考试吧：2011年12月英语四级真题答案解析

　　Listening Comprehension长对话2

　　答案

　　Conversation One

　　听力原文

　　M: When I say I live in Sweden, people always want to know about the seasons.

　　W: The seasons?

　　M: Yeah, you know how cold it is in winter? What is it like when the days are so short?

　　W: So what is it like?

　　M: Well, it is cold, very cold in winter. Sometimes it is cold as 26 degrees below centigrade. And of course when you go out, you’ll wrap up warm. But inside in the houses it’s always very warm, much warmer than at home. Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.

　　W: And what about the darkness?

　　M: Well, yeah, around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring. It is sometimes a bit depressing. But you see the summers are amazing, from May to July in the North of Sweden the sun never sets. It’s still light in the midnight. You can walk in the mountains and read a newspaper.

　　W: Oh, yeah, the land of the midnight sun.

　　M: Yeah, that’s right, but it’s wonderful. You want to stay up all night, and the Sweden’s made most of it. Often they. And the Swedes makes most of it often they started work earlier in summer and then leave at about 2 or 3 in the afternoon, so that they can really enjoy the long summer evenings. They’d like to work hard, but play hard, too. I think Londoners work longer hours, but I’m not sure this is a good thing.

　　19.

　　A)He likes Sweden better than England.

　　B)He prefers hot weather to cold weather.

　　C)He is an English living in Sweden.

　　D)He visits London nearly every winter.

　　20.

　　A)The bad weather

　　B)The cold houses.

　　C)The gloomy winter.

　　D)The long night.

　　21.

　　A)Delightful.

　　B)Painful.

　　C)Depressing.

　　D)Refreshing.

　　22.

　　A)They often stay up late reading.

　　B)They work hard and play hard.

　　C) They like to go camping in summer.

　　D) They try to earn more and spend more.

　　19. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?

　　B)He prefers hot weather to cold weather.

　　解析：

　　本题为推断题。根据文章大意可推断得出。整篇文章中，分别有两处暗示信息，一处是男士说，“Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.”，瑞典人在冬天去拜访英格兰时，会抱怨英格兰室温太冷。另一处是男士在谈到冬天天气时，说道：“It is sometimes a bit depressing.”长时间寒冷的天气令人沮丧。因此可推断得出，男士更喜欢hot weather，热天气。所以，答案为：He prefers hot weather to cold weather.

　　20. What do Swedish people complain about when they visit England in winter?

　　B)The cold houses.

　　解析：

　　对话中，当男士介绍瑞典的极寒天气时，谈到只要穿暖，出门很暖，而室内更暖和，为了强调这一观点，男士继续说道：“Swedish people always complain that when they visit England, the houses are cold even in the good winter.”说是瑞典人在冬天去拜访英格兰时，会抱怨英格兰室温太冷。所以，答案为：The cold houses.

　　21. How does the man describe the short hour of daylight around Christmas in Sweden?

　　C)Depressing.

　　解析：

　　女士问：“And what about the darkness?”男士答道：“around Christmas time there’s only one hour of daylight, so you really looks forward to the spring.”临近圣诞节的时候，每天仅有一小时为白天，所以人们都非常向往春天，希望春天快点到来。然后，进一步强调性地评论道：“It is sometimes a bit depressing.”有时候真有点令人沮丧。因此，本题答案为：Depressing.

　　22. What does the man say about the Swedish people?

　　B)They work hard and play hard.

　　解析：

　　男士在谈到瑞典的极昼天气时，着重谈了瑞典人在极昼天气的工作情况，并进一步对瑞典人的工作习惯进行了评价。男士说道：“They’d like to work hard, but play hard, too.”瑞典人既能在工作时努力工作，又能在能玩时拼命玩。所以，本题答案为：They work hard and play hard.

　　这篇长对话是围绕瑞典的天气展开，主要谈到瑞典冬天的极寒和夏天的极昼天气。文章一开头即说到人们喜欢询问瑞典的季节情况。接下来对具体情况进行了描述，包括：极寒天气下的气温、室外和室内温度状况，另外，就瑞典室温与英国室温进行了对比，再次强调证明瑞典室温很高;而极昼天气则谈的是瑞典人的工作时间和工作习惯，另外，就瑞典人工作时认真忙、能玩时拼命玩的习惯和英国人工作勤奋、工作时间长进行了对比。

　　这篇对话考查细节信息抓取能力。整体难度不大，并且以男士提供的信息为主。但许多考生可能因为对瑞典(Sweden)和与瑞典相关的一系列名词不熟悉而纠结，因此忽略了真正需要听清的其实并不太难的关键信息。这就提醒大家在做题时，切勿因为个别词语不熟悉，而慌张。