2010年6月大学英语四级考试真题与答案（A卷）_第3页

Section B
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
26.  A) District managers.
　　B) Regular customers.
　　C) Sales directors.
　　D) Senior clerks.
27.  A) The support provided by the regular clients.
　　B) The initiative shown by the sales representatives.
　　C) The urgency of implementing the company's plans.
　　D) The important part played by district managers.
28.  A) Some of them were political-minded.
　　B) Fifty percent of them were female.
　　C) One third of them were senior managers.
　　D) Most of them were rather conservative.
29.  A) He used too many quotations.
　　B) He was not gender sensitive.
　　C) He did not keep to the point.
　　D) He spent too much time on details.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30.  A) State your problem to the head waiter.
　　B) Demand a discount on the dishes ordered.
　　C) Ask to see the manager politely but firmly.
　　D) Ask the name of the person waiting on you.
31.  A) You problem may not be understood correctly.
　　B) You don't know if you are complaining at the right time.
　　C) Your complaint may not reach the person in charge.
　　D) You can't tell how the person on the line is reacting.
32.  A) Demand a prompt response.
　　B) Provide all the details.
　　C) Send it by express mail.
　　D) Stick to the point.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33.  A) Fashion designer
　　B) Architect.
　　C) City planner.
　　D) Engineer.
　34. A) Do some volunteer work.
　　 B) Get a well-paid part-time job.
　　 C) Work flexible hours.
　　 D) Go back to her previous post.
　35.A) Few baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy.
　　B) It will add to the family's financial burden.
　　C) A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.
　　D) The children won't get along with a baby-sitter.
　Section C
　　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 from 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 words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more (36)______, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and (37) ______ things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and (38) ______ than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very (39) ______ and very lucky, for the rest of his life. Already, by paying close attention to and (40) ______ with the world and people around him, and without any school-type (41) ______ instruction, he has done a task far more difficult, complicated and (42)______ than anything he will be asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers has done for years. He has solved the (43) ______ of language. He has discovered it – babies don't even know that language exists – and (44) ________________________________________________. He has done it by exploring, by experimenting, by developing his own model of the grammar of language, (45) ________________________________________________ until it does work. And while he has been doing this, he has been learning other things as well, (46) ________________________________________________, and many that are more complicated than the ones they do try to teach him.