2023年12月英語四級考試的聽力答案
Section A短對話
11. A) The man should visit the museums. B) She cant stand the hot weather.
C) The beach resort is a good choice. D) She enjoys staying in Washington.
答案：D
解析：Woman最后說到Ill be happy here no matter what the temperature. 這表明了她待在這里很愉快，很享受待在華盛頓，故選D。
12. A) Her new responsibilities in the company.
B) What her job prospects are.
C) What the customers feedback is.
D) The directors opinion of her work.
答案：D
解析：Woman說到but I wish the director would give me some feedback. 這表明了她希望得到director的意見，故選D。
13. A) Combine her training with dieting.
B) Repeat the training every three days.
C) Avoid excessive physical training.
D) Include weightlifting in the program.
答案：C
解析：Man以自己上次因運動過量而受傷為例，建議女士應該量力而行，避免過量運動，故選C。
14. A) When she will return home. B) Whether she can go by herself.
C) Whether she can travel by air. D) Whether she will completely recover.
答案：C
解析：Man開頭就說到Im worried about her going on a plane. 從中可知，他擔心的是年老的母親能不能乘飛機，故選C。
15. A) The woman knows how to deal with the police.
B) The woman had been fined many times before.
C) The woman had violated traffic regulations.
D) The woman is good at finding excuses.
答案：C
解析：警察開頭問到 Why didnt you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? 通過這句話就可以知道女士沒有遵守交通規則，故選C。
16. A) Switch off the refrigerator for a while.
B) Have someone repair the refrigerator.
C) Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.
D) Buy a refrigerator of better quality.
答案：B
解析：Man說到 Maybe you should have it fixed，女士回答到Youre right.
這說明女士也同意男士的看法，但并未提到讓這個男士來修，故選B。
17. A) He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.
B) He has got enough money to buy a house.
C) He can finally do what he has dreamed of.
D) He is moving into a bigger apartment.
答案：C
解析：Man第二句話說到Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land Ive had my eye on and build a house on it. 表明他能實現買地建房的理想了，故選C。
18. A) She is black and blue all over.
B) She has to go to see a doctor.
C) She stayed away from work for a few days.
D) She got hurt in an accident yesterday.
答案：D
解析：Woman說的第一句話是My hands still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.從中可知這位女士昨天在冰上滑倒受傷了，但是男士認為傷勢并不嚴重，只建議她休養幾天就可以了，不必去看醫生。C是較強的干擾項，應該是女士現在需要休息而不是過去已經休息了幾天，故選D。
Section A長對話
19. What do we learn about the woman?
【答案】D She was a witness to the crime.
【解析】文中男士需要女士描述一下搶劫銀行的人。選項中B提到了robbery，但是對話中沒有說明女士是受害者;D選項提到了她目擊了某個犯罪經過，robbery顯然是crime的一種。
20. What did the suspect look like?
【答案】A A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.
【解析】原文中提到The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.，對應選項A。
21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do?
【答案】A Identify the suspect from pictures.
【解析】對話結尾處，男士要求女士look at some photographs，很顯然，他的目的是讓女士通過照片來辨別嫌疑人。因此選擇A。
22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?
【答案】A By reading a newspaper ad.
【解析】 job vacancy指空缺的職位。在對話一開始，女士就說到她的目的：Im calling about the job that was in the paper last night.從這句話中可以看出她得知職位信息的來源是the paper last night，對應A選項。
23. Why did the woman find the job appealing?
【答案】B She could work close to her family.
【解析】本題關鍵詞是appealing，意為引起興趣的。女士提到她喜歡這份工作的原因是be near to the family.，close是near的同義替換詞，因此選擇B選項。
24. What had the woman been doing in Geneva?
【答案】C Working as a secretary.
【解析】女士提到她在日內瓦做了一些secretarial work，也就是選項C中的secretary。雖然她也提到之前在大學學習，但是她取得的學位是a degree in English，而非選項D中的a degree in French.
25. What was the woman asked to do in the end?
【答案】C Send in a written application as soon as possible.
【解析】對話中女士希望得到面試機會，但是男士要求先要遞交書面申請，并不是所有人都能得到面試機會，因此選擇答案C。
Section B第2、3篇
26 Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters?
【解析】D) They mistake the firefighters for monsters.
細節題，從開始when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster一句中便可得出因為不熟悉消防人員戴面具的形象，孩子們以為來救援的消防人員是怪獸，所以躲起來。所以選D。其他選項文中都沒有涉及到。
27 What does the passage tell us about fire fighter Eric Velez?
【解析】B) He often teaches children what to do during a fire.
本篇文章大篇幅講的是Eric Velez給社區里的孩子講解消防知識，讓他們熟悉消防人員及消防工具的過程。選項A，put out fire雖然是Eric Velez的工作，但是本文重點不是在其消防員救活這個工作上，C、D選項很容易就可以排除。所以選B。
28 What do we learn about Pete Gentry?
【解析】A) He saved the life of his brother choking on food.
細節題，從Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food一句便可得出答案，文章中關于Pete Gentry的主要信息就是他救了噎著食物的弟弟。所以選A。做題時一定要把人名及其所做的事準確對應起來。
29 What message is the speaker trying to convey?
【解析】D) Informative speeches can save lives.
主旨題，本文舉了一個大例子，一下小例子來證明教育性的演說有救人性命的好處。雖然在文章最后也列舉了下其他好處，但是主旨還是拯救生命。所以選D。其他幾個選項都主要講細節處，很容易就可以排除。
英語綠寶書之2010年12月大學英語四級考試
聽力答案及解析
聽力文章分析：
本篇聽力講述的是截然不同的兩種生活態度，一種是make and save a lot of money in order to retire early，另一種則是live only for today，作者在陳述兩種不同態度之后，針對兩種態度給出了自己的看法its better to pick the spend-all approach。本篇聽力不是太難，沒有較難的詞匯，雖然有幾個需要注意的句式，如：At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving 等，但是通過上下文也是不難理解的，而且結構也比較清楚，基本上可以分為三部分：兩種不同的態度和作者的觀點，所考察的三道題也上針對了這三個主要的點。由此可見，聽聽力的時候依然首先要從全文來把握，把握文章的要點，在把握要點的基礎上，有重點的去聽一些細節，如與要點相關的原因和后果，以及作者本人對這些事情的看法，遇到與此相關的信號詞或者關鍵詞時就一定要注意重點記憶。
答案及解析：
30 C) To make money for early retirement.
本題考察原因，問為什么人們喜歡比較苛求但收入較高的工作，其實聽力一開始就用in order to 給出了原因，即：retire early，所以選C項。
31 A) They may have to continue to work in old age.
本題考察后果，問只為當下而活的人面臨著什么危險，從The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older.中可以看出A是正確選項，及在年老時有可能不得不繼續工作。
32 B) Enjoying yourself while you can.
本課考察文章作者的態度，從 Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.中可以看出，作者認為想等到退休后再做自己想做的事情以及和自己喜歡的人在一起可能是一種錯誤，所以選B，即趁著自己還可以的時候要懂得享受生活。
Section A短對話
11. A) The man should visit the museums. B) She cant stand the hot weather.
C) The beach resort is a good choice. D) She enjoys staying in Washington.
答案：D
解析：Woman最后說到Ill be happy here no matter what the temperature. 這表明了她待在這里很愉快，很享受待在華盛頓，故選D。
12. A) Her new responsibilities in the company.
B) What her job prospects are.
C) What the customers feedback is.
D) The directors opinion of her work.
答案：D
解析：Woman說到but I wish the director would give me some feedback. 這表明了她希望得到director的意見，故選D。
13. A) Combine her training with dieting.
B) Repeat the training every three days.
C) Avoid excessive physical training.
D) Include weightlifting in the program.
答案：C
解析：Man以自己上次因運動過量而受傷為例，建議女士應該量力而行，避免過量運動，故選C。
14. A) When she will return home. B) Whether she can go by herself.
C) Whether she can travel by air. D) Whether she will completely recover.
答案：C
解析：Man開頭就說到Im worried about her going on a plane. 從中可知，他擔心的是年老的母親能不能乘飛機，故選C。
15. A) The woman knows how to deal with the police.
B) The woman had been fined many times before.
C) The woman had violated traffic regulations.
D) The woman is good at finding excuses.
答案：C
解析：警察開頭問到 Why didnt you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? 通過這句話就可以知道女士沒有遵守交通規則，故選C。
16. A) Switch off the refrigerator for a while.
B) Have someone repair the refrigerator.
C) Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.
D) Buy a refrigerator of better quality.
答案：B
解析：Man說到 Maybe you should have it fixed，女士回答到Youre right.
這說明女士也同意男士的看法，但并未提到讓這個男士來修，故選B。
17. A) He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.
B) He has got enough money to buy a house.
C) He can finally do what he has dreamed of.
D) He is moving into a bigger apartment.
答案：C
解析：Man第二句話說到Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land Ive had my eye on and build a house on it. 表明他能實現買地建房的理想了，故選C。
18. A) She is black and blue all over.
B) She has to go to see a doctor.
C) She stayed away from work for a few days.
D) She got hurt in an accident yesterday.
答案：D
解析：Woman說的第一句話是My hands still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.從中可知這位女士昨天在冰上滑倒受傷了，但是男士認為傷勢并不嚴重，只建議她休養幾天就可以了，不必去看醫生。C是較強的干擾項，應該是女士現在需要休息而不是過去已經休息了幾天，故選D。
Section A長對話
19. What do we learn about the woman?
【答案】D She was a witness to the crime.
【解析】文中男士需要女士描述一下搶劫銀行的人。選項中B提到了robbery，但是對話中沒有說明女士是受害者;D選項提到了她目擊了某個犯罪經過，robbery顯然是crime的一種。
20. What did the suspect look like?
【答案】A A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.
【解析】原文中提到The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.，對應選項A。
21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do?
【答案】A Identify the suspect from pictures.
【解析】對話結尾處，男士要求女士look at some photographs，很顯然，他的目的是讓女士通過照片來辨別嫌疑人。因此選擇A。
22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?
【答案】A By reading a newspaper ad.
【解析】 job vacancy指空缺的職位。在對話一開始，女士就說到她的目的：Im calling about the job that was in the paper last night.從這句話中可以看出她得知職位信息的來源是the paper last night，對應A選項。
23. Why did the woman find the job appealing?
【答案】B She could work close to her family.
【解析】本題關鍵詞是appealing，意為引起興趣的。女士提到她喜歡這份工作的原因是be near to the family.，close是near的同義替換詞，因此選擇B選項。
24. What had the woman been doing in Geneva?
【答案】C Working as a secretary.
【解析】女士提到她在日內瓦做了一些secretarial work，也就是選項C中的secretary。雖然她也提到之前在大學學習，但是她取得的學位是a degree in English，而非選項D中的a degree in French.
25. What was the woman asked to do in the end?
【答案】C Send in a written application as soon as possible.
【解析】對話中女士希望得到面試機會，但是男士要求先要遞交書面申請，并不是所有人都能得到面試機會，因此選擇答案C。
Section B第2、3篇
26 Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters?
【解析】D) They mistake the firefighters for monsters.
細節題，從開始when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster一句中便可得出因為不熟悉消防人員戴面具的形象，孩子們以為來救援的消防人員是怪獸，所以躲起來。所以選D。其他選項文中都沒有涉及到。
27 What does the passage tell us about fire fighter Eric Velez?
【解析】B) He often teaches children what to do during a fire.
本篇文章大篇幅講的是Eric Velez給社區里的孩子講解消防知識，讓他們熟悉消防人員及消防工具的過程。選項A，put out fire雖然是Eric Velez的工作，但是本文重點不是在其消防員救活這個工作上，C、D選項很容易就可以排除。所以選B。
28 What do we learn about Pete Gentry?
【解析】A) He saved the life of his brother choking on food.
細節題，從Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food一句便可得出答案，文章中關于Pete Gentry的主要信息就是他救了噎著食物的弟弟。所以選A。做題時一定要把人名及其所做的事準確對應起來。
29 What message is the speaker trying to convey?
【解析】D) Informative speeches can save lives.
主旨題，本文舉了一個大例子，一下小例子來證明教育性的演說有救人性命的好處。雖然在文章最后也列舉了下其他好處，但是主旨還是拯救生命。所以選D。其他幾個選項都主要講細節處，很容易就可以排除。
英語綠寶書之2010年12月大學英語四級考試
聽力答案及解析
聽力文章分析：
本篇聽力講述的是截然不同的兩種生活態度，一種是make and save a lot of money in order to retire early，另一種則是live only for today，作者在陳述兩種不同態度之后，針對兩種態度給出了自己的看法its better to pick the spend-all approach。本篇聽力不是太難，沒有較難的詞匯，雖然有幾個需要注意的句式，如：At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving 等，但是通過上下文也是不難理解的，而且結構也比較清楚，基本上可以分為三部分：兩種不同的態度和作者的觀點，所考察的三道題也上針對了這三個主要的點。由此可見，聽聽力的時候依然首先要從全文來把握，把握文章的要點，在把握要點的基礎上，有重點的去聽一些細節，如與要點相關的原因和后果，以及作者本人對這些事情的看法，遇到與此相關的信號詞或者關鍵詞時就一定要注意重點記憶。
答案及解析：
30 C) To make money for early retirement.
本題考察原因，問為什么人們喜歡比較苛求但收入較高的工作，其實聽力一開始就用in order to 給出了原因，即：retire early，所以選C項。
31 A) They may have to continue to work in old age.
本題考察后果，問只為當下而活的人面臨著什么危險，從The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older.中可以看出A是正確選項，及在年老時有可能不得不繼續工作。
32 B) Enjoying yourself while you can.
本課考察文章作者的態度，從 Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.中可以看出，作者認為想等到退休后再做自己想做的事情以及和自己喜歡的人在一起可能是一種錯誤，所以選B，即趁著自己還可以的時候要懂得享受生活。
