全国公共英语等级考试四级 c2

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　　[00:00.00](2) Questions 14--16 are based on the following monologue¹
[00:11.89]introducing the origin of the expression
[00:16.54]You now have 20 seconds to read questions 14--17.
[00:23.48]14.What does the expression "Where is the beef?"mean?
[00:25.55]15.Why are hamburgers so popular in America?
[00:27.59]16.Who started the McDonald's?
[00:29.62]17.Why did other people want to open hamburger restaurant?
[00:32.37]Every people uses its own special words
[00:39.39]to describe things and express ideas.
[00:44.12]Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years.
[00:49.89]Others are popular for just a short time.
[00:55.43]One such American expression is "Where's the beef?"
[01:02.69]It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be.
[01:08.83]In the early 1980s, "Where's the beef?"
[01:13.98]was one of the most popular expressions in the United States,
[01:20.01]It seemed as if everyone was using it all the time.
[01:25.86]Beef,of course, is the meat from a cow,
[01:31.01]and probably no food is more popular in America than the hamburger made from beef.
[01:38.56]In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc
[01:44.41]began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price.
[01:51.26]Kroc called his restaurant "McDonald's".
[01:56.51]Kroc cooked hamburgers quickly
[02:00.76]so people in a hurry could buy and eat them without waiting.
[02:06.62]By the end of the 1960s the McDonald's Company was selling hamburgers
[02:13.67]in hundreds of restaurants from California to Maine.
[02:19.21]Not surprisingly.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.
[02:26.76]Other business people watched his success.
[02:31.59]Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants.
[02:36.94]One company,called "Wendy's",began to compete with McDonald's.
[02:43.50]Wendy's said its hamburgers were bigger Donalds's or anyone else's.
[02:50.66]The Wendy's Company created the expression "Where's the beef?"
[02:56.69]to make people believe that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest.
[03:02.44]It produced a television advertisement to sell this idea.
[03:08.29]The Wendy's television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers.
[03:16.44]The bread that covered the meat was very big,
[03:21.38]but inside there was only a tiny bit of meat.
[03:27.12]One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger
[03:31.96]with such a little piece of beef.
[03:36.32]"Where's the beef?" she shouted in a funny voice.
[03:41.57]These advertisements for Wendy's hamburger restaurants
[03:47.32]were a success from the first day they appeared on television.
[03:53.06]As we said,it seemed everyone began using the expression "Where's the beef?"
[04:03.30]You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to questions 14--17.
[04:11.77]Question 14-17 according to Part C (2).
[04:13.81]14.What does the expression "Where is the beef?"mean?
[04:15.87](A)The beef is lost.  (B)Something is not as good as described.
[04:17.91](C)The beef is not as good as it is said to be. (D)The food has turned bad.
[04:19.94]15.Why are hamburgers so popular in America? (A)Because they are made from beef.
[04:21.98](B)Because they are cheaper than any other kind of food
[04:24.02](C)Because they are served quickly at a low price.
[04:26.06](D)Because hamburger is the only fast food in America.
[04:28.09]16.Who started the McDonald's?
[04:30.11](A)Ray Kroc.(B)Wendy.(C)McDonald.(D)Three old women.
[04:32.14]17.Why did other people want to open hamburger restaurant?
[04:35.51](A)Because hamburgers are good to eat. (B)Because hamburgers are easy to make.
[04:38.15](C) Because they could sell hamburgers throughout the country.
[04:40.16](3) Questions 18--20 are based on a conversation between Dr.Francis and Li Ming
[04:48.81]about Li Ming's planned visit to Cambridge.
[04:53.85]You now have 15 seconds to read questions 18--20
[05:00.51]Question 18-20 according to part C (3).
[05:02.55]18.How old is the man murdered?
[05:04.64]19.Where was the body found?
[05:06.68]20.Who is the murderer?
[05:10.41]W:Police in North London are treating as murder the death of a man
[05:17.18]though to be in his forties
[05:21.02]whose body was found in a pedestrian subway in Neasden.
[05:27.37]The man leading the hunt is Detective Chief Superintendent² John Day,
[05:34.42]who explains what they know of the man's movements
[05:39.28]in the early hours of this morning.
[05:44.03]M:What we've learned is the fact that he left the Level One Club,
[05:49.88]which is a drinking club in Neasden Lane,about 1:30 A.M.,
[05:56.83]and we're trying to account for movements up till 2:15,
[06:02.68]because it was about that time he was found by a member of the club,an employee
[06:09.84]He was found in the underpass,
[06:13.99]the pedestrian way,under the North Circular Road.
[06:19.53]Death was due to multiple head injuries.
[06:23.97]We understand that there may have been two girls and a man
[06:29.72]who was drunk in close proximity³ to the entrance to the subway,
[06:36.07]who may have seen our man walking in that direction,
[06:41.63]or any attacker who may have been following him.
[06:47.09]W:About what time would you think that they were there?
[06:51.64]M:Just after half past one to a quarter to two.
[06:56.89]W:Then in that case the gap you have is really quite short.
[07:02.53]It's only more or less half a hour or forty minutes.M:In fact,yes,as short as that.
[07:10.00]W:And how far away from the Neasden underpass was the drinking club?
[07:16.45]M:Fifty meters.
[07:19.41]W:And at the moment you know of no other people in the area
[07:25.26]whom you want to talk to,
[07:28.89]other than the drunk man and the two women who were seen with him
[07:34.71]or near him at some time?
[07:38.76]M:Yes.The club closed at half  past one
[07:44.61]and there may have been other people who left the club who went that way.
[07:50.57]We understand that there were also miniclub drivers parked in the area
[07:57.31]who may have seen something as well.
[08:01.25]W:As it is,I take it you haven't been able to identify them.
[08:07.11]M:No,not at this stage.  W:Well,thank you very much.
[08:14.47]You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to questions 18--20.
[08:22.91]Question 18-20 according to part C (3).
[08:24.95]18.How old is the man murdered?  (A)in his thirties
[08:27.09](B)in his twenties  (C)in his forties  (D)in his fifties
[08:29.15]19.Where was the body found?  (B)in the underpass of a certain road
[08:31.19](A)in a drink club (C)in the London underground (D)on North Circular Road
[08:33.23]20.Who is the murderer? (A)a mini-cab driver
[08:35.29](B)the drunk  (C)a robber  (D)not known yet
[08:37.83]That is the end of Part C.
[08:41.98]You now have 5 minutes
[08:45.84]to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
[08:53.08]keys to Exercise 1.
[08:55.14]A.1.guitar 2.fifteen  3.the library  4.a student book  5.$12.6 a term
[08:57.18]B.6.because his family was rich.  7.One year  8.As congressmen
[08:59.19]9.(America)Civil War  10.By assassination⁴
[09:01.26]Part C  11.C  12.B  13.B  14.B  15.C
[09:03.29]16.A  17.D  18.C  19.B  20.D
[09:05.36]That is the end of Listening Comprehension.
[09:51.70]Exercise 4 Section I Listening Comprehension
[10:03.85]Part A  You will hear a talk about a bicycling club.
[10:11.79]Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1--5
[10:17.93]with the information you've heard.
[10:22.05]Write not more than 3 words in each numbered box.
[10:27.62]You will hear the recording⁵ twice.
[10:31.56]You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.
[10:37.73]Questions to Part A
[10:39.76]1.The speaker hopes that bicycling will become a part of the listeners( ).
[10:41.91]2.Exper riders will find the steep trails to be( ).
[10:43.94]3.New Jersey⁶ is rich in places of(  ).
[10:46.01]4.Next Saturday's tour will last for at least( ).
[10:48.05]5.A map of Saturday's tour is available at(  ).
[10:53.09]Good evening!  Welcome to the first meeting of our spring cycling season.
[11:00.04]It's a pleasure to see so many new faces here.
[11:04.69]I certainly hope that most of you will soon feel right at home with our group
[11:11.14]and that bicycling will become a regular hobby for you
[11:16.28]and a part of your physical fitness routine.
[11:20.86]Some of you may not realize that the state of New Jersey
[11:26.39]offers ample opportunities for bicyclers of all abilities.
[11:33.05]We have rolling countryside,miles of beaches,lovely hills and valleys
[11:40.81]and thousands of miles of little-used roads.
[11:46.25]Beginners will find the shore suitable for their needs,
[11:51.31]while expert riders will discover that the steep trails of the region
[11:57.66]offer a challenge to their skill and stamina⁷.
[12:02.70]In addition,New Jersey is rich in places of historical interest.
[12:09.47]The state abounds⁸ in colonial architecture,
[12:14.41]battle fields of the Revolution and other historic sites important
[12:21.15]in the early history of this century.
[12:25.40]Most are carefully preserved or have been meticulously⁹ restored.
[12:31.65]We organize tours to a variety of places nearly every weekend.
[12:38.20]Next Saturday's tour will be a relatively¹⁰ easy one,
[12:43.85]from Rockers University to the Gateway¹¹ National Park.
[12:49.41]Interested cyclists should meet at 8:00 a.m.in the parking lot
[12:55.37]at the corner of Hamilton Street and College Avenue.
[13:00.72]The minimum time for this tour is about six hours.
[13:06.05]We'll use a buddy¹² system throughout the ride.
[13:10.39]Each new rider should team up with a more experienced rider.
[13:16.13]If the buddies¹³ look after each other,
[13:20.18]we can be sure that no one will be left behind.
[13:25.02]You can pick up a map of Saturday's tour
[13:29.56]at the information table before you leave this evening.
[13:34.89]Questions to Part A
[13:36.95]1.The speaker hopes that bicycling will become a part of the listeners( ).
[13:38.99]2.Exper riders will find the steep trails to be( ).
[13:41.03]3.New Jersey is rich in places of(  ).
[13:43.38]4.Next Saturday's tour will last for at least( ).
[13:45.44]5.A map of Saturday's tour is available at(  ).
[13:50.48]Now you will hear the recording again.
[13:54.74]Good evening!  Welcome to the first meeting of our spring cycling season.
[14:01.69]It's a pleasure to see so many new faces here.
[14:06.24]I certainly hope that most of you will soon feel right at home with our group
[14:12.69]and that bicycling will become a regular hobby for you
[14:17.94]and a part of your physical fitness routine.
[14:22.51]Some of you may not realize that the state of New Jersey
[14:28.05]offers ample opportunities for bicyclers of all abilities.
[14:34.61]We have rolling countryside,miles of beaches,lovely hills and valleys
[14:42.36]and thousands of miles of little-used roads.
[14:47.82]Beginners will find the shore suitable for their needs,
[14:53.57]while expert riders will discover that the steep trails of the region
[15:00.02]offer a challenge to their skill and stamina.
[15:05.06]In addition,New Jersey is rich in places of historical interest.
[15:11.83]The state abounds in colonial architecture,
[15:16.58]battle fields of the Revolution and other historic sites important
[15:23.32]in the early history of this century.
[15:27.58]Most are carefully preserved or have been meticulously restored.
[15:33.93]We organize tours to a variety of places nearly every weekend.
[15:40.38]Next Saturday's tour will be a relatively easy one,
[15:46.13]from Rockers University to the Gateway National Park.
[15:51.80]Interested cyclists should meet at 8:00 a.m.in the parking lot
[15:57.54]at the corner of Hamilton Street and College Avenue.
[16:02.69]The minimum time for this tour is about six hours.
[16:08.44]We'll use a buddy system throughout the ride.
[16:13.01]Each new rider should team up with a more experienced rider.
[16:18.94]If the buddies look after each other,
[16:23.59]we can be sure that no one will be left behind.
[16:28.73]You can pick up a map of Saturday's tour
[16:33.38]at the information table before you leave this evening.
[16:38.53]Questions to Part A
[16:40.67]1.The speaker hopes that bicycling will become a part of the listeners( ).
[16:42.71]2.Exper riders will find the steep trails to be( ).
[16:44.77]3.New Jersey is rich in places of(  ).
[16:46.81]4.Next Saturday's tour will last for at least( ).
[16:48.85]5.A map of Saturday's tour is available at(  ).
[16:51.67]That is the end of Part A.