBoｏｋAwarｄ．１8.

A)Ｓheisarelａt(yī)iｖeofＭoｒrｉsｏn’s.??C）Ｓheisaｓkiｌlｅdstorytｅｌler.?B)SheｉsasｌavefromAｆricａ.

D)Ｓhｅisablaｃkwomａn．ＰassagｅTwo?Qｕesｔionｓ１9to21aｒｅbasｅdonthｅpaｓsageｙｏuhavejuｓtheard.１9.

A)Theyareverygeｎｅroｕsingivingｇifｔs．

Ｂ)Tｈｅyreｆusegiｆtｓwｈenｄoiｎgbｕｓｉness.

C)Theｙrｅgarｄgifｔsａsａt(yī)okｅnoｆfriendｓhｉp．

D)Thｅｙgivｅｇifｔsoｎｌyoｎｓpｅciａloccａsionｓ.20.

A）Theyenjoygivinｇgiftｓtootheｒpeoｐle.

B)Thｅyspendａlotｏfｔimeｃhoosingｇifts.?C)Thｅyhavetoｆｏllowｍanｙspecifｉcruｌeｓ.

D)Theypayatｔｅntioｎｔotｈequａliｔyofgｉfts．21.A)Gifｔ－ｇivingｐlaysanimｐｏrｔantｒoｌｅinhｕmａnrelationsｈips.

B)Ｗemuｓtbeawarｅofculｔuｒalｄｉffｅrencｅsingivinｇgifｔｓ.

C)Wemｕsｔleａrnhowtogｉveｇｉftsbeforeｇoｉngａbroad．

D)Ｒeadingexteｎsｉｖelycａｎmakeonｅabeｔtergifｔ-ｇivｅr.PaｓsagｅThｒee?Queｓtｉｏｎs22to２5ａrebaｓeｄoｎthepａssageyouhavejuｓtｈｅａｒd.２2．

A)Shetenderlylooｋedａｆterhersicｋmothｅr.

Ｂ)Sｈedeveｌopedastｒｏnｇiｎtereｓtｉｎｆinanｃe.

C)Sｈｅｌearnedtowrｉteｆorfinanciaｌnｅｗｓpapｅｒｓ.?D)ＳhｅｉnvestedinstocksanｄｓhareｓoｎWａlｌＳtreｅt.２3.

Ａ)Sｈeinheritｅｄaｂｉgfortunefrｏmｈeｒfatｈer.

B)Shesｏldheｒrestａurantwiｔhａsuｂstantialprｏｆit.

C)Shegot７.5milliｏndolｌarsfromheｒｅx-hｕｓband．?Ｄ)Shｅmaｄeawiｓeｉnveｓtmenｔinrealestate.24.

Ａ)Ｓhewasｄｉｓhoｎestinｂusiｎessdealings.?Ｂ)Shefｒequentlyｉlｌ-treaｔedheｒemployｅe(cuò)s.?C)Sheａbusedａｎｉmalsincludingherpetｄｏg.?D)Ｓhewaｓextrｅmeｌymeaｎwithhermｏney.25.

A)Shecａrriedｏnｈerfaｍily’straditiｏn.?Ｂ)Shｅmadehugedonａｔionsｔｏchａｒitieｓ．

Ｃ)Sheｂuiltaｈospitａｌｗiｔｈhermoｔheｒ’smoney.

D)Sheｍadeabｉｇfortuneｆｒｏmwiｓeinveｓtmentｓ.

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Dｉｒecｔions：Iｎｔｈｉｓｓection,ｙoｕｗillheaｒｔhreeneｗsｒeporｔs.Ａtthｅe(cuò)ndofeaｃhnewｓrｅpoｒt,ｙouwillhｅａrtwoorthrｅe(cuò)questions．Bｏthｔｈeｎewｓrｅｐortandtheqｕestｉｏnswillbespokenonｌyonce.Afｔeｒｙｏuｈearaqｕestｉon，ｙｏｕｍusｔｃhoｏsｅthｅbeｓｔａnｓwerfrｏmthefourchｏiｃesmａrkedA)，Ｂ)，C)aｎdＤ).ＴhenmarktheｃorrespondingletｔｅronＡｎｓwｅrＳheｅt１ｗiｔhasｉngleliｎｅｔhｒｏughthecenｔrｅ.Qｕesｔiｏns1aｎd2wｉlｌbebａsedｏnｔｈefolｌowiｎgnewsitem．Ｋenyanpolicesayonepeｒｓonwaskiｌledand26ｉnjuｒedinanexpｌoｓiｏnａt(yī)abusｓtationincenｔｒaｌＮaｉrｏｂi.ＴheblａｓｔhiｔａｂuｓabｏuttosｅtofffortheＵｇandaｎcａpiｔalＫampala．LastJuly,theSoｍaligroupal－SｈabａbsaiｄｉtwasbeｈｉnｄｔhｅｂｌastｓintheＵgaｎdａncaｐiｔalwhichｋiｌｌｅｄｍorethan7０ｐｅople.ＷillRossｒｅｐortｓｆroｍｔｈｅKｅnyaｎcａpiｔａｌ.

TｈｅｅxpｌosionhapｐeneｄbesｉdｅabｕswhichwasaｂｏuttｏsｅｔoｆffoｒanovernigｈｔjouｒｎeyｆroｍNaｉｒoｂitothｅUｇａｎdancapitaｌKａmｐaｌa.Soｍeeｙeｗｉtnessesrｅｐortthａt(yī)ａbagwasａbouｔｔｏｂelｏadedoｎbｏard,bｕtitexpｌodｅdduriｎｇasecuritychｅck.Windowｓｏftｈerｅｄｂｕswerｅleｆtsmashｅd，ａndblｏｏｄcouｌdbeseeｎｏnthegrouｎdbeｓidｅtheｖｅhicle．Juｓｔｈoursearlier,Ugａnｄa’spolｉceｃhieｆhadwarnedoｆpｏssｉbleＣhrisｔmas-ｔimeattａｃksｂySomａlｉrebeｌs.1.Ｗhatistheneｗsrｅpｏrtmaiｎｌyabｏut？?2.Whｅnｄidtｈeincideｎｔｏccｕr?Questionｓ3and４willbebaｓedonｔhefｏlloｗingneｗsitem.WoolworthｓisoneoftｈeｂestｋnｏｗｎnａmesonthｅBｒｉtishHighSｔｒeｅt.It’sbeeninbuｓiｎeｓsneaｒlyaｃentｕrｙ.Manｙoｆits8０0sｔoresaｒeｌikelytoclｏsefoｌloｗinｇthecｏｍｐａny’sdecisiｏntocaｌlｉnａｄmiｎｉstratorｓafteraｎatｔempｔtoseｌltｈebｕsinessfoｒａt(yī)oken￡１failed.

Tｈeｃoｍｐanyｈasｈｕgedeｂts.TｈeiｍmediａｔecauｓefｏrthecｏlｌapsｅhａsbeeｎBritａin’ssｌiｄeｔｏwａrdrecｅssion，ｗhｉｃhhａscｕｔｉntocｏnsuｍerspeｎdiｎg.Howｅver,thｅbusiｎesshａｄbeenintｒoubleforyeaｒs.

Kｎownfoｒｌow-ｐrｉceｄgeｎeralgoods,Wooｌworthsｈａsｓtｒuggleｄinｔhefaceoｆcomｐetitiｏnfｒomsupeｒmaｒketseｘｐａｎdingbｅyondgrocerｉeｓandanｅwgenerationofｉnterneｔｒetaｉlers.?Mａｎyofｔhesｔoregroｕp’s２5,00０ｅmｐlｏyｅe(cuò)saｒelikｅｌｙｔｏloseｔｈ.SｏmeｐｒｏfiｔablearｅassuchastheDVDpuｂlｉｓhingbｕsｉｎessｗiｌlsurvive．３.Whａt(yī)dowelearｎａｂｏutWoolwortｈsfroｍｔhｅnewsreｐort??4．WhatdidＷｏolworthsatｔｅmpｔtｏdorecenｔly?Questionｓ5to7willbebａsｅdoｎthefolｌｏｗinｇｎｅwsiｔem．Ｃａiroｉｓknｏwnfｏｒitsoｖeｒcｒowdeｄrｏadｓ,irrｅgｕlａrdrivinｇpractｉcesandshakyoldvehiｃｌes，butalｓofoｒitsaiｒｐoｌｌｕtion．Iｎreｃentmoｎths,ｔhouｇｈ,eｎｖirｏｎｍeｎtａlstudiｅsinｄiｃaｔeｔherehaveｂｅe(cuò)nsiｇｎｓｏfimｐｒovemｅnt.That’sｄueinpａｒtｔoｔhereｍoｖaloｆｍaｎyofthｅcapital’ｓｏld－fasｈioｎｅｄbｌacｋａndwｈitetaｘiｓ.Mosｔoｆtheseｄatedbacktothe1９60sand7０sandweｒeinapoorstaｔeofrepair.?Afterｎewｌegislatｉondｅｍandedtheiｒrｅmｏvalｆromｔherｏads,alowinterestloanscｈemewasｓetｕｐwｉthtｈｒｅe(cuò)Ｅgyptianbａnkssodrｉｖerscouldｂuyneｗｃars.Ｔhegovernmentpaysａbout$900ｆoroldonｅsｔoｂedｉscardeｄandaｄverｔｉsiｎgonｔheneｗｖehicleshelpscｏverrepaｙmｅnts.?Theidｅａhａsprｏvedｐｏpulaｒwｉthcｕstomerｓ―theycannoｗtravｅｌinair-cｏnｄｉtioｎｅdcｏｍｆortaｎｄbeｃauｓetｈｅnｅｗcabsaremeteｒed,thｅydon’thａveｔoａrｇｕeoverfares.Ｂaｎksandcarmaｎｕfａctuｒｅrsａｒeｇlaｄforthｅｅxtrabｕｓinｅssinｔｏughｅcoｎoｍicｔimeｓ.Asfｏｒｔhetaｘidriverｓ,mostａｒedeliｇhtedｔｏbebehinｄthewheeｌofnewcａrs,althouｇhtｈｅrehａvebeenafewｃompｌａintsabｏｕtｓwitｃhｉngfroｍｂlackaｎdwhitetoaplaｉnｗhiｔｅcｏlour．5．Whａt(yī)cｈangetookｐlaceｉnCairorｅｃｅntlｙ？

6.Whatｈｅlｐedbｒｉngabｏuｔtｈechａｎgｅ??7.Ｗhyｄoｃｕstｏmersｎolonｇeraｒguewiｔｈnｅwcabdｒivers?SeｃtionB

Directions:Inｔhissectｉｏn,youwillheartwoｌonｇconｖeｒｓａt(yī)iｏns.Atｔheendｏｆeａcｈconversaｔｉon,youｗillheａrfourquestionｓ.Ｂoththeconversationandtheｑｕestionswillbeｓｐoｋｅnonlyonce.Aｆtｅrｙouhｅaraquestｉon,youｍustcｈoｏsethｅbｅｓtaｎswｅrｆroｍｔhefourchoiｃesｍａｒkeｄＡ）,B),Ｃ）andD）.ＴhenmaｒkthecorrespondingｌeｔteronＡnswerSheｅt1wiｔhasｉnｇlelｉnethrｏｕghｔｈｅcenｔｒｅ.CｏnvｅｒsａｔionOneW：Morninｇ,thｉsisTGＣ.?M：Gｏodmoｒning.WalｔerBａrryhere,caｌliｎgfroｍLondｏn．CoｕldIｓｐeaktoMr．Grａｎd,ｐlｅaｓｅ?

W:Ｗho’scallｉng，pleaｓe?

M:ＷalteｒBarrｙ,frｏｍLｏnｄon.?W：Whatiｓitaboｕt,ｐｌease??Ｍ：Ｗeｌl,Iuｎderstandｔhatyourcoｍpａnyｈａsaｃhemｉcａlpｒocｅssingｐlａnｔ.Myowncompaｎｙ,LCP,LｉquidCoｎtrｏｌProduｃｔs,iｓaleａｄｅrinsafｅtｙfroｍlｅaｋｓinthefｉｅlｄofｃｈｅmicａｌproｃessiｎg．IｗoulｄliｋetｏｓpeaktoＭr.ＧrandｔodisｃussｗaysiｎｗhichwecoｕldｈelｐTGCprotectｉtselｆfｒｏmsucｈproblｅmsaｎdsavｅmoｎeyatthesａmetime.

W:Ｙeｓ,Ｉsee.Well，Mr.Grandiｓnoｔavailａｂlｅjｕstｎoｗ.?Ｍ:ＣanyoutellmewｈｅｎI(lǐng)ｃoulｄrｅaｃhhim??W:He’sｖｅrybusyfoｒtheneｘｔfewｄａys–thenhｅ’llbeａｗayinNeｗYoｒk．Sｏit’sdiｆficulttｏｇｉveyoｕaｔｉme.?M:ＣouldIsｐeaktｏｓｏmeｏｎeeｌse，perhａpｓ？

W:Whoiｎparticuｌar?

M:Aｃｏｌlｅagｕeforexaｍple??W:You’resｐｅakｉｎgtohｉsｐｅrsoｎalaｓsistant．IcaｎdeaｌwithｃalｌsfｏｒMｒ.Gｒand.

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