体验英语四级答案

unit 1 you’ll really like him vocabulary task answers 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. e 5. d 6. f script 1. a: hello, my name is elizabeth. b: hi, elizabeth. i’m jason. 2. a: this is my friend taka. b: hey, taka. how’s it going? 3. a: i’d like to introduce our new director, andrea williams. b: it’s a pleasure to meet you, ms. williams. 4. a: have you met jane? b: oh, yeah, we have met. how are you? 5. a: i’d like you to meet sheila howard. b: it’s nice to meet you. 6. a: dad, this is my roommate, lee. b: good to meet you. listening task 1 first listening answers 1. this is … 2. i’d like you to meet… 3. have you met… 4. hello, my name is … 2 second listening answers 1. it’s a pleasure to meet you. 2. pleased to meet you. 3. oh, yeah, we’ve met. 4. hi, kathy. script 1. businessman: good afternoon, ms. watson. this is jim bauman from hyundai. ms. watson: it’s a pleasure to meet you, mr. bauman. mr. bauman: good to meet you, ms. watson. 2. student: mom, i’d like you to meet john lee. he’s a classmate of mine. mr. lee: pleased to meet you, mrs. gray. ms. gray: oh, please call me norma. 3. sherry: kiri, have you met my good friend james? kiri: oh, yeah, we’ve met. james: we have? kiri: yeah, at the new year’s party! james: oh, right. how are you? 4. kathy: hello, my name is kathy! i’ll be your server tonight. customer: hi, kathy. what are the specials? real world listening answer alice wants to go out with robert. answers t alice likes robert. e robert is interested in alice. t alice introduces jean to robert. t jean thinks robert is handsome. f jean is going out with sam. t robert is interested in jean. t jean and robert have met before. script alice: look, there he is. jean: who? alice: robert, the guy i’ve been telling you about. jean: oh. the guy you’re going out with? alice: i wish. the guy i want to go out with. jean: oh, he’s really handsome. um, let’s go talk to him. alice: oh, ok. i’ll introduce you. i think you’ll really like him…hi, robert. robert: oh, hi. alice: have you met my friend, jean? robert: hey, jean. i think we’ve met before. jean: we have? where? robert: last december, at sam’s party jean: oh, sam. robert: oh? aren’t you going out with him anymore? jean: no, we broke up a couple of months ago. robert: oh… oh, really? unit 2 how can i reach you? vocabulary task answers: 1. country code__ 1(usa), 64 (new zealand) 2. area code__613 (kingstion, ontario), 212 (new york) 3. e-mail address__barb@freemail.com 4. web address__http://www.happy.com 5. zip (postal) code__k7l 3j1 (canada), nn40sn (england), 95973 (usa) script 1. the country code for the usa is 1. it’s 64 for new zealand. 2. so if i want to call a number in kingston, ontario, i have to dial 613 before the phone number, and for new york 212. 3. send me an e-mail. my address is barb@freemail.com 4. you can get information on the company’s website at http://www.happy.com 5. i’ve lived in three countries. my zip code in england was nn4 0sn, in the usa 95973, and in canada it was k7l 3j1. listening task 1 first listening answers 1. postal code 2. phone number 3. e-mail address 4. web address 2 second listening answers 1. 655-5670 3. barb@yourmail.com 2. 213-555-3421 4. www.hp.com script 1. a: say, i can’t read this number at the end of your address. is it your phone number? b: no, that’s my postal code. it’s 655-5670. 2. a: [talking on the phone] okay, i’ll call and get tickets to the concert. oh, do you have the number of the ticket agent? 555-3421? okay, great. i’ll call. oh, wait a second. what’s the area code? 213, i got it! 3. a: barb’s on vacation but i need to get in touch with her. b: oh, well, she can get e-mail even when she’s at the beach. send it to barb@your mail.com 4. a: i need to get in touch with hewlett packard. i’m having problems with this printer. don’t they have a website? b: yeah, i think it’s www.hp.com real world listening 1 predict answer dad asks: did i call the right number? do you have a place yet? what’s your e-mail addressf? 1 get the main ideas answers 1. a japanese woman. 2. at a school in japan. 3. yes, she does. 4. yes, he is because she hasn’t contacted him since she went to japan. 5. yes, she is. script woman: moshi-moshi. gengo sentaa… father: hello…hello…veronica…veron…ve-ro-ni-ca smith…is veronica smith there, please? woman: ah, ah…veronica-sensei…veronica-sensei? ah, wait a moment, please… father: [muttering to himself] wait a moment? what’s going on? veronica: hello. father: hello, veronica. is that you? veronica: yes, dad. it’s me. father: where is this place? somebody was speaking japanese to me. i mean, did i call the right number? veronica: dad, you called the school number. and you’re lucky i’m here now. dad, i told you. don’t call the school number. remember? father: yes, but you didn’t give me your home phone number. why didn’t you call me. veronica: i just got here a few days ago… okay, let me give it to you. are you ready? father: uh, ready. ready. okay. veronica: okay. it’s 798-55-4123. father: 798-55-4123. veronica: oh, oh, wait. dial the country code. and that’s 81…and then… and then the number. father: why is the number so long? veronica: because it is, dad. father: do you have a place yet? veronica: yeah. let me give you the address. are you ready? father: um…yeah. okay. what is it? veronica: it’s one dash one dash one fifty-five… uegahara b356. father: uh, w-wh-wait. wait, one…one what? why is it so long? veronica: dad, i’ve got to go. i’ll send it to you by e-mail. bye. [kiss sound] father: but, what’s your e-mail address? unit 3 don’t you wish we could live here? vocabulary task answers/script 1. ╟ i don’t like the place i live now. it’s too isolated. (negative) 2. + i have a big balcony with a great view. i love it! (positive) 3. ╟ i don’t like my parents’ house. it’s so old-fashioned. (negative) 4. + her new place is really wonderful — it’s so roomy. (positive) 5. + he thinks it’s important to feel comfort-able in a home. (positive) 6. + i think it’s great to live in a modern building, don’t you? (positive) 7. ╟ this apartment is too cramped; it’s too small for our family. (negative) 8. + amy has a beautiful spacious loft for her art studio. she’s really happy there. (positive) 9. + bill and sherry have a nice, cozy little apartment in the city. they call it their love nest. (positive) listening task 1 first listening answers 1. a small house 2. a cozy apartment 3. a modern house 4. something old 2 second listening answers 1. warm and cozy in the winter 2. a great view 3. modern house, easy to keep clean 4. roomy, lots of space script 1. i want a small house, something that’ll be warm and cozy in the winter. my big old house is spacious, but it’s too hard to keep warm. 2. i’m looking for a small, cozy apartment, but with a great view. i want to look at the mountains, not another apartment building. 3. after living in an ld house all my life, i’m ready for a modern house, one that’s easy to keep clean. it should have all wood floors, no carpets. 4. we’re looking for something old but roomy. since we have three kids, they need lots of space to move around. real world listening 1 predict answer it’s spacious, it has modern furniture, it has a view 2 get the main ideas answers 1. it’s spacious and modern. 2. it has a view of the ocean. 3. it makes her feel elegant and relaxed. 4. it’s phony, uncomfortable, and he feels like he’s in a museum. script diane: isn’t this place fantastic? john: well, i don’t know…i mean, it’s okay. diane: it’s so big. so spacious. so much room. i feel so…free here. john: it must be cold in the winter. our place is so cozy and warm. diane: oh, john! and the view! look at the view of the ocean from this window! i feel so relaxed. john: oh, god. it makes me seasick. our place is so much more down to earth. diane: look at this furniture. it’s so modern. i feel so elegant here. john: you do? i feel like i’m in a museum. it’s so phony, so uncomfortable. are you supposed to sit in these chairs? diane: oh, john, don’t you wish we could live in a place like this? john: what’s wrong with our place? unit 4 it means a lot to me vocabulary task answers/script 1. b henna tattoos ╟ for fun 2. d leather ring ╟ grandmother gave it to me 3. a rakari bracelet ╟ to protect me 4. f silk scarf ╟ makes me look good 5. g digital watch ╟ reminds me of appointments. 6. c crystal necklace ╟ friends said it has special powers 7. e silver pin ╟ has a lot of sentimental value listening task 1 first listening answers 1. a rakari ╟ a cloth bracelet 2. a crystal necklace 3. a diamond ring 4. a gold earring 2 second listening answers 1. a. to protect him 2. b. she likes the way it looks 3. a. it has sentimental value 4. b. it makes him look good script 1. mark: hey, steve, whatcha got on your wrist there? steve: oh, it’s something my sister gave me. mark: uh, a bracelet? steve: sort of. it’s a “rakari,” a special piece of cloth indian women give their brothers every august. mark: what’s it for? steve: to protect me. mark: cool. i guess you’re safe for another year. 2. andrea: oh, shelly, what’s that on your necklace? shelly: it’s a quartz crystal. andrea: oh, do you believe in crystals? shelly: not really, but my boyfriend does, and he gave me this. andrea: what’s it supposed to do? shelly: he said it’s supposed to make our love last forever. and i like the way it looks. 3. claire: that’s an interesting ring, bridget. where’d you get it? bridget: oh, i got this with money from my grandmother claire: yeah? is it a real diamond? bridget: mm-hmm. it’s small, but it has a lot of sentimental value. claire: ‘cause it reminds you of your grandma? bridget: of course. 4. lisa: oh, scott. is that an earring? scott: it’s a gold earring. i got it in thailand. lisa: is it something special? scott: no, i just think it makes me look good! real world listening 1 predict answer it protects her from illness. 2 get the main ideas answers the necklace is made of silver. the witch doctor told her to wear it. her grandmother gave it to her. when she took the necklace off, she got sick. when she put it back on, she got better. script jean: i’m ready, are you? why don’t you take that necklace off before you go in the pool? chandra: oh, this? no, i never take it off. i wear it all the time. i’ve had it since i was a kid. jean: really? you’ve worn it since you were little? why? chandra: well, when i was a baby, i lived in india. and i was sick all the time, so my parents took me to a doctor. and well, the doctor at first didn’t want to treat me because — jean: what? why? chandra: well, because i was a girl. jean: huh? because you were a girl? chandra: yeah, well, that’s the way it was. anyway, so my parents took me to this witch doctor, and i… jean: a witch doctor chandra: yeah, well, i guess you could call her a … i don’t know, a spiritual healer. she was an old woman in our village. and she took a look at me and she said i needed silver. jean: silver? chandra: yeah. she said i needed silver so that i could get better. and then my grandmother went to a jeweler and she had this silver necklace made for me. they put it on me, and i got better. jean: i don’t believe that. chandra: well, i didn’t either for a while. but you know what? when i was 20 i took it off and i put it in a drawer for a little while. and then, i started to get sick again. and i didn’t get better. i was just sick all the time. and then i remembered the necklace, and i put it on. and after that, i was fine. jean: wow. unit 5 it changed my life vocabulary task answers/script 1. japan/japanese 2. canada/french/english 3. panama/spanish 4. brazil/portuguese 5. thailand/thai 6. india/hindi 7. south africa/ afrikaans 8. morocco/ arabic 9. germany/ german 10. norway/norwegian script 1. helen is going to japan to study japanese. 2. pam is from canada. she speaks french and english. 3. linda’s family lives in panama. they speak spanish. 4. andrea is from brazil. she speaks portuguese. 5. vira moved here from thailand. he speaks thai. 6. sita’s grandmother came from india 50 years ago. she speaks hindi. 7. jean is south african. she speaks afrikaans. 8. ali is from morocco. he speaks arabic. 9. hans lives in germany. he speaks german. 10. lars is from norway. he speaks norwegian. listening task 1 first listening answers 1. french 3. spanish 2. japanese 4. russian 2 second listening answers 1. his relatives are french. he wants to travel to france. 2. he’s interested in business. there are business opportunities in japan. 3. no other language was offered. her friends speak spanish. 4. it’s a challenge. it’s the hardest language she can think of. script 1. a: what language are you studying? b: french. a: why are you studying french? b: some of my relatives are french and i’d like to go visit them in france someday. a: don’t they speak english? b: only a little. but i think it’d be fun to use my french and see if they can understand me and all. i want to work on my accent, too. 2. a: so why did you choose japanese? b: well, i guess the main reason i’m interested in japanese is international business. i know there are a lot of business opportunities in japan, so i figured it was the best language for me to study. 3. a: why are you studying a foreign language? b: um, well… i don’t know. i started spanish cause it was the only language offered in our middle school. and then i just kept doing it. and there’re a lot of spanish speakers where i live cause we live in southern california and we’re close to mexico so almost everyone speaks spanish. my friends at school speak spanish outside of class. 4. a: what language are you studying? b: i just wanted a challenge so i thought, “hey, i’m gonna do the hardest language i can think of.” so i chose russian, just to see if i could do it, i guess. and you know what? it is the hardest language i can think of and it takes a lot of work. but i’m gonna keep at it… real world listening 1 predict answer it has different tones. the writing system is different. thai people help him learn the language. 2 get the main ideas answers 1. f dave lives in thailand. he has visited thailand and hopes to return. 2. t dave had a good experience in thailand. 3. ? dave likes writing thai. he doesn’t talk about writing. 4. f thailand is “the land of laughs.” it’s called “the land of smiles.” 5. f people in thailand laugh at him when he makes a mistake. they smile. 6. t thai is easy to learn. it may be hard for some people, but it’s not hard for him. script cindy: what the heck is that? dave: it’s a thai magazine. cindy: thai? you can read thai? dave: well, a little. cindy: how? dave: i went to thailand last summer and i lived with a thai friend and his family. i had such a great experience i want to go back. cindy: why? what was your experience like? dave: well, i started to learn some thai…and practiced talking with people and ordering in restaurants and everybody was so nice… you know, thailand is called the land of the smiles…they even smiled when i made a mistake speaking the language. the people were beautiful. everything was beautiful. it changed my life. cindy: but i’ve always heard that thai was impossible to learn. dave: maybe for some people but not for me. i mean it is totally different from english. the writing system is different, they use different tones, every- thing is different, but i really want to learn it. i want to understand more when i go back. cindy: i wish i felt that way about learning french. maybe i should study another language. dave: no, cindy, it’s not the language, you’ve just got to get into it. unit 6 what do you like about him? vocabulary task answers/script 1. steve is great! he’s sweet and he has a good sense of humor. 2. i like people who are funny, because i like to laugh. i don’t care for people who are too serious 3. sure, jana is very honest; it’s too bad she’s also kind of selfish. 4. brad is a little odd, but i like that he’s so outgoing and talkative. 5. cindy is so cute! i just love how sensitive and shy she is. listening task 1 first listening answers 1. honest, a sense of humor 2. outgoing, talkative 3. a little bit odd, like to have fun 4. kind of shy, sensitive 2 second listening answers they don’t like people who are: 1. selfish 2. shy or quiet 3. too serious 4. loud and talk too much script 1. paul: lisa, what sort of people do you like to hang out with? lisa: well, i like people who are honest and have a sense of humor. i think honesty is very important among friends. oh, and they can’t be selfish. i don’t get along with selfish people. 2. mark: you know, i like most people, but there are certain things i look for in a friend. francine: yeah, like what? mark: oh, you know, people who are out going and talkative. i love having long conversations on the phone. 3. francine: this might sound weird, lisa, but i like people that are a little bit odd. lisa: why? what do you enjoy about odd people? francine: you know, they’re different and like to have fun doing off-the-wall stuff. they have to like having fun and not be too serious. 4. jane: stuart, what kind of people do you like? stuart: what kind of people do i like? jane: yes, what kind of people do you get along with? stuart: hmm. gook question. i guess i like people who are kind of shy and sensitive. i don’t really get along with people who are loud and talk too much. jane: yeah, you’re kind of a sensitive person yourself. stuart: oh? real world listening 1 predict answer he’s sensitive. 2 get the main ideas answers 1. they went to a romantic movie. 2. he cried. 3. she thought he was sensitive. 4. jeremy said he cries at movies, too. script sheri: hey, i went out with the neatest guy over the weekend! jeremy: yeah, what’s he like? tall? handsome? sheri: not really. jeremy: dress nice? drive a nice car? sheri: not especially. jeremy: then he must be buff. does he work out a lot? sheri: no…but he has a nice smile…dimples. i like dimples. he’s kind of cute. jeremy: and that’s what you like about him? sheri: no, it’s more than that. he’s sensitive. jeremy: sensitive? how can you tell? sheri: well, we went to this really romantic movie, and there was this really sad part, and, and he…cried. jeremy: he cried? sheri: yeah, he just cried and he didn’t try to hide it or anything. it was so sweet. jeremy: oh…you like that, huh? well, i cry at movies. too! unit 7 i really take after my dad vocabulary task answers 1. brother’s daughter = niece 2. dad’s new wife = stepmother 3. uncle and aunt’s children = cousins 4. sister’s new husband = brother-in-law 5. my mother’s two girls = my half-sisters 6. brother’s three boys = nephews 7. made her our legal child = adopted script 1. my niece is so cute. she’s only two but she can sing 10 songs 2. i get along okay with my stepmother. she’s actually pretty nice. 3. when i was little, i used to go to camp with my cousins. they were like my brothers and sisters. 4. everybody had a great time at my sister’s wedding. my brother-in-law was even dancing on the tables. 5. after my mother remarried, she and robert had two girls ╟ my half-sisters. but we feel like one family and i call them my sisters. 6. i’m not in a hurry to have kids yet. i spend a lot of time with my nephews and i know they can be a handful. 7. we are so happy to have lena. we adopted her when she was just three months old. listening task 1 first listening answers 1. the man in front of him is his father. 2. angie is his stepmother. 3. tara is his half-sister. 4. jake is steve’s older brother. 5. the woman to the right of jake is steve’s sister-in-law. cristina is steve’s niece. 2 second listening answers tara ╟ c. likes to read and play piano jake ╟ a. looks like steve’s father his mother ╟ d. lives in california cristina ╟ b. was adopted script 1. sylvia: when was this picture taken? you look so young! steve: oh, that was when i was still in high school. sylvia: is that your mom and dad? steve: well, yeah, that’s my dad, but that’s not my real mom. she’s my stepmother. my