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[01:16.82]In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[01:23.74]At the end of each conversation ,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.
[01:30.87]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[01:36.73]After each question there will be a pause.
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[01:47.85]and decide which is the best answer.
[01:51.43]Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2with a single line through the center.
[01:58.28]Example,You will hear:
[02:01.20]M: Is it possible for you to work late, Mrs. Gray?
[02:04.70]W: Work late? I suppose so, if you really think it is necessary.
[02:09.80]Where do you think this conversation most probably took place?
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[02:25.84]From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening.
[02:33.33]This is most likely to have taken place at the office.
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[02:43.50][A]on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
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[02:55.85]College English Test - four  CET-4
[02:59.30]Part II Listening Comprehension
[03:02.75]Section A Directions: A
[03:06.85]In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.
[03:14.48]At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said.
[03:21.71]Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.
[03:27.54]After each question there will be a pause.
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[03:39.92]and decide which is the best answer.
[03:43.34]Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
[03:51.05]Now ,Let's begin with the 8 short conversations.
[03:57.76]Question 1
[04:00.63]M: After high school,
[04:02.62]I’d like to go to college and major in business administration.
[04:07.03]W: But I’d rather spend my college days finding out how children learn.
[04:12.86]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[04:31.83]Question 2
[04:33.31]W: Is everything ready for the conference?
[04:36.03]M: The only thing left to do is set up the microphones and speakers.
[04:42.04]They'll be here in a few minutes.
[04:45.12]Q: What preparations have yet to be made?
[05:03.20]Question 3
[05:04.69]W: Is it almost time to go home now?
[05:07.43]I'm so tired. I can hardly see straight.
[05:11.06]M: Just a few more minutes, then we can go.
[05:14.80]Q: What is the woman’s problem?
[05:32.51]Question 4
[05:33.87]W: I'm not sure what I’m in a mood for.Ice-cream or sandwiches?
[05:39.85]They are both really good here.
[05:42.17]M: The movie starts in an hour.
[05:44.73]And we still have to get there and park. So just make a decision.
[05:49.72]Q: What does the man mean?
[06:06.57]Question 5
[06:08.09]W: Tom said he would come to repair our solar heater when he has time.
[06:13.31]M: He often says he is willing to help, but he never seems to have time.
[06:19.40]Q: What does the man imply about Tom?
[06:38.36]Question 6
[06:39.93]W: So you know that Sam turns down the job offered by the travel agency.
[06:45.31]M: Yes. The hours were convenient.
[06:48.73]But if he had accepted it, he wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.
[06:53.38]Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[07:11.49]Question 7
[07:12.87]M: Could you tell me a bit about the business your company is doing?
[07:17.55]W: We mainly deal with large volume buyers from western countries and our products have been well received.
[07:25.41]Q: What business is the woman’s company doing?
[07:43.22]Question 8
[07:44.45]W: Yesterday I made reservations for my trip to Miami next month.
[07:49.76]M: You must really be looking forward to it.
[07:53.02]You haven’t had any time off for at least two years.
[07:56.65]Q: What is the woman going to do?
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[08:21.23]M: Excuse me, I need some information about some of the towns near here.
[08:25.67]W: What would you like to know?
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[08:32.75]I believe there is an interesting museum there. It isn't far, is it?
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[08:45.34]And you're right. It's a wonderful little museum.
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[08:52.21]I have some friends. I'd like to visit there and I also want to get to Newton.
[08:58.09]They are near each other, aren't they?
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[09:04.28]Amitsville is northeast. It's about thirty five miles northeast of here.
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[09:26.33]It's about fifty five miles southwest from here and the road is not at all straight.
[09:32.42]M: Fifty five miles southwest! Well, maybe I won't go there this time.
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[09:51.41]They are really pretty little towns with lots of old houses and beautiful tree-lined streets.
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[10:05.57]Good. Well, I think that's all the information I need for a while.
[10:10.58]Thank you. You've been very helpful.
[10:13.14]W: You're welcome, sir. I hope you enjoy your stay.
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[11:26.62]M: Err... Sandra, I've finished with Mr. Gordon now.
[11:32.29]Do you think you could pop through in bringing me up-to-date on their arrangements for the Italian trip?
[11:38.22]W: Certainly, Mr. Wilkinson. I'll bring everything with me.
[11:46.42]M: Right, take a seat. Now my first meeting is when?
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[12:01.47]M: OK, so can I fly out early Monday morning?
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[12:16.05]M: Yeah, but that only leaves me thirty minutes to clear customs in getting to the city center and it means I have to check in by five thirty,
[12:27.65]which means leaving home at about four fifteen.
[12:30.62]W: I'm afraid so.
[12:32.14]M: Hmm... not so keen on that. What's the program for the rest of that day?
[12:36.97]W: It's quite full, I'm afraid.
[12:39.82]At eleven, you're seeing Jeana Rivard at Meg Star and then you'll have a lunch engagement with Gaven from the Chamber of Commerce at one.  11:00
[12:48.83]M: Where's that?
[12:50.22]W: You're meeting him at his office and then he's taking you somewhere.
[12:54.26]M: Good, that sounds fine. What about the afternoon?
[12:57.76]W: Well, at three thirty, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you're free till evening.
[13:04.77]M: I see. I seem to remember that I'm having a dinner with someone from Bergamo.
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[13:23.26]Q12: What would the man like the woman to do?
[13:42.70]Q13: At what time is Mr. Wilkinson going to leave home for the airport?  Wilkinson
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[14:24.49]Q15: What is most probably the woman's job?
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[15:20.13]Donna Fredrick’s served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil.
[15:24.81]She joined the Peace Corps after she graduated from the college
[15:29.85]because she wanted to do something to help other people.
[15:33.82]She had been brought up on a farm,
[15:37.32]so the Peace Corps assigned her to a agricultural project.
[15:41.45]Before she went to Brazil, she studied Portuguese for three months.
[15:47.20]She also learnt agreat deal about its history and culture.
[15:51.84]During her two years with the Peace Corps, Donna lived in a village in northeast Brazil.
[15:59.81]That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there.
[16:06.32]Donna helped the people of the village to organise an arrigation project,
[16:12.46]and she also advised them on planting corns.
[16:16.14]They didn’t require much water.
[16:18.23]When Donna returned to the States, she couldn’t settle down.
[16:23.22]She tried several jobs, but they seemed very boring to her.
[16:28.78]She couldn’t get Brazil out of her mind.
[16:32.20]Finally, one day she got on an plane and went back to Brazil.
[16:38.19]She wasn’t sure what she’s going to do. She just wanted to be there.
[16:43.72]After a few weeks, Donna found a job as an English teacher, teaching five classes a day.
[16:51.35]Like most of the teachers, she doesn’t make much money.
[16:56.84]She shares a small apartment with another teacher.
[17:00.83]And she makes a little extra money by sending stories to newspapers in the States.
[17:06.63]Eventually she wants to quit teaching and work as a full-time journalist.
[17:20.09]Question 16
[17:21.44]Why did Donna join the Peace Corps after she graduated from college?
[17:41.77]Question 17
[17:43.15]What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil?
[18:01.62]Question 18
[18:02.95]Why did Donna go back to Brazil once again?
[18:22.18]Question 19
[18:23.51]How did Donna make extra money to support herself?
[18:42.14]Listening Passage 2
[18:43.83]Results of a recent Harry’s pool on free time showed that
[18:48.72]the average work week for many Americans is 50 hours.
[18:52.95]With the time spent eating, sleeping and taking care of the household duties,
[18:58.07]there’s little time left for leisure activities for many Americans.
[19:03.22]However, having free time to relax and pursue hobbies is important.
[19:09.28]People need time away from the pressures of study or work to relax and enjoy time with friends and family.
[19:17.85]In different countries free time is spent in different ways.
[19:22.89]The results of a Harry’s pool showed that reading was the most popular spare time activity in the US.
[19:30.18]This was followed by watching TV.
[19:33.15]In a UK survey on leisure time activities, watching TV and videos was the most popular.
[19:40.63]Listening to the radio came second.
[19:43.26]In a similar survey conducted in Japan, the most popular free time activity was eating out.
[19:50.29]The second most popular activity was driving.
[19:54.39]There were also differences in the most popular outdoor pursuits between the three countries.
[20:00.32]The most popular outdoor activity for Americans was gardening.
[20:05.34]In the UK, it was going to the pub.
[20:08.34]In Japan, going to bars ranked eighth in popularity and gardening ranked ninth.
[20:15.32]Although people around the world may enjoy doing similar things in their free time,
[20:21.53]there’s evidence to suggest that these interests are changing.
[20:25.16]In the US, for example, the popularity of computer activities is increasing.
[20:31.30]Many more people in the States are spending their free time surfing the web, emailing friends or playing games online.
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[21:07.93]Question 21
[21:09.10]What was the most popular leisure activity in the US?
[21:29.27]Question 22
[21:31.23]What was the most popular outdoor pursuit in the UK?
[21:50.64]Listening Passage 3
[21:52.15]On March 13th, while on duty Charles Mclaughlin, a very careless driver employed by the company Lummis was involved in another accident. 3
[22:04.95]The accident occurred in Riverside California.
[22:08.71]Not paying attention to his driving,
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[22:18.67]This caused minor damage to his truck and serious damage to the car.
[22:24.96]On the basis of the police report,
[22:27.68]the Lummis accident committee correctly determined that Mclaughlin had been quite careless. Lummis
[22:33.90]As a result of the committee’s conclusion, the branch manager Mr. David Rossi reported that
[22:41.97]he had talked with Mclaughlin about his extremely poor driving record.
[22:46.88]Further evidence of Mclaughlin's irresponsibility occurred on May 6th when he was returning from his shift.
[22:54.58]That day he ran into a roll-up door at the Lummis facility in Valero,causing significant damage to the door.
[23:03.18]Damage to the truck, however, was minor.
[23:06.39]Finally, on June 7th, Mclaughlin once again demonstrated his carelessness
[23:13.39]by knocking down several mail boxes near the edge of the company’s parking lot.
[23:18.59]There was damage to the mailboxes and minor damage to the truck.
[23:23.79]Mr. David Rossi stated that he had spoken with Mclaughlin on several occasions about his driving record.
[23:30.82]He added that he had warned Mclaughlin that
[23:35.05]three preventable accidents in one year could lead to his discharge, as indeed it should.
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[24:12.46]24. What did Mclaughlin do on June 7th near the edge of the company’s parking lot?
[24:34.97]25. What is most probably going to happen to Mclaughlin?
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[25:29.73]When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate apart and alone,
[25:36.26]they replied, “Because it is right.”
[25:39.55]If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks,
[25:43.88]or why their men wear pants instead of skirts
[25:48.22]or why they may be married to only one person at a time,
[25:52.50]we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers because it’s right,
[25:59.32]because that’s the way it’s done, because it’s the custom or even I don’t know.
[26:05.70]The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that
[26:11.16]they are controlled by social norms shared rules or guide lines
[26:16.93]which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.
[26:20.93]Norms define how people ought to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.
[26:29.78]We conform to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist.
[26:36.23]In fact we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them.
[26:43.91]You will not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced,
[26:49.87]but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you onboth cheeks.
[26:57.55]Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate in other parts of the world.
[27:03.27]When we visit another society whose norms are different,
[27:09.12]we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do that way.
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[27:18.21]When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always ate apart and alone,
[27:24.12]they replied, “Because it is right.”
[27:27.35]If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks,
[27:31.53]or why their men wear pants instead of skirts
[27:35.17]or why they may be married to only one person at a time,
[27:39.58]we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers because it’s right,
[27:46.29]because that’s the way it’s done, because it’s the custom or even I don’t know.
[27:53.14]The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behavior is that
[27:59.12]they are controlled by social norms shared rules or guide lines
[28:04.06]which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.
[28:08.60]Norms define how people ought to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.
[28:16.57]We conform to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist.
[28:22.53]In fact we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them.
[28:29.68]You will not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced,
[28:35.93]but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you onboth cheeks.
[28:42.98]Yet each of these other forms of greeting is appropriate in other parts of the world.
[28:49.64]When we visit another society whose norms are different,
[28:54.79]we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do that way.
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