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2024大学英语四级听力练习及答案
在日复一日的学习、工作生活中，我们都要用到练习题，做习题在我们的学习中占有非常重要的位置，对掌握知识、培养能力和检验学习的效果都是非常必要的，你知道什么样的习题才是规范的吗？下面是小编帮大家整理的2024大学英语四级听力练习及答案，希望对大家有所帮助。
大学四级听力练习试题
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
Kenyan police say one person was killed and 26 injured in an explosion at a bus station in central Nairobi. The blast hit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala. Last July, the Somali group al-Shabab said it was behind the blasts in the Ugandan capital which killed more than 70 people. Will Ross reports from the Kenyan capital.
The explosion happened beside a bus which was about to set off for an overnight journey from Nairobi to the Ugandan capital Kampala. Some eyewitnesses report that a bag was about to be loaded on board, but it
exploded during a security check. Windows of the red bus were left smashed, and blood could be seen on the ground beside the vehicle. Just hours earlier, Uganda’s police chief had warned of possible Christmas-time attacks by Somali rebels.
1. What is the news report mainly about?
2. When did the incident occur?
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
Woolworths is one of the best known names on the British High Street. It’s been in business nearly a century. Many of its 800 stores are likely to close following the company’s decision to call in administrators after an attempt to sell the business for a token 1 failed.
The company has huge debts. The immediate cause for the collapse has been Britain’s slide toward recession, which has cut into consumer spending. However, the business had been in trouble for years.
Known for low-priced general goods, Woolworths has struggled in the face of competition from supermarkets
expanding beyond groceries and a new generation of internet retailers.
Many of the store group’s 25,000 employees are likely to lose their jobs. Some profitable areas such as the DVD publishing business will survive.
3. What do we learn about Woolworths from the news report?
4. What did Woolworths attempt to do recently?
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
Cairo is known for its overcrowded roads, irregular driving practices and shaky old vehicles, but also for its air pollution. In recent months, though, environmental studies indicate there have been signs of improvement. That’s due in part to the removal of many of the capital’s old-fashioned black and white taxis. Most of these dated back to the 1960s and 70s and were in a poor state of repair.
After new legislation demanded their removal from the roads, a low interest loan scheme was set up with three Egyptian banks so drivers could buy new cars. The government pays about $900 for old ones to be discarded and advertising on the new vehicles helps cover repayments.
The idea has proved popular with customers ― they can now travel in air-conditioned comfort and because the new cabs are metered, they don’t have to argue over fares. Banks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in tough economic times. As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars, although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.
5. What change took place in Cairo recently?
6. What helped bring about the change?
7. Why do customers no longer argue with new cab drivers?
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One
W: Morning, this is TGC.
M: Good morning. Walter Barry here, calling from London. Could I speak to Mr. Grand, please?
W: Who’s calling, please?
M: Walter Barry, from London.
W: What is it about, please?
M: Well, I understand that your company has a chemical processing plant. My own company, LCP, Liquid Control Products, is a leader in safety from leaks in the field of chemical processing. I would like to speak to Mr. Grand to discuss ways in which we could help TGC protect itself from such problems and save money at the same time. W: Yes, I see. Well, Mr. Grand is not available just now.
M: Can you tell me when I could reach him?
W: He’s very busy for the next few days – then he’ll be away in New York. So it’s difficult to give you a time. M: Could I speak to someone else, perhaps?
W: Who in particular?
M: A colleague for example?
W: You’re speaking to his personal assistant. I can deal with calls for Mr. Grand.
M: Yes, well, could I ring him tomorrow?
W: No, I’m sorry he won’t be free tomorrow. Listen, let me suggest something. You send us details of your products and services, together with references from other companies and then we’ll contact you.
M: Yes, that’s very kind of you. I have your address.
W: Very good, Mr….
M: Barry. Walter Barry from LCP in London.
W: Right, Mr. Barry. We look forward to hearing from you.
M: Thank you. Goodbye.
W: Bye.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What do we learn about the woman’s company?
9. What do we learn about the man?
10. What is the woman’s position in her company?
11. What does the woman suggest the man do?
Conversation Two
M: You’re going to wear out the computer’s keyboard!
W: Oh, hi.
M: Do you have any idea what time it is?
W: About ten or ten-thirty?
M: It’s nearly midnight.
W: Really? I didn’t know it was so late.
M: Don’t you have an early class to teach tomorrow morning?
W: Yes, at seven o’clock. My commuter class, the students who go to work right after their lesson.
M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing, anyway?
W: An article I hope I can sell.
M: Oh, another of your newspaper pieces? What’s this one about?
W: Do you remember the trip I took last month?
M: The one up to the Amazon?
W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about—the new highway and the changes it’s making in the Amazon valley. M: It should be interesting.
W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time.
M: How many articles have you sold now?
W: About a dozen so far.
M: What kind of newspapers buy them?
W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up the space between the ads.
M: Is there any future in it?
W: I hope so. There’s a chance I may sell this article to a news service.
M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn’t it?
W: That’s the idea. And I might even be able to do other stories on a regular basis.
M: That would be great.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. What is the woman’s occupation?
13. What is the woman writing about?
14. Where do the woman’s articles usually appear?
15. What does the woman expect?
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
In today’s class, we’ll discuss Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. As I’m sure you all know, Morrison is both a popular and a highly respected author, and it’s not easy to be both. Born in 1931, Morrison has written some of the most touching and intelligent works on the African-American experience ever written by anyone, and yet to call her an “African-American writer” doesn’t seem to do her justice. In many ways, she’s simply an American writer—and certainly one of our best.
Beloved is a truly remarkable work. It was recommended for nearly every major literary prize, including the
National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and it in fact won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. Morrison herself is distinguished for having won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993.
What makes Beloved unique is the skillful, sure way in which Morrison blends intensely personal storytelling and American history, racial themes and gender themes, the experience of Blacks with the experience of all people everywhere, the down-to-earth reality of slavery with a sense of mysterious spirituality.
We’ll be paying special attention to these themes as we discuss this work. I’m particularly interested in your views on the relative importance of race and gender in this book. Is it more important that Sethe, the main character, is black or that she’s a woman? Which contributes more to her being? What does Morrison tell us about both?
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. What do we learn about Toni Morrison?
17. What honor did Toni Morrison receive in 1993?
18. What does the speaker tell us about Sethe, the main character in Morrison’s novel Beloved?
Passage Two
The topic of my talk today is gift-giving. Everybody likes to receive gifts, right? So you may think that gift-giving is a universal custom. But actually, the rules of gift-giving vary quite a lot, and not knowing them can result in great embarrassment. In North America, the rules are fairly simple. If you’re invited to someone’s home for dinner, bring wine or flowers or a small item from your country. Among friends, family, and business associates, we generally don’t give gifts on other occasions except on someone’s birthday and Christmas. The Japanese, on the other hand, give gifts quite frequently, often to thank someone for their kindness. The tradition of gift-giving in Japan is very ancient. There are many detailed rules for everything from the color of the wrapping paper to the time of the gift presentation. And while Europeans don’t generally exchange business gifts, they do follow some formal customs when visiting homes, such as bringing flowers. The type and color of flowers, however, can carry special meaning.
Today we have seen some broad differences in gift-giving. I could go on with additional examples. But let’s not miss the main point here: If we are not aware of and sensitive to cultural differences, the possibilities for
miscommunication and conflict are enormous. Whether we learn about these differences by reading a book or by living abroad, our goal must be to respect differences among people in order to get along successfully with our global neighbors.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. What does the speaker say about gift-giving of North Americans?
20. What do we learn about the Japanese concerning gift-giving?
21. What point does the speaker make at the end of the talk?
Passage Three
Hetty Green was a very spoilt, only child. She was born in Massachusetts, USA, in 1835. Her father was a
millionaire businessman. Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares. At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account.
Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited $7.5 million. She went to New York and invested on Wall Street. Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents. She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world. At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia.
Hetty’s meanness was well known. She always argued about prices in shops. She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog. Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it. She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt. Worst of all, when her son Ned fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned lost his leg.
When she died in 1916 she left her children $100 million. Her daughter built a hospital with her money. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?
23. How did Hetty Green become rich overnight?
24. Why was Hetty Green much hated?
25. What do we learn about Hetty’s daughter?
参考答案
Section A
1. B 2. C
6. A 7. C
Section B
8. D 9. B
13. B 14. C
Section C
16. A 17. B
21. B 22. B
3. A 4. D 10. B 11. C 15. D 18. D 19. D 23. A 24. D 5. D 12. A 20. C 25. C
四级听力相关扩展
大学英语四级听力练习方法
1、注重节奏
在听四级听力的过程中，注重跟着播音员的节奏，尤其是语调上，往往在有些单词上面着重语调的，都是比较比较重要的信息或者就是意味着答案。另外在练习四级听力的时候，还要注意速记和短期记忆能力的培养。速记一定要找适合自己的速记方式，短时记忆就可以平时去进行相关的训练。
2、听完全文
很多人在练习四级听力时，在听得过程中总是试图去搞清楚听到的每一个单词，才能保证对于四级听力材料的理解，也才能够正确地回答问题，而现实是几乎很少的人能够把每一个出现的单词都听懂，这也就意味着，很多人内心里还是会怀疑自己没有听懂听力材料。必须要说明的是，四级听力中出现陌生单词很正常，但是一定不要因为这些陌生单词而打乱了你的整个听力过程，如果一直纠缠于某个单词的话，你最终肯定是会得不偿失的。遇到不懂得，不慌不忙，做好标记，跟上节奏，这样才有可能通过对于上下文内容的理解去解决这个问题，而不是选择回避。
3、集中注意力
大部分人在练习四级听力时都会遇到相同的问题，就是精神不集中，在练习四级听力时这是大忌，如何解决这个问题呢?平时进行英语听力训练的时候一定要刻意这方面的训练，保证不能因为一些较难理解的信息而受到影响，继续听下去，如果中途走神的话，马上反省。另外专注力不仅对于四级听力很重要，不管是学习还是生活中都是很重要的。所以，在做题的过程中，除非特殊情况，在做完之前都是要保持好高度的专注。其实还有一个方法就是，多做数学题，也很能培养专注能力。还值得一提的时候，很多人为了能够充分利用时间，就比如洗衣服的时候，戴着耳机听四级听力，其实这样的做法不仅不利于专注度的养成，而且最后还是没有多大的效果的。
英语四级四大听力技巧
1、听和写相结合
很多同学在练习听力的时候都是只顾着听，完全想不起来要动手去写，其实这样做是不好的，只靠听是记不牢的，俗话说：好记性不如烂笔头。听力考查的一个重要方面是瞬间记忆和速记的能力，这种能力主要就是体现在耳朵到手写的转化过程中，当你把你听到的东西落实在字面上你就会加深印象，从而起到事半功倍的作用。
2、连读和略读要了解
在英语中连读和略读的情况经常会发生，如果你对连读和略读不够了解，那么你的听力也就会变得一头雾水。所以同学们在平时的时候多注意研究英语中的连读和略读，网上应该会有很多相关的资料，同学们不妨去查阅一下，自己也要多加练习这种略读和连读。
3、泛听精听相结合
想要练习英语听力仅仅泛听是不够的。它只是量的积累，是一个准备过程，为你打下了坚实的基础;想要让自己的听力突飞猛进，只有在精听之后，听力才能有质的飞跃。所以小编在这里建议大家每天早上抽出一个时间段，40分钟到一个小时即可，安静地坐着，全神贯注的去练习听力。
4、一些广播之声要知道
VOA是美国政府的喉舌，广播稿代表美国官方的政治态度和立场，播音员发音规范，字正腔圆，值得喜欢美音的听友模仿。NPR是美国拥有最多听众的广播之声，该节目较为公正，锐利，反映美国生活的方方面面，具有很强的思想性。是我们了解当今美国社会现象和美国人生活的一个很好方法。
英语四级听力备考方法
一、英语四级题型
英语四级报道总分710分，题型包括四个部分，即写作、听力理解、阅读理解和翻译。听力理解的分值占比为35%，即248.5分，听力时间有25分钟。听力时间结束后就会收答题卡，所以同学们不要在听力选项过度纠结，以免影响接下来的考试时间。
二、听力备考
1、单词
单词是英语学习的基础。虽说单词不是万能的，但没有单词是万万不能的！你想想，你要是单词都会，听力考试都听懂了，相当于中文听力，做题时答案岂不是自动浮现在脑海里？
除了背诵英语四级大纲要求掌握的单词外，关于听力的高频词语也可以多多记忆！
2、多听多读
想要练习听力离不开多听！多听真题材料，遵循泛听—精听—复听原则。比如你在做真题听力时，先听一遍，大致了解文章，接着仔细听，逐句了解，遇到不懂的反复听，直至听懂为止。
休闲时刻也不忘听力，比如可以选择观看英美剧训练自己听力。
在听真题材料或者观看英美剧电影的时候也可以多模仿跟读，有助于口语和听力的训练，毕竟“听口不分家”嘛。
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