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2023年六月英语四级听力材料
英语四级一般指大学英语四级考试。大学英语四级考试（College English Test Band 4）是由中华人民共和国教育部主办，中华人民共和国教育部教育考试院（原教育部考试中心）主持和实施的大规模标准化考试，以下是小编整理的2023年六月英语四级听力材料，希望对大家有所帮助。
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, oneor more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation andthe questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Now let’s begin with the eight shortconversations.
1.
W: What are you doing in here, sir? Didnt you see the Private sign over there?
M: Im sorry. I didnt notice it when I came in. Im looking for the managers office.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
2.
W: Mike, whats the problem? Youve known for months the report is due today.
M: I know, but Im afraid I need another few days. The data is harder to interpret than I expected.
Q: What does the man mean?
3.
W: Excuse me, Tony. Has my parcel from New York arrived?
M: Unfortunately, its been delayed due to the bad weather.
Q: What is the woman waiting for?
4.
W: Pam said we wont have the psychology test until the end of next week.
M: Ellen, you should know better than to take Pams words for anything.
Q: What does the man imply about Pam?
5.
W: Tom, would you please watch my suitcase for a minute? I need to go make a quick phone call.
M: Yeah, sure. Take your time. Our train doesnt leave for another twenty minutes.
Q: What does the man mean?
6.
M: Frankly, Mary is not what I call easy-going.
W: I see. People in our neighborhood find it hard to believe shes my twin sister.
Q: What does the woman imply?
7.
M: How soon do you think this can be cleaned?
W: We have same day service, sir. You can pick up your suit after five oclock.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
8.
W: I really enjoy that piece you just played on the piano. I bet you get a lot of requests for it.
M: You said it. People just cant get enough of it.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: Good afternoon, Mr. Jones. I am Teresa Chen, and Ill be interviewing you. How are you today?
M: I am fine, thank you. And you, Miss Chen?
W: Good, Thanks. Can you tell me something about your experience in this kind of work?
M: Well, for several years, I managed a department for the Brownstone Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Now I work part time because I also go to school at night. Im getting a business degree.
W: Oh, how interesting. Tell me, why do you want to leave your present job?
M: Ill finish school in a few months, and Id like a full-time position with more responsibility.
W: And why would you like to work for our company?
M: Because I know your companys work and I like it.
W: Could you please tell me about your special skills and interests?
M: Of course, Im good at computers and I can speak Spanish. I used to take classes in Spanish at the local college. And I like traveling a lot.
W: Can you give me any references?
M: Yes, certainly. You can talk to Mr. McCaw, my boss, at the Brownstone Company. I could also give you the names and numbers of several of my teachers.
W: All right, Mr. Jones, and would you like to ask me any questions?
M: Yes, I wonder when Ill be informed about my application for the job.
W: Well, well let you know as soon as possible. Lets stay in touch. Thank you very much for coming this afternoon.
M: Thank you.
9. What does the man say about his working experience?
10. Why does the man want to leave his present job?
11. What is the man interested in?
12. What question did the man ask the woman?
Conversation Two
M: Lisa, Lisa! Over here, darling! Its wonderful to see you. Oh, Lisa, you look marvelous.
W: Oh, Paul, you look tired. Two months away in the capital? Paul, I think youve been working too hard.
M: Im fine. The city is very hot at this time of the year. Its good to get back to some fresh air.
You know, Lisa, what they say about pregnant women really is true.
W: Whats that Paul?
M: They say they look beautiful.
W: Well, I had a lot of tension while youve been studying hard on your course in D.C.
M: Oh?
W: Oh, don’t worry, all from a man over 50. Father has told all his business friends the good news about the baby. And the phone hasnt stopped ringing.
M: Oh, look, darling. Theres a taxi.
W: Paul, tell me about the special project you mentioned on the phone. You sounded very excited about it!
M: You know, Ive learned a lot from the project. Im surprised that were still in business.
W: Thats because we have a wonderful sales manager,you!
M: Thanks. But thats not the problem at all. Lisa, our little company, and it is little compared to the giants in the city.
Our little companys in danger. We are out of date. We need to expand. If we dont, we will be swallowed up by one of the giants.
13. What do we learn about Lisa?
14. What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
15. What does the man say about his company?
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Boththe passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),C), and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a singleline through the centre.
Passage One
Farmington, Utah, is a more pleasant community since a local girls 4-H club improved Main Street.
Six 4-H girls worked to clean a 72-foot curbside that was covered with weeds, rocks and trash.
Each member volunteered to clean up and to dig and plant five flats of flowers.
They also took turns watering, weeding and maintaining the plot.
Participation in this project helped the girls developed a new attitude towards their appearance of their own homes;
theyve learned how to work with tools, and improve their work habits.
One mother said that before her daughter was involved in this project, she would not even pull a weed.
The experience on Main Street stimulated self-improvement, and encouraged members to take pride in their home grounds and in the total community.
City officials cooperated with the 4-H members in planting trees, building cooking facilities, picnic tables, swings and public rest rooms.
The 4-H girls planted trees and took care of them during the early stages of growth.
The total park project will need more plantings in the following years.
Members of the 4-H club agreed to follow the project through to completion, because they receive satisfaction from the results of constructive work.
The project is a growing one and has spread from the park to the school and the shopping center.
Trees and flowers have all been planted in the shopping center, making the atmosphere pleasant.
16. What do we learn about Main Street in Farmington?
17. What do the 4-H club members do about the curbside?
18. What have the 4-H girls learned from the project?
19. Why do the 4-H girls agree to follow the park project through to completion?
Passage Two
According to a survey on reading conducted in 2001 by the U.S. National Education Association,
young Americans say reading is important, more important than computers and science.
Over 50% of the 12 to 18-year-olds interviewed said they enjoy reading a lot.
79% find it stimulating and interesting. And 87% think it is relaxing.
About 68% of those surveyed disagree with the opinion that reading is boring or old-fashioned.
Over half the teenagers interviewed said they read more than ten books a year.
The results also showed that middle school students read more books than high schoolers.
Over 66% of teens like to read fiction, such as novels and stories.
Only 26% were interested in non-fiction, such as history books.
64% of students listed reading stories about people my own age as their favorite topic.
Mysteries and detective stories came second on the list at 53%.
Just under 50% said they were interested in reading about their own culture and tradition.
Of the teenagers who participated in the survey, 49% said that libraries are where they get most of their books.
However, many complain that their school libraries do not have enough up-to-date interesting books and magazines.
Even though many teenagers in the U.S. enjoy reading, they still have other interests.
When asked which activity would be the most difficult to give up for a week, 48% said listening to music.
TV would be difficult to give up for 25% of those surveyed.
20. What does the survey on teenager reading show?
21. What books are most popular among teenagers according to the survey?
22. What activity do teenagers find the most difficult to give up for a week?
Passage Three
Thank you for coming, everyone.
Todays presentation will show how we see the development of the motor car in the short to medium term, and that is why we have invited all of you here today.
Lets start with power. Its clear that petrol-driven engines have no future.
Already there are many alternative fuel vehicles on the market, powered by anything from solar power to natural gas.
Some independent thinkers have even produced cars that run on vegetable oil.
But as we all know, of all these alternative fuel vehicles, the most practical are electric vehicles.
Sure, in the past electric vehicles have their problems, namely, a limited driving range and very few recharging points, which limited their use.
Now, however, recent developments in electric vehicle technology mean they can match conventional petrol engines in terms of performance and safety.
Lets not forget that electric vehicles are cleaner.
Plus, importantly, the power source is rechargeable, so this does not involve using any valuable resources.
Moving on to communications, very soon, cars will be linked to GPS satellites, so theyll do all the driving for you.
What controls remain for the users will be audio-based, so, for example, youll just have to say a bit warmer, and the air conditioning will adjust automatically.
Youll also be able to receive e-mail, music and movies, all via an internet link.
So just type in the destination you want, sit back, sleep, watch a movie, whatever.
23. What is the presentation mainly about?
24. What used to restrict the use of electric vehicles?
25. What does the speaker say about electric vehicles of today?
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will heara 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 secondtime, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.
Now listen to the passage.
My favorite T.V. show? The Twilight Zone. I especially like the episode called The Printers Devil.
Its about a newspaper editor whos being driven out of business by a big newspaper syndicate you know, a group of papers owned by the same people.
He is about to commit suicide when he is interrupted by an old man who says his name is Smith.
The editor is not only offered $5,000 to pay off his newspapers debts, but this Smith character also offers his services for free.
It turns out that the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he is turning out newspapers with shocking headlines.
The small paper is successful again.
The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories only minutes after they happen, but soon hes presented with a contract to sign.
Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil!
The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign.
But soon Smith is reporting the news even before it happens, and its all terrible, one disaster after another.
Anyway, there is a little more to tell, but I dont want to ruin the story for you.
I really like these old episodes of The Twilight Zone because the stories are fascinating.
They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they deal with human nature.
英语四级听力材料
The Brazilian government says it invested billions of dollars to prepare for the2014World Cup. The money has been spent on infrastructure like roads and stadiums for World Cup events. It also has paid for security and social projects. The government says these investments will result in long-term gains for Brazil, but independent experts say effects of the spending are mixed.
Urban planners say the $11 billion spent on stadiums and infrastructure has created jobs for poor Brazilians, but they say this development has a price. The public works have driven up the cost of housing. This, say some experts, has push poor people further awayfromjobs and public services.
Brazil stars mourn unhappyending
Some people are questioning the value of Police Pacification Units, called the UPP in Portuguese. Officials have sent the special police forces to drive out drug traffickers and other criminals. But the results have been mixed, says Chris Gaffney. He teaches at Fluminense University in Rio de Janeiro.
Professor Gaffney says the drug traffickers just move their operations to other favelas. But he adds that the UPP have brought some order to once lawless neighborhoods.
"These places were closed in many respects to the formal market. But the UPP goes in [to the favela] and it removes the barrier of the drug traffickers and allows all kinds of market forces to flow through it," explained Gaffney.
He says these forces have opened some areas to tourism or state-support projects or businesses. The organizing body of the World Cup, FIFA, also invested in social programs.
Lisa Delpy Neirotti is with Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She says the investments have led to programsfor educating young people about the environment, the disease AIDS, or the importance of staying in school. She says FIFA pressure the Brazilian government to accept some pro-environmental measures like treating and reusing waster at stadiums.
FIFA also wanted the structures built for the World Cup to meet the guidelines of LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The U.S. Green Building Council set up the LEED Certification Program to recognize best in class building policies.
Brazils government says the World Cup will add billions of dollars to the economy, but many Brazilians believe the money will go to only a few people.
Critics note some cities in Europe have rejected proposals to hold huge sporting events. They say a new models is needed ifnations organizing such activities are to avoid protests like those earlier in Brazil.
六月英语四级听力材料
Passage One
Children in the United States are exposed to many influences other than that of their families. Television is the most significant of these influences, because the habit of watching television usually begins before children start attending school. And, by the time that the average child finishes high school, he or she will have spent 18,000 hours in front of a television set as opposed to 12,000 hours in a classroom.
Parents are concerned about these figures. They are also concerned about the lack of quality in television progmp3s for children. The degree of violence in many of these shows also worries them.
Even if it is unreal — a cartoon cat beating up a cartoon mouse with a baseball bat — this violence may have a negative effect on the young minds exposed to it. Studies indicate that, when children are exposed to violence, they maybecome aggressive or insecure.
Parents are also concerned aboutthe commercials that their children see on television. Many parents would like to seefewer commercials during progmp3s for children. And some parents feel that these shows should nothave commercials at all because young minds are not mature enough to deal with the claims made by advertisers.
Educational television hasno commercials and has progmp3s for children that many parents approve of. The most famous of these is “Sesame Street”, which tries to give preschool children a head start in learning the alphabet and numbers. It also tries to teach children useful things about the world in which they live.
Even though most parentsand educators give “Sesame Street” and shows like it high marks for quality, some critics argue that all television,whether educational or not, is hamp3ful to children. These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television a day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them tobecome active explorers of it.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the main idea of the passage?
【解析】选[C]。在听录音之前，预览四个选项可知本文与电视带来的负面影响有关。至于是对哪一方面的负面影响，既要根据主题句区分，还需要根据文章内容进行辨别。
27. According to the passage, what do you think “Sesame Street” is?
【解析】选[B]。预读选项可知此题询问的是电视节目的类型。The most famous of these is “Sesame Street”...为答案的依据，其中的these指的就是educational progmp3s.
28. What will be the consequence if a child fomp3s a habit of watching hours of television every day?
【解析】选[A]。预读选项可知此题询问的是They将会发生什么行为或变成怎样的状态，需要留意对动作和状态的描述。答案依据为：These critics feel that the habit of watching hours of television day turns children into bored and passive consumers of their world rather than encouraging them tobecome active explorers of it. 选项[A]中bored ≈ 原文中的dull，passive ≈ inactive。
Passage Two
Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has changed very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do other violent attacks. Murder, in addition, is more than seasonal; it is a weekendcrime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murdersare committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. One is most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. Except for one strange statistic, May is the least criminal month of all.
Apparently our intellectual season cyclesare completely differentfromour criminal patterns. Professor Huntington made a lot of studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attendscientific meetings, and make the highest scores on examinations. In all examples, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington’s studies showed that June is the peak month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospital. June is also a peak month for marriages!
Possibly, high temperature and humidity bring on our strange and surprising summer actions, but police officers are not so sure. “There are, of course, no proof of a relation between humidity and murder”, they say. “Why murder’s high timeshould come in the summer time we really don’t know”.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is the passage mainly about?
【解析】选[D]。根据选项的概括性强、信息密集可知，本题考查短文主旨。文章开头的Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns为短文主题句，故[D]为答案。
30. Which is the safest season?
【解析】选[B]。文章明确提到May is the least criminal month of all，表明五月是犯罪率最低的月份，也就是说五月最安全，故选项[B]正确。
31. What did Professor Huntington’s research show?
【解析】选[C]。推断题。文章讲到，Professor Huntington调查人们读严肃小说、出席科技会议和考试得高分的季节，所有数据表明在春季和秋季是高峰，而夏季却是低峰，排除[B]、[D];另外短文中听到June出现最多的地方提到了两个peak, 他们分别是自杀和医院接收精神病患者数目最高峰以及结婚的高峰，由此可以排除[A]项，得出答案[C]。