2013年6月大学英语四级考试听力预测试题(11)

　　1. W:I wish the bus would come. I'm so cold.

　　Look at those snow drifts over there.

　　They're taller than I am.

　　M: And the wind is biting into my skin like a mad dog.

　　Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

　　2. M: I'd like to borrow these three book

　　and I also need these two books,but I couldn't find them.

　　W: This one is on loan.

　　It's due back in about a week.

　　Do you want me to "reserve" it for you?

　　Q: What does "on loan' mean here?

　　3. W: I have a sore throat and I feel a bit dizzy.

　　M: How long have you been like this?

　　Q: What's wrong with the woman?

　　4. M: I have to get back to the office.There's so much work.

　　W: No, you don'

　　You've got to go home and go to bed.

　　And you have to stay there for a week.

　　You mustn't take any more chances with your health.

　　Q: What can you infer from the dialogue?

　　5. M: I want to mail this package to Hong Kong.

　　How much is the postage?

　　W: That will be $ 12.

　　Q: Where is the man?

　　6: W: I want to open a savings account,sir.

　　What is the proper procedure?

　　M: First,you fill out the application and then we'll issue you a passbook.

　　Q: What does the woman want to do?

　　7. M: What time would you come? One o' clock?

　　W: As a matter of fact.

　　I have already made an appointment with Professor Smith at one o'clock.

　　Q; Will the woman agree to the appointment at one o'clock?

　　8. W: What do people do on Youth Day?

　　M: Different kinds of activities.

　　such as commemorative meeting.

　　visiting places of revolutionary interested.

　　outing,planting trees,parties.

　　It's mostly young people who take part.

　　Q: Which of the following is not mentioned?

　　9. M: Which is difficult to learn,Chinese or English?

　　W: For me,Maths is the most difficult to learn.

　　Q: What are they talking about?

　　10. M: How could anyone survive this accident?

　　W: It's a miracle.

　　There were two men in the truck and four women with two children in the car.

　　but no one was badly hurt.

　　Q: Which of the following is not true?

　　Section B Compound Dictation

　　In a competitive econom

　　the consumer usually has the choice of several different (11)-{brands} of the same produce.

　　Yet underneath their labels.

　　the profucts are often nearly (12)-{identical}

　　One manufacturer's toothpaste (13)-{tends} to differ very little from another manufacturer's.

　　Thus,manufacturers are (14)-{confronted} with a problem.

　　---how to keep sales high enough to stay in business.

　　Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising.

　　They try to appeal to consumers in various ways.

　　In fact,advertisements may be (15)-{classified} into three types according to the kind of appeals they use.

　　One type of advertisement tries to (16)-{appeal} to the consumer's reasoning mind.

　　It may offer a claim that seems scientific.

　　For example it may say the dentists (17)-{recommend} Flash toothpaste.

　　In selling a product.

　　(18)-{the truth of the advertising may be less important than the appearance of truth.

　　A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth.

　　Another type of advertisement tries to amuse the potential buyer.

　　(19)-{ Products that are essential boring,such as insecticide,are often advertised in an amusing way}.

　　One way of doing this is to make the products appear alive.

　　For example,the advertisers may personify cans of insecticide.

　　and show them attacking mean-faced bugs Ads of this sort are silly,but they also tend to be amusing.

　　(20)-{Advertisers believe that consumers are likely to remember.

　　and buy products that the consumers associate with fun}.