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2000年专四听力答案

PARTIDICTATION

WhatWeKnowAboutLanguage

Manythingsaboutlanguageareamysteryandwillremainso./However,wenowdoknow

somethingaboutit./First,weknowthatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomesort./No

thereisnosuchthingasaprimitivelanguage./Therearemanypeoplewhoseculturesare

undeveloped,/butthelanguagestheyspeakarebynomeansprimitive./Inallthelanguages

ifalanguageistosurvive./Thelanguagewhichremainsunchangedisnothingbutdead.

PARTⅡLISTENINGCOMPREHENSION

SECTIONACONVERSATIONS

Questions1to3arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

M:Jill,haveyouregisteredwiththenextsemester?

102isstillavailabletoallundergraduatestudents?

toldmenotto.

W:Whynot?

M:Theysaidthatmylackofknowledgeinhighermathematicsmightbeanobstaclein

understandingProfessorSmithstheory.

W:Really?

takinghiscourse.

withtheothers.

M:lfyouwanttotakethecoursesomuch,whydontyouregisterinacourseinhigher

mathematicsfirst?

M:Hey,IheardthatProfessorSmithwouldgivethesamecourseinthesemesterthatstartsnext

fall?

W:Thatsoundsagoodidea.

I.[B]推断题。根据Theysaidthatmylackofknowledgeinhighermathematicsmightbean

obstacleinunderstandingProfessorSmithstheory.可知，缺少高等数学知识会阻碍理解史密斯

教授的理论，所以学习经济学需要有高等数学知识，因而[B]项伟正确答案。

2.[D]细节题。文中提到MyfriendsalltoldmethatProfessorSmithhaslotsoforiginalideas

andhereallystimulatestudentstothink.”由此可知，史密斯教授有很很多新颖的观点，斌且

能够激发学生思考。句中original意为

“独创的，新颖的”，[D]项中possess意为“拥有”，因而[D]项为正确答案。

3.[B]细节题。文中提到Whydontyoutakeayearshighermathematicsandregisterin

economics102thenextfall?”由此可知，他建议今年学习高等数学，明年秋天学习经济学，

因而[B]项为正确答案。

Questions4to6arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

M;Doyouwanttogotoabiguniversityorasmallone?

W:(4)1thinkIdrathergotoasmalluniversity,sotheclasseswouldntbesolarge.

M:Doyouwant