Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11.
W：Would you like to order now?
M：Yes. Please show me the menu.
Q：Where are the man and the woman now?
【解析】D 从 order 和menu两个词中可以判断说话人是在餐厅就餐。
12.
W：How long have you been driving?
M：Actually I began driving when I was thirteen. But I didn’t get a license until I was sixteen.
Q：When did the man start driving?
【解析】C 说话人说自己十三岁就开始开车，十六岁拿到驾照。十六岁为干扰项，正确答案是十三岁。
13.
W：Excuse me, could you please tell me when the bank is open?
M：It’s open from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays, and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays.
Q：When is the bank open?
【解析】A 女士问银行何时开门，男士回答说平日里是上午九点到下午五点，周六是上午十点到下午四点。此处 weekdays 指“在每个周日, 在平日 (指星期一至星期五)”。
14.
M：Didn’t you go shopping today? Where’s the tobacco you promised to bring me?
W：I planned to, but the car was out of order so I did some sewing instead.
Q：What did the woman do today?
【解析】B 男士问女士为何没去购物。女士回答说本来打算去的，但是车子有点问题，所以就在家做了些针线活。
15.
W：If any of you give me a hand, I could finish this job before five o’clock.
M：I would like to, but I can’t. Mr. Brown told me to type some letters before I go home.
Q：What did Mr. Brown ask the man to do?
【解析】C 男士跟女士解释说我很乐意帮你，但是我没办法，布朗先生要我回家之前打印一些信件。从男士的回答中我们可以直接找到答案。
16.
M：You work harder than Merry.
W：But Linda works even harder.
Q：Who works the hardest?
【解析】C 男士说女士比玛丽工作努力，女士说琳达比自己还要努力。因此，工作最努力的人是琳达。
17.
W：Would you like a cup of coffee to help you wake up?
M：A cup of coffee? I’ll need three or four.
Q：What does the man mean?
【解析】C 女士问男士是否需要一杯咖啡帮他清醒。男士回答说一杯不行，要三四杯。由此可见答案。
18. W：Excuse me, where’s the cashier’s office? I’ve come to pay a bill.
M：It’s on the 2nd floor, the 3rd room on the right.
Q：Where’s the cashier’s office?
【解析】A 女士问出纳员的办公室在哪儿，男士说在二楼右边第三个房间。3rd room 为干扰项，2nd 才是正确答案。
Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
Conversation One
M：I really don’t know what to do this summer. I can’t afford to just sit around, and there don’t seem to be any jobs available.
W：Why don’t you try house sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house sat for the Dodds when they are away on vacation. Mr. Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didn’t want it left empty.
M：You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?
W：It wasn’t that easy. She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And when Eric house sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pets.
M：Housesitting sounds like a good job. I guess it’s a little like babysitting, expect you are taking care of the house instead of children.
W：The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs posted.
M：Do you just have to fill out an application?
W：Margaret and Eric had to interview with the house owners and provide three references each.
M：That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.
W：Well, the house owners want some guarantee that they can trust the house sitter. You know, they want to make sure you’re not the type who’ll throw wild parties in their house, or move a group of friends in with you.
M：House sitters who do that sort of things probably aren’t paid then?
W：Usually they’re paid anyway just because the house owners don’t want to make a fuss. But if the house owner reported it, then the housesitter wouldn’t be able to get another job. So why don’t you apply?
M：Yeah, I think I will.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What does the man want to do this summer?
【解析】D 对话一开始男士即说暑假不能待着，但似乎没有什么可行的工作，即说明他想假期做一份兼职。
20.What did the Dodds do when they went away last summer?
【解析】A Mr. Dodd hired Margaret to stay in their house because he didn’t want it left empty. 从这一句中可以看出 Dodds一家去年夏天外出时，他们雇了Margaret 在他们家看家。
21.What is one responsibility the housesitter probably wouldn’t have?
【解析】C Housesitting sounds like a good job. I guess it’s a little like babysitting, expect you are taking care of the house instead of children. 从这句话中可看出 housesitting的工作类似于保姆 babysitting，只是除了要照顾孩子。
22.How do house owners determine the reliability of a housesitter?
【解析】B Margaret and Eric had to interview with the house owners and provide three references each. 从这句话中可以看出房屋主人对应聘者进行了面试，并且每位应聘者分别提供三份介绍信。
Conversation Two
M：You’ve worked in a university before, haven’t you?
W：Yes, in Britain, yes.
M：What, how do students go about getting jobs when they graduate?
W：Well, most universities have a Careers Advice Service. I used to know the people in the Careers Service in Newcastle University and they, in fact, seem fairly successful in finding jobs for students. They are able to get jobs for 3040% of new graduates.
M：That seems a fairly low percentage.
W：Well...it’s not if you consider the various other options which people take up. For example, there are a fair number of people I don’t remember the exact number, who go into further study, who carry straight on into master’s degrees. Either at the same university or another university. So that’s fair chunk. Then there are others, a second group of people, who decide not to take a career job immediately after university. Instead, they decide to take time off, maybe see the world, and...and...well there is a third group, the people who can’t actually get the jobs they wait for a job they really want. So when I say 3040% find jobs through the careers service, that doesn’t mean that only that number find jobs. A lot of other people find jobs through the newspapers.
M：So it is quite high really, yes.
W：Oh, I think so, relatively, yes. And quite a lot of other people of course look in newspapers and the particular journals or magazines which advertise jobs in the fields they’re interested in.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard
23.What are the man and the woman talking about?
【解析】C 两个人讨论的是关于大学生毕业后找工作的问题，通过什么渠道找工作。Job hunting 即为找工作之意。
24.What is the percentage of college graduates getting jobs through university help?
【解析】B 女士介绍说大学里的介绍工作的服务机构可以帮助30%-40% 的毕业生找到工作。四个选项里只有三分之一在这个数字范围之内。
25.What do most college graduates in Britain do when they graduate?
【解析】A 大多数毕业生毕业之后是去找工作，他们通过学校的工作介绍机构，或者通过报纸、杂志等找工作。
2007年12月大学英语四级考试全真预测试题二
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