1、公共英语四级听力-29 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 15, you will hear a report on a survey recently done in Britain. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in t
2、he table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.Survey ResultsReaders profession Reading time per week Favored type of booksUU 1 /U/U 5 hours and 15 minutes all types of fictionsecretaries almost 5 hours J
3、ane Austins worksUU 2 /U/Upoliticians under 5 hourshistory bookstaxi drivers4 hours and _ minutesUU 3 /U/U self-help booksUU 4 /U/U 4 hours and 33 minutes crime fictionteachers 4 hours and 27 minutes _ fiction UU 5 /U/U（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Quest
4、ions 610, you will hear an interview with Rosemary, a self-employed dog trainer in Hong Kong. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the question
5、s below.（分数：25.00）(1).What is the most important quality for a dog trainer?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(2).When does Rosemary usually work?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(3).There is a clearer career path overseas because there are _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(4).Dogs may lose all their trust in people if they are _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_(5)
6、.What is the starting monthly salary for a dog trainer with a degree?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：50.00)You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question b
7、y choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece once only.（分数：15.00）(1).What was John Stewart Mill? A. A historian. B. A composer. C. A philosopher. D. A mathematician.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What has been found about ch
8、ildren of unusual talent? A. Many of them are from middle-class families. B. There are more girls than boys among them. C. They are mostly born by natural childbirth. D. Their parents are usually ambitious and humorous.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What can be inferred from the talk? A. Material wealth goes
9、hand in hand with mental emptiness. B. Environment plays a decisive role in the development of prodigies. C. Success has not always brought happiness to prodigies. D. Public praise will help prodigies to find the value of their Jives.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：15.00）(1).When did Beth Orton begin singing?
10、A. After she met William. B. Before she went to acting classes. C. After she dropped out of school. D. Before she joined a traveling group.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When is the best time of a womans life, as Beth Orton was told? A. In her 60s. B. In her 40s. C. In her 30s. D. In her 20s.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.
11、(3).What does Beth Orton want to do in the next year or so? A. Improve her skills in playing the drums. B. Learn how to play the violin. C. Try some strange musical instruments. D. Train herself in coordination.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：20.00）(1).How do people see premarital contracting in general? A. It
12、 is unfeasible and unnecessary. B. It has no effect on true love. C. It is only effective for someone rich and famous. D. It suggests distrust between the two partners.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the woman think of premarital contracting? A. It helps a couple know more about each other. B. It mak
13、es a couples relationship more stable. C. It helps to develop genuine love in a couple. D. It makes a couple feel more comfortable with each other.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the divorce rate, according to the interviewer? A. 50%. B. 30%. C. 20%. D. 10%.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is essential in pre
14、marital contracting, according to the woman? A. Financial status. B. Legal documents. C. Attitude to marriage. D. Communication.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D.公共英语四级听力-29 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 15, you will hear a report on a survey recent
15、ly done in Britain. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.Survey Result
16、sReaders profession Reading time per week Favored type of booksUU 1 /U/U 5 hours and 15 minutes all types of fictionsecretaries almost 5 hours Jane Austins worksUU 2 /U/Upoliticians under 5 hourshistory bookstaxi drivers4 hours and _ minutesUU 3 /U/U self-help booksUU 4 /U/U 4 hours and 33 minutes c
17、rime fictionteachers 4 hours and 27 minutes _ fiction UU 5 /U/U（分数：25.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：accountants）解析：听力原文 Recently, a survey of the nations reading habits was conducted in Britain. The survey asked members of different professions how much time they devoted to reading for pleasure every week. The r
18、esearchers also asked what types of books they enjoyed. Accountants spend an average of five hours and fifteen minutes of their leisure time reading every week. They read all types of fiction, mainly in bed or while commuting to work. Secretaries spend an average of almost five hours reading every w
19、eek with Jane Austin on top of their list. Politicians who read for just under five hours a week favor biographies and history books. Most of their reading is done in bed. Taxi drivers manage an average of four hours and forty-six minutes a week much of it while waiting in their cabs. They read more
20、 self-help books than other workers. Lawyers read the highest percentage of crime fiction in their weekly average of four hours and thirty three minutes. They have no interest in poetry, gardening, self-help books, or romance. Teachers read for an average of four hours and twenty-seven minutes a wee
21、k mainly in bed or on holiday. Teachers strong preference is for contemporary fiction over the classics, but their favorite author is Jane Austin. A total of one thousand six hundred people were surveyed. The average time spent reading for pleasure was five hours and nine minutes a week.填空项 1:_ （正确答
22、案：biographies）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：forty-six）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：lawyers）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：contemporary）解析：三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)For Questions 610, you will hear an interview with Rosemary, a self-employed dog trainer in Hong Kong. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use n
23、ot more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below.（分数：25.00）(1).What is the most important quality for a dog trainer?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：understanding）解析：听力原文 M: What qualifications do you need? R: I have
24、 a degree and worked for the SPCA for almost seven years. SPCA is a worldwide association that provides specialized care to pets. I graduated as a certified dog trainer and behavior councilor from the dog academy of San Francisco SPCA. M: What sort of person does the job suit? R: Of course, the pers
25、on should not be afraid of dogs. But most importantly, he should be understanding. M: What is the best way into the industry? R: Try volunteering as a dog walker and a class assistant with dog academy certified trainers at Hong Kong SPCA. And you will learn a lot. M: What work hours do you keep? R:
26、Evenings and weekends. M: Is there a clear career path? R: There is a clear path overseas, because there are training opportunities unlike in Hong Kong. It is a very specialized skill. Otherwise, if you like animals in general, there are many related careers like animal boarding, dog walking, pet-si
27、tting, etc. M: Whats the best part of your job? R: Being able to help people build relationships with their dogs, and training dogs using more gentle methods, preventing and resolving behavioral problems. M: Whats the worst? R: Dealing with dogs that have been beaten so much that they lose all their
28、 trust in people. M: Who is your role model? R: I have two: renowned animal behaviorist, Doctor Ian Dunbar, and Jane Dennison, the director of the Academy at San Francisco SPCA. M: Salary? R: Mine is between twenty thousand and forty thousand HK dollars a month. But a paid job starts at about seven
29、thousand HK dollars without a degree and about ten thousand HK dollars with a degree. M: Last word. R: Working with animals is an interesting and rewarding field to be in, but the pay may not be as good as one hopes.(2).When does Rosemary usually work?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：evenings and weekends）解析：
30、(3).There is a clearer career path overseas because there are _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：training opportunities）解析：(4).Dogs may lose all their trust in people if they are _.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：beaten so much）解析：(5).What is the starting monthly salary for a dog trainer with a degree?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_
31、 （正确答案：10,000 HK dollars）解析：四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：50.00)You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 1
32、0 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece once only.（分数：15.00）(1).What was John Stewart Mill? A. A historian. B. A composer. C. A philosopher. D. A mathematician.（分数：5.00）A.B.C. D.解析：听力原文 For centuries, people have been amazed by children of unusual talent. Pianist an
33、d composer Felix Mendelssohn has composed a fair amount of music by the time he was eleven. His forth opera was produced in Berlin, when he was only eighteen. John Stewart Mill, the nineteenth century British philosopher, read Greek at three and had worked his way through elementary geometry and a l
34、arge body of literature and history by the time he was twelve. Even though there has been a fascination with prodigies for centuries, there has been little serious study of them until recently. Some surprising common characteristics have been identified. The vast majority are boys. They are usually
35、first born children of middle-class families. Often their parents are past the usual child-bearing age. Many are born by operation rather than by natural child birth. They often have parents who seem to be trying to realize their own ambitions through their amazing children. And prodigies usually ha
36、ve a strange sense of humor. Although a child may be born with outstanding genetic potential, this potential will not necessarily develop. “Just having the gene is not enough.“ says Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardener. “Something in the environment must nourish the potential.“ And althou
37、gh many prodigies enjoy the satisfaction of the extraordinary achievement, public praise, and material wealth, even the most successful sometimes question the value of their lives and the accomplishment. “I have a longing which grows stronger as I get older.“ confesses the famous American concert pi
38、anist Eugene Eastman, “to be ordinary.“(2).What has been found about children of unusual talent? A. Many of them are from middle-class families. B. There are more girls than boys among them. C. They are mostly born by natural childbirth. D. Their parents are usually ambitious and humorous.（分数：5.00）A
39、. B.C.D.解析：(3).What can be inferred from the talk? A. Material wealth goes hand in hand with mental emptiness. B. Environment plays a decisive role in the development of prodigies. C. Success has not always brought happiness to prodigies. D. Public praise will help prodigies to find the value of the
40、ir Jives.（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：（分数：15.00）(1).When did Beth Orton begin singing? A. After she met William. B. Before she went to acting classes. C. After she dropped out of school. D. Before she joined a traveling group.（分数：5.00）A. B.C.D.解析：听力原文 M: You experimented with a lot of musical styles. Whats
41、next? W: Its hard to say where Im going next, because my next record isnt finished. M: You used to go to acting classes before you got into music. Did you ever consider becoming an actress? W: Thats what I wanted to do initially. I left school and joined a traveling theater company. We didnt have mo
42、ney for hotels. So we used to camp in parks. It was brilliant. Then I met William. He liked my voice and decided I should be a singer. It was queer because singing was something I never had in mind. M: Is it true that the best time of a womans life is in her thirties? W: Well. Someones been telling
43、me that it really starts at forty. She is a wonderful woman. And she says the 30s are just as hard as the 20s, but in a different way. They are just confusing. But when you get to forty, its just extraordinary. Apparently, the whole world opens up. M: What would you like to achieve before youre.say.
44、sixty? W: Id love to learn how to play the violin but not before Im sixty. Id like to do it in the next year or so. One of the first instruments I learned was the drums. And I am quite good at that coordination in a strange way.(2).When is the best time of a womans life, as Beth Orton was told? A. I
45、n her 60s. B. In her 40s. C. In her 30s. D. In her 20s.（分数：5.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).What does Beth Orton want to do in the next year or so? A. Improve her skills in playing the drums. B. Learn how to play the violin. C. Try some strange musical instruments. D. Train herself in coordination.（分数：5.00）A.B.
46、 C.D.解析：（分数：20.00）(1).How do people see premarital contracting in general? A. It is unfeasible and unnecessary. B. It has no effect on true love. C. It is only effective for someone rich and famous. D. It suggests distrust between the two partners.（分数：5.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：听力原文 M: The prevailing attitude
47、 about premarital contracting is that it spoils the whole concept of marriage, love, and trust. How do you counter that? F: First of all, most of us hear about premarital contracting when someone rich and famous gets divorced and about all the battles they are going through. I know when my husband and I decided that we wanted to have a premarital contract, my son said “Why you guys doing that? Dont you trust each o
