2006年英语专业四级考试真题及解析.pdf

1 TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2006 )- GRADE FOUR- TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN PART I DICTATION [15 MIN.] Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION [15 MIN.] In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet. SECTION A CONVERSATION S In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1to 3are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 1. How did Mark get there? A. By train and by car. B. By plane and by coach . C. By train and by bus . D. By bus and by plane . 2. Mark used to wear all the following EXCEPT _______. A. short hair B. glasses C. moustache D. beard 3. Where isthe meeting for new students to be held? A. In the third room on the right. B. In the Common Room. C. In aroom at the other end. D. In Room 501. Questions 4to 6are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 4. What did Steve originally plan to do? A. To go to apark near the beach. B. To stay at home. C. To see anew film. D. To do some study. 5. Maggie finally decided to go to see afilm because_______. A. there was no park nearby. B. the weather wasn ’tideal for awalk. C. itwould be easier to go to acinema. D. Steve hadn ’tseen the film yet. 6. Where did they plan to meet? A. Outside the Town Hall. B. Near the bank. C. In Steve ’splace. D. At the cinema. Questions 7to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of each conversation you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation. 7. The following details are true about the new device EXCEPT_______. A. ithas color . B.ithas amoving image. 2 C. itcosts less money. D. itisnot on the market. 8. Why didn ’tBill want one of them? A. He wanted to buy one from Japan. B. He wasn ’tsure about its quality. C. He thought itwas for business use. D. He thought itwas expensive. 9. Which of the following statements isINCORRECT about the woman? A. She had never read the magazine herself. B. She knew who usually read the magazine. C. She was quite interested in the new device D. She agreed with Bill at the end of the conversation. 10. The conversation ismainly about _______. A. anew type of telephone. B. the cost of telephones. D. some features of the magazine. D. the readership of the magazine. SECTION B PASSAGES In this section you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of each passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage. 11. In the old days dongs were used for the following EXCEPT________. A. hunting other animals. B. driving sheep C. guarding chickens. D. keeping thieves away. 12.Which of the following isCORRECT? A. Dogs are now treated as part of afamily. B. Dogs still perform all the duties they used to do. C. People now keep dogs for the same reasons as before. D. Only old people are seen walking their dogs. 13. The passage ismainly about_______. A. what dogs can do B. how to k