英语听力测试4
英语听力测试4
Zero02听力题1
A)Changing major.
B)His family situation.
C)Revising his graduation thesis.
D)His passion for Art History.
A)He doesn’t think it legitimate to depend on his father.
B)He thinks his financial situation has now changed.
C)He doesn’t think it will provide him with a living.
D)He thinks it nourishes the financially secure only.
A)Try his best to socialize and build a network in the art industry.
B)Seek financially viable employment opportunities after graduation.
C)Investigate all possible ways to become a celebrity in the artworld.
D)Strike a balance between intellectual pursuits and financial security.
A)Time.
B)Money.
C)Determination.
D)Optimism.
major 主业
legitimate 合理的
viable 可行的
strike 达成
原文
W: Hi, Allen. Sorry for not calling you back sooner. You said on the phone you had something you needed to discuss with me.
M: Well, to get right down to it, I’m having second thoughts about my major. With my family situation getting more complicated and the end of my university education nearing, persisting with art history just doesn’t seem the right choice.
W: Allen, in the last three years, I have heard nothing but how passionate you are about the art history program. You often told fellow classmates how fabulous the instructors were and that you finally felt accepted. What would cause you to abandon it?
M: My father’s current financial situation has helped me realize that a more financially viable employment opportunity is not necessarily a bad thing. Art history nourishes my soul, but does nothing to put food on my plate.
W: What about all the work opportunities I discussed with you last month? Have you gone to those places of business to investigate whether any legitimate positions might be available for someone with your background?
M: Well, look, Allen. If your heart is set on working in the art industry, you need to be more assertive and start talking with people. Networking is key. If you want to become a celebrity in the world of museums and galleries.
M: Time is a very precious commodity. right now, my social life does not exist. I can barely keep up with my studies, and my thesis is due by the end of this year. When can I find time to research jobs when I have so much to do as it is?
W: What you do now will determine your future options. Now is the optimum time to put forth your best effort.
M: I will take what you said into consideration. The advice is much appreciated.
to get right down to it 直截了当的说吧
legitimate 合理的
fabulous -> terrific fantastic great magnificent excellent wonderful splendid remarkable
precious commodity 珍贵的商品
assertive 果断
题目
- What did the man want to discuss with the woman? （男士想和女士讨论什么？）
- Why does the man want to give up art history?（男士为什么想放弃艺术史专业？）
- What does the woman advise the man to do? （女士建议男士做什么？）
- What does the man say he really lacks right now?（男士说他现在真正缺少的是什么？ ）
听力题2
A. Their decision on investigating beef consumption.
B. Their original ideas about the domestic market.
C. Their different approaches to a case study.
D. Their end-of-semester business projects.
A. Expanding farmland out west.
B. Importing most of the beef.
C. Raising cattle domestically.
D. Continuing to boost economic growth.
A. Technical equipment
B. Business consultancy.
C. Beef.
D. Car washing.
A. Car owners of all walk of life.
B. High-end customers in big cities.
C. Consumers craving for professional service.
D. Well-off dealers seeking a profitable markup.
case 案例
high-end 高端
craving 渴望
dealer 经销商
profitable 有利可图
markup 回报，利润
原文
A: Have you decided yet what your end - of - semester business project will be on?
B: Yes. How about you?
A: Yes. Go on, you go first.
B: I’m going to do it about beef. I’m going to design a business case study for a cow farm that supplies beef for the domestic market.
A: Well, that sounds very interesting and original. Wherever did you get that idea?
B: I don’t know. It just came to me, I guess. But think about it. Beef consumption has been rising strongly over the past twenty years. As the economy continues to grow, consumer demand is expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future, and currently most of the beef is imported, which brings with it added fees. So why not raise cattle here?
A: Of course. That makes perfect sense. There’s plenty of land out west. So if done right, it should be very profitable to raise our own cattle.
B: Exactly. Seriously, that sounds like a great idea. You should genuinely look into it once we get our degrees.
A: Thanks. So your turn now. What are you doing your case study on?
B: I was thinking about a car wash. But it now seems like such a boring notion after hearing your brilliant idea.
A: That’s cool. I could see that working after all. There’s plenty of cars about, and those aren’t going away anytime soon. While many people don’t care how their car looks, many other people do. You’ve got yourself a vast and continual market.
B: Right, So the idea is a large self - cleaning car wash. But I mean really big and well - outfitted, like they have in America. I was thinking of having it cater to high - end consumers in large cities. It could charge a profitable markup by offering just a bit more technical equipment and professional service than competitors.
foreseeable 可预见的
cater to 迎合
题目
Question 5: What are the speakers mainly talking about in the conversation?
Question 6: What does the man say makes perfect sense?
Question 7: What business does the woman say has a vast and continual market?
Question 8: Who would the man’s imagined business cater to?
听力题3
A. Parents’ talking with them during TV time raises their curiosity levels.
B. Their daily television exposure cuts parent-child conversation time.
C. The more TV they watch the poorer their progress in development.
D. Their socioeconomic levels impact their academic achievement.
A. Kids’ enhanced learning.
C. Kids’ reading and math.
B. Kids’ curiosity levels.
D. Kids’ behavioral development.
A. It can hinder kids from getting on with their peers.
B. It can cut into kids’ time on exploratory activities.
C. It can arouse kids’ interest in how people interact in real life.
D. It can widen the gap between kids from different economic statuses.
原文
Increased television time for young children has long been linked with poorer progress in some areas of development. One possible way to counter those negative effects is talking while watching the screen, as a new study suggests. The more parents engaged in conversation with preschoolers during TV time, the more likely those children were to have higher curiosity levels when they reached kindergarten. This was particularly true for children with socioeconomic disadvantages. “Our findings reinforce the importance of parent conversation to promote early childhood development in curiosity,” said lead author Proachi Shaw at University of Michigan Health Cs mont Children’s Hospital. Researchers assessed hours of daily television exposure and frequency of parent screen-time conversation among one thousand five hundred preschoolers, and then measured early childhood curiosity in kindergarten. The study specifically focused on curiosity levels, which are associated with enhanced learning and higher academic achievement in reading and math at kindergarten, and behavioral developmental benefits, especially for children from families with lower socioeconomic status. While many young children are now growing up with digital media exposure through mobile devices like tablets and phones, television remains a dominant screen activity, accounting for seventy-two percent of all screen time. TVs are in ninety-eight percent of all homes. Keeping television exposure irrelevant, developmental context in young children, excessive media exposure, including television, can displace exploratory activities, such as play and parent-child interactions, which are believed to be key to cultivating curiosity in kids. “Our findings suggest the importance of parents finding opportunities to foster conversational exchanges in daily routines with their young children, including while watching television,” Shaw said.
题目
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 9: What do we learn from a new study about young children?
Question 10: What did Proachi Shaw’s study specifically focus on?
Question 11: What does the passage say about excessive media exposure?
译文
长期以来，幼儿看电视时间的增加与某些发展领域的进步较差有关。一项新的研究表明，对抗这些负面影响的一种可能方法是边看屏幕边说话。在看电视时间，父母与学龄前儿童交谈的次数越多，这些孩子进入幼儿园时就越有可能有更高的好奇心水平。对于社会经济处于不利地位的儿童来说尤其如此。密歇根大学健康中心蒙特儿童医院的主要作者Proachi Shaw说：“我们的发现强化了父母对话对促进好奇心早期儿童发展的重要性。”研究人员评估了1500名学龄前儿童每天看电视的时间和父母屏幕时间对话的频率，然后测量了幼儿园幼儿的好奇心。这项研究特别关注好奇心水平，这与提高学习能力和幼儿园阅读和数学成绩有关，以及行为发展益处，尤其是对社会经济地位较低的家庭的孩子。尽管许多幼儿现在通过平板电脑和手机等移动设备接触数字媒体，但电视仍然是主要的屏幕活动，占所有屏幕时间的72%。电视在98%的家庭中。保持电视接触无关，幼儿的发展背景，过度的媒体接触，包括电视，可能会取代探索活动，如游戏和亲子互动，这被认为是培养孩子好奇心的关键。肖说：“我们的发现表明，父母在日常生活中寻找机会与幼儿进行对话交流的重要性，包括在看电视时。”
