2009年12月英语四级考试预测试题及答案(2)

　　21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?

　　【解析】[B]女士说We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory。女士建议雇用一些工程师帮助实现工厂的现代化。所以正确答案应是 B项：A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory。

　　22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?

　　【解析】[C] 从女士的话it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors 中可看出，仅仅在报纸上做广告是不够的了。

　　Conversation Two

　　W:Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue for quite a while.Is there anything I can do to help you?

　　M:Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling.There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know where to begin。

　　W:Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it down to something like...uh...the history of the studios during that time?

　　M:You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more that 30 books came up when I typed in “movie studios。”

　　W:You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want.Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age。”

　　M:“Golden Age” is a good idea.Let me type that in ...Hey, look, just 6 books this time.That’s a lot better。

　　W:Oh...another thing you might consider...have you tried looking for any magazine or newspaper articles?

　　M: No, I’ve only been searching for books。

　　W:Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there.You might go through their indexes to see if there’s anything you want。

　　M:Okay, I think I’ll get started with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines。

　　W:If you need any help, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk。

　　M: Great, thanks a lot。

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard。

　　23.What is the man doing?

　　【解析】[A] 男士准备写一篇关于20世纪三、四十年代好莱坞电影的论文，他现在正在检索所需要的参考书，所以答案是“他在搜寻参考材料”。

　　24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on?

　　【解析】[A] 此题关键在于听出女士，即这位图书馆员说：Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it 她认为这位男士的题目太大，因此答案应为It’s too broad to cope with。

　　25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?【解析】[D] 本题在听力原文中可直接找出答案。女图书馆员说Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature。因此男士可以在Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature找到相关的杂志文章。