College English Test band four

PART II

Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)

Section A

Directions:

In this section, you will hear three news reports.

At the end of each news report, you will

hear two or three questions.

Both the news report and the questions

will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question,

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 single line through the centre.

News Report 1

A 9-year-old girl in New Mexico has raised more than $500

for her little brother who needs heart surgeryin Houston,

Texas this July. Addison Witulski's grandmother Kim Allred,

said Addison probably overheard a conversationbetween family members

talking about the funds needed to get her little brother to treatment.

"I guess she overheard her grandfather and metalking about how we're worried about

how we're going to get to Houston, for my grandson's heart surgery," said Allred.

She decided to go outside and have a lemonadestand and make some drawings and

pictures and sell them.” That's when Addisonand her friends Erika and Emily Borden

decided to sell lemonade for 50 cents a cup and sell pictures for 25 cents each.

Before Allred knew it, New Mexico State PoliceOfficers were among

the many stopping by helping them reach a total of $568. The family

turned to social media expressing their gratitude saying,

"From the bottom of our hearts, we would liketo deeply thank each and every person that stopped by!"

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news reportyou have just heard.

1: Who did Addison raise the money for?

2: How did Addison raise the money?

News Report  2

Last week, France announced that the country will pave 621 miles of road

with solar panels over the next five years with the goal of

providing cheap, renewable energy to five million people.

Called the Ward Way, the roads will be built through joint efforts with

the French road building company Colas and theNational Institute of Solar Energy.

The company spent the last five years developing solar panels that are

only about a quarter of inch thick and are strong enough to stand up to

heavy highway traffic without breaking or making the roads more slippery.

The panels are also designed so that they canbe installed directly on top

of the existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.

France is the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads

with solar panels. In November 2015, the Netherlands completed a 229-foot

long bike path paved with solar panels as a test for future projects.

However, this is the first time a panel has been designed to be laid directly on

top existing roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news reportyou have just heard.

3: What was France’s purpose of constructingthe Ward Way?

4: What is special about the solar panels usedin the Ward Way?

News Report 3

Lions have disappeared from much of Africa,

but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats

were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.

Continuous fighting in the region has made surveys difficult.

But scientists released a report Monday documenting with hard evidence

the discovery of "lost lions." A team with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation

Research Unit, supported by a charity organization,

spent two nights in November camping in a national park in northwest Ethiopia on

the Ethiopia-Sudan border. The researchers setout six camera traps,

capturing images of lions, and the identifiedlion tracks.

The scientists concluded that lions are also likely to live in a neighboring

national park across the border in Sudan.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature had previously considered the

area a "possible range" for the species, and local people had reported seeing

lions in the area, but no one presented convincing evidence.

Questions 5 and 7 are based on the news reportyou have just heard.

5.What has made it difficult to survey lions in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia?

6:What was the main purpose of the research?

7:What did the researchers find in the national park?

Section B

Directions:

In this section,

you will hear two long conversations.

At the end of each conversation,

you will hear four questions.

Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question, you must choose thebest

answer from the four choices marked A), B), C）and D).

Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet

1 with a single line through the centre.

Conversation One

M: I beg you’re looking forward to the end of this month. Aren’t you?

W: Yes, I am. How did you know?

M: David told me you had a special birthday coming up.

W: Oh, yes. That’s right. This year would bemy golden birthday.

M: What does that mean? I’ve never heard of agolden birthday.

W: I’ve actually just learned of this conceptmyself.

Fortunately, just in time to celebrate. A golden or lucky birthday is when one turns

the age of their birth date. So, for example,my sister’s birthday is December 9th and

her golden birthday would have been the year she turns 9 years old.

Come to think of it , my parents did throw hera surprise party that year.

M: Interesting. Too bad I missed mine. My golden birthday would’ve been four years ago.

I assumedly got a big plan then.

W: Actually yes. My husband is planning a surprise holiday for the two of us next week.

I have no idea what he’s gotten in mind, butI’m excited to find out.

Has he mentioned anything to you?

M: He might have.

W: Anything you’d like to share?

I’m dying to know what kind of trip he has planned where we’re going.

M: Yeah, nothing at all.

W: Not a clue. Hard to imagine, isn’t it! Though I must say,

I think it has been even more fun keeping thesecret for me the past few weeks.

M: I’m sure both of you will have a fantastictime. Happy golden birthday!

I can’t wait to hear all about it when you get back.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8. What does the woman looking forward to?

9. What did the woman’s parents do on her sister’s lucky birthday?

10. What is the woman eager to find out about?

11. What does the man say at the end of the conversation?

Conversation Two

W: Mr. Green, What do you think makes a successful negotiator?

M: Well, It does hard to define, but I think successful negotiators have several things in common.

They are always polite and rational people, they are firm, but flexible.

They can recognize power and know how to use it.

They are sensitive to the dynamics in the negotiation,

the way it raises and falls, and how may change the direction.

They project the image of confidence, and perhaps most importantly, they know when to stop.

W: And what about an unsuccessful negotiator?

M: Well, this probably all of us when we startout.

We are probably immature and over-trusting, too emotional or aggressive.

We are unsure of ourselves and want to be liked by everyone.

Good negotiators learn fast, pool negotiatorsremain like that and go on losing negotiations,

W: In your opinion, can the skills of negotiation be taught?

M: Well, you can teach someone how to preparefor negotiation.

There perhaps six stages in every negotiation,get to know the other side,

stay your goals, start the process, clarify there is a disagreement or conflict,

reassess your position, making acceptable compromise,

and finally reach some agreements and principals.

These stages can be studied, and strategies tobe used in each can be planned before-hand.

But I think the really successful negotiator is probably born with the sixth sense

that may respond properly to the situation athand.

W: The artistic sense you just described?

M: Yes, that’s right

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. What’s the man say about good negotiators?

13. What does the man say, maybe the most important thing to a successful negotiator?

14. How is a good negotiator different from apoor one?

15. What’s the first stage of a negation according to the man?

Section C

Directions:In this section, you will hear three passages.

At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions.

Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.

After you hear a question,

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 single line through the centre.

Passage One

Some people wonder why countries spend millions of dollars on space projects.

They want to know how space research helps people on earth. Actually,

space technology helps people on earth every day.

This is called spin-off technology. Spin-off technology is space technology that

is now used on earth. In early space programs,

such as the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s and in the space

shuttle missions today, scientists developed objects for the astronauts to use

on the moon and in space. We now use some of these objects every day.

For example, we have quartz crystal clocks andwatches accurate to within one minute a year.

We purify the water we drink with the water

filter designed for the astronauts to use in space.

The cordless hand held tools we use in our homes, such as vacuum cleaners,

flashlights, drills came from the technology of these early space programs.

On cold winter days, we can stay warm with battery-operated gloves and socks,

especially made coats and jackets. All the clothes are similar to the space suits

designs that kept astronauts comfortable in the temperatures of the moon,

in our spin offs from space technology. Theseproducts are only a few examples

of the many ways space technology helps us inour everyday lives.

No one knows how new spin off technology fromthe international

space station will help us in the future.

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the  passage you have just heard.

16. What do some people want to know about space exploration?

17. What did scientist do for the space shuttle missions?

18. What does the speaker say about the quartzcrystal clocks and watches?

Passage Two

Well, if I could get back in history and live,

I'd like to get back to the 18th century and perhaps

in colonial America in Yankee new England where one of my ancestors lived,

because it was the beginning of something. Bythe 18th century,

there was a feeling of community that had grown.

My ancestor was the preacher traveling aroundcountryside.

People lived in small communities. It was fisherman and farmers who provided fresh

food that tasted and looked like food. Unliketoday’s supermarkets,

and there were small towns and New York wasn'tthat far away.

I'm deeply attached to the puritan tradition not in a religious sense.

But they believed in working for something, working for goals. And I like that.

They worked hard at whatever they did, but they had a sense of achievement.

They believed in goodness, in community, and helping one another.

I love the colonial fabrics or the silver works, the furnishings,

the combination of elegance simplicity. I'd love it.

The printing, the books, I’m very attached toall that kind of thing.

That may not all be very entertaining in the modern sense of the world,

but I would have enjoyed spending my eveningsin that environment,

discussing new ideas, building a new world,

and I can see myself sitting on a small chairby the fire doing needle work.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

19. Why does the speaker say she would like togo back and live in the 18th century America?

20. What does the speaker say about the Puritans?

21. What would the speaker like doing if she could go back to the past?

Passage Three

If you are lost in the woods, a little knowledge concerned with some people

called a hardship into an enjoyable stay awayfrom the troubles of modern society.

When you think you're lost,sit down on the logor rock, or lean against the tree,

and recite something you are memorized to bring your mind to the point where is under control.

Don’t run blindly if you must move, don't follow stream unless you know it,

and in that case you're not lost. Streams normally flow through wide land before

they reach a lake or river though there are more eatable plants,

there may also be wild animals, poisonous snakes, and other hazards.

Many experts feel it is the wisest to walk uphill.

At the top of most hills and mountains are trails living back to civilizations.

If there are no trails, you're much easier tobe seen on top of the hill.

And you may even spot the highway or railroadfrom this point.

Nowadays, the first way some of you search foryou is by air.

In the wide lands or in dense grass, we're very hard to spot.

Anytime you are going to the woods, somebody s hould know where you're going,

and when you are expected to return,

also when someone comes to looking,

you should be able to signal to them.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

22. What does the speaker advise you to do first if you are lost in the woods?

23. What will happen if you follow an unknownstream in the woods?

24. What do many experts think is the wisest thing to do if you're lost in the woods?

25. What should you do before you go into thewoods?

This is the end of listening comprehension.