英语四级听力全真模拟试题
15. W: I was surprised to see you and your family at the Shopping Mall yesterday.
M: Our junior school closed down because flu broke out.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选[C]。close down意为“关闭，歇业”。closed down ≈ stopped working。break out意为“爆发，突然发生”。
16. W: I hope you like the novel I lent you. I wasn’t sure whether it was the kind of book you would be interested in.
M: You know, I had the same doubt at first. But once I started I simply couldn’t put it down.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】选[A]。I couldn’t put it down是常用的口语表达方式，意思是“爱不释手”，用于表示非常喜欢某本书、某个游戏等。
17. W: I appreciate your professional opinion. Do you think I should invest in the project?
M: Under no circumstance should you do that.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】选[B]。男士所说的under no circumstance指“决不”，等于完全不赞同，标明女士在本对话中所说要做的一切都不应做，故选[B]。
18. M: Dan’s talking about getting a cat from one of his relatives.
W: Yeah. I hear his apartment building is about to lift the ban on pets.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解析】选[C]。本题关键在于理解女士的答语，其中be about to指“将要”，lift the ban on意思是“取消禁令”，也就是说Dan所居住的公寓马上就要取消养宠物的禁令了，[C]是其同义转述。
Conversation One
M: Hi, Sally. Welcome back. How was the West Coast?
W: Terrific. I had a wonderful time. It was really nice to get away from the city for a while.
M: What did you think of LA?
W: It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. It’s very clean and spacious, and it’s got lots of trees. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and, of course, they don’t have a subway, so it’s a little difficult to get around. We had to rent a car.
M: And what did you see?
W: Oh, the usual things. We took a drive around Hollywood and looked at the stars homes, and then we went to Universal Studios and Disneyland.
M: How did you like Disneyland?
W: It was great! We really enjoyed it. We took all the rides, some of them twice, and had lots of fun. I felt just like a kid again.
M: Was the weather good?
W: Oh, yeah. It was nice and warm in LA and cool but comfortable in San Francisco.
M: Cool in San Francisco? That’s surprising.
W: Yeah, it surprised us a bit, too. We didn’t take any sweaters or anything. But they say it’s always like that in August. Anyway, I just loved it.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What are the two speakers doing?
【解析】选[C]。听对话，注意开头部分，由开头的问句How was the West Coast?可知他们在谈论西海岸的旅行。
20. What is the problem of LA?
【解析】选[C]。听音时注意和城市问题相关的信息The problem is transportation。听问题，问LA城市存在的问题，[C]为细节再现。
21. Which did the woman not visit?
【解析】选[D]。听音时地点名词处及时做笔记：Hollywood，Disneyland，San Francisco。听问题，问女士没有参观的地点。只有New Orleans在文中没有提到。
Conversation Two
M: So you’re going to be writing for the school newspaper?
W: Yes, I’m excited about it. I’m thinking about journalism as a career.
M: Oh! Congratulations! How do they decide whom to hire?
W: I have to send the writing sample. I used one of the essays I’ve written for the literature class, then the editor assigned me a topic to write a short article about it.
M: What did you write about?
W: Actually, it was a lot of fun. I wrote about the students play that has been performing this month.
M: Oh, I saw that play. The director is a friend of mine. It really called in a stir around here.
W: Yeah, I know. That’s what I wrote about— People’s reaction to it. It’s really interesting.
M: Have you finished the article? Can I read it?
W: Sure. I just made a couple of copies. So you can have one.
M: Thanks. I wish I were a better writer. Working for the paper sounds like lots of fun.
W: Well, they’re looking to add one or two photographers to the staff.
M: You’re kidding! Maybe I’ll go over and apply.
W: If you want we could walk over to the newspaper office and I’ll introduce you to the photography editor and some of the other photographers.