2009年12月英語四級考試預(yù)測試題及答案(2)

　　16.M:Could you describe the two people who robbed the bank?

　　W:Well, the man was tall with dark hair and he was wearing a black sweater.The main thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking。

　　Q:What do you learn from this conversation?

　　【解析】[A] 男士問能否形容一下?lián)尳巽y行的兩個人的外貌。女士說那個男的個子高，深色頭發(fā)，穿一件黑色毛衣，關(guān)于那個女的主要就是搶劫時她說的話比較多。The main thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking。從這句中可以得出答案。

　　17.M:Is that nice�瞝ooking straw hat light and strong?

　　W:Yes, you can wear it rain or shine。

　　Q: What are they talking about?

　　【解析】[D] 這句關(guān)鍵在于聽出nice�瞝ooking straw hat一頂非常好看的草帽，可以得出兩人討論的是一頂好看的帽子lovely hat。

　　18.W:How long will it take you to fix my watch?

　　M:I’ll call you when it’s ready.But it shouldn’t take longer than a week。

　　Q:What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

　　【解析】[D] 女士問修好我的手表要多長時間，男士說修好的時候他會打電話給她，但是不會花一個多星期的時間。從這個對話里可以看出說話者之間是顧客和修表人之間的關(guān)系。

　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations。

　　Conversation One

　　W: Hello, Gary.How’re you?

　　M: Fine! And yourself?

　　W:Can’t complain.Did you have time to look at my proposal?

　　M: No, not really.Can we go over it now?

　　W:Sure.I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies.First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory.New equipment should have been installed long ago。

　　M: How much will that cost?

　　W:We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million。

　　M:OK.We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance。

　　W:We should also consider human resources.I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory。

　　M: And what’s the picture?

　　W:We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory。

　　M: What about advertising?

　　W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials。

　　M:TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?

　　W:Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors。

　　M: Will we be able to afford all this?

　　W:I’ll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified.These investments will result in higher profits for our company。

　　M:We’ll have to look at the figures more closely.Have finance draw up a budget for these investments。

　　W: All right.I’ll see to it。

　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard。

　　19. What are the two speakers talking about?

　　【解析】[D] 女士問Did you have time to look at my proposal? 你有時間看看我的建議么。聽完全文，可見是一個關(guān)于新的商業(yè)計劃的提案，因此正確答案是Suggestions concerning new business strategies。

　　20. What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

　　【解析】[B] 女士說New equipment should have been installed long ago。即早就該給工廠裝新的設(shè)備了。所以正確答案為工廠應(yīng)該引進最新的設(shè)備。