2014年6月大学英语四级冲刺试题及答案(第一套)_第4页

　　Directions; In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own word. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　When you first arrive in a western country, you'll probably find that constantly ringing telephones nearly (36) _________ you crazy. But you'll get used to it after a while, and you'll probably come to (37 ) _________ on phones almost as much as Westerners do. Phones provide a simple and efficient (38) _________ to conduct work, handle social arrangements and (39) _________ from day to day.

　　Several times in the (40) of a workday you may (41) ____________ by phone with colleagues. friends and others on all kinds of matters. If you want an (42)________ with a doctor, for instance, you would normally call him and arrange a time either with him or through his secretary. If you were ( 43 ) ____________ to keep your arrangement you would phone and change plans.(44) __________________________________________________.

　　In big cities you never just show up at someone's house without calling first. (45) ___________________________________________________________________. And in daily life, your phone saves time and money. If you want to go to a film, you might call to see what's playing, ask the time schedule and check the prices; if you want to take a train, bus or plane, (46) _________________________________________________, and to make a reservation; if you want to shop for clothes after work, you might call to ask how late the store is open before you travel all the way downtown.