四级听力：漫步听海(2)
Spiiker四级听力预测试题，每天练练耳朵，提升敏感度，听力so easy~ 本篇音频从09:42.77到22:30.30~ [09:42.77]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 英语口语测试 http://www.spiiker.com/daily/
[09:48.29]26. How did Matthew behave at school?
[10:06.63]27. What did Matthew do when he left school?
[10:25.36]28. How did the headmaster feel about the manager's request?
[10:45.95]Passage Two
[10:47.73]The word “sports” first meant something that people did in their free time.
[10:52.17]Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds.
[10:56.18]About 100 years ago the word was first used for organized games.
[11:01.29]This is the usual meaning of the world today.
[11:04.08]People spend a lot of their spare time
[11:05.93]playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports.
[11:10.33]Such people play because they want to.
[11:12.77]A few people are paid for the sport they play
[11:15.58]and they are called “professional athletes”, or “pros”.
[11:19.23]They may only be pros for only a few years,
[11:22.25]but during that time the best ones can earn a lot of money.
[11:25.98]For example, a professional football player in America
[11:29.35]earns more than $100,000 a year.
[11:32.71]The stars earn a lot more.
[11:34.60]Some international golf and tennis pros can make more than a million dollars a year.
[11:39.96]Of course, only a few pros can earn much money.
[11:43.23]But perhaps the most surprising thing about pros and money is this:
[11:47.87]the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sports.
[11:53.06]An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say “Buy our things.”
[11:57.99]It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as the pros have.”
[12:02.45]Famous pros can even advertise things like watches and food.
[12:06.76]They allow companies to use their names
[12:08.71]or photographers and they are paid for this usage.
[12:12.22]Sports are no longer just something for people's spare time.
[12:16.30]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:22.87]29. What is a “pro”?
[12:40.56]30. Who can earn over $1,000,000 a year?
[12:59.73]31. If a pro wants to earn more money, what should he or she do?
[13:19.26]Passage Three
[13:20.61]The “American dream” is an idea that grew from TV programs,
[13:24.78]books, and stories about family life.
[13:27.94]The idea began in the 1950s, after World War Ⅱ.
[13:31.82]What was the “dream”?
[13:33.47]As the first step, families bought
[13:35.41]or built a comfortable little home in the suburbs.
[13:38.39]This often meant a long commute to work.
[13:41.06]Many husbands road the train or drove two hours each day,
[13:44.78]but this was part of the dream.
[13:47.31]The husband “wore the pants” in the family.
[13:49.88]He made the decisions because he went to work,
[13:52.23]he paid the bills, and he “put” food on the table.
[13:55.19]Of course, his wife actually cooked the meals!
[13:58.24]The wife spent her time at home.
[14:00.57]She took care of the children and kept house.
[14:02.67]Occasionally she found time for a hobby.
[14:05.31]According to the dream, everyone was happy with this arrangement.
[14:08.74]This was the image that people held of the “perfect family.”
[14:12.88]If the husband or wife felt bored or discontented,
[14:16.22]he or she hid these feelings.
[14:19.30]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:24.85]32. What's the American Dream about according to the speaker?
[14:44.57]33. Where do families set up their houses?
[15:02.91]34. What is the role of the husband in the family?
[15:21.80]35. What will the husband or wife do, if he or she feels bored or unsatisfied?
[15:43.86]Section C
[15:46.04]The British are the most various newspaper readers in the world.
[15:50.89]There are many morning papers, both national and provincial.
[15:55.59]The most famous is The Times.
[15:57.91]Contrary to what many foreigners believe,
[16:01.09]there is not a government newspaper.
[16:04.27]The various newspapers usually have their own views on politics,
[16:09.35]but they are not organs of the political parties,
[16:12.57]with the exception of the Communist Morning Star.
[16:16.30]Both headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press.
[16:21.97]Some newspapers, such as The Times, use a few photographs.
[16:26.56]Some popular newspapers, such as The Daily Mirror,
[16:30.73]use pictures extensively and also run strip cartoons and humorous drawings.
[16:36.88]Some of which present striking pictorial comment on politics.
[16:42.03]Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world,
[16:46.75]British newspapers specialize in pages devoted to
[16:50.07]criticism of the arts and a woman's page.
[16:54.01]And nearly all papers pay special attention to
[16:56.36]the reporting of sport and athletics.
[16:59.97]The evening newspapers are often bought
[17:02.56]because the purchaser wants to know the winner of a race,
[17:06.93]or to get a good tip for a race that is still to be run.
[17:13.50]The British are the most various newspaper readers in the world.
[17:18.09]There are many morning papers, both national and provincial.
[17:23.87]The most famous is The Times.
[17:26.04]Contrary to what many foreigners believe,
[17:29.56]there is not a government newspaper.
[17:33.47]The various newspapers usually have their own views on politics,
[17:38.83]but they are not organs of the political parties,
[17:42.97]with the exception of the Communist Morning Star.
[17:47.16]Both headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press.
[17:53.31]Some newspapers, such as The Times, use a few photographs.
[17:58.04]Some popular newspapers, such as The Daily Mirror,
[18:02.47]use pictures extensively and also run strip cartoons and humorous drawings.
[18:58.10]Some of which present striking pictorial comment on politics.
[19:03.20]Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world,
[19:07.88]British newspapers specialize in pages devoted to
[19:11.91]criticism of the arts and a woman's page.
[20:04.67]And nearly all papers pay special attention to
[20:07.23]the reporting of sport and athletics.
[20:10.06]The evening newspapers are often bought
[20:12.72]because the purchaser wants to know the winner of a race,
[20:16.51]or to get a good tip for a race that is still to be run.
[21:09.57]The British are the most various newspaper readers in the world.
[21:14.40]There are many morning papers, both national and provincial.
[21:19.13]The most famous is The Times.
[21:21.28]Contrary to what many foreigners believe,
[21:24.77]there is not a government newspaper.
[21:27.68]The various newspapers usually have their own views on politics,
[21:32.52]but they are not organs of the political parties,
[21:36.13]with the exception of the Communist Morning Star.
[21:39.75]Both headlines and a variety of photographs are features of the British press.
[21:45.42]Some newspapers, such as The Times, use a few photographs.
[21:49.79]Some popular newspapers, such as The Daily Mirror,
[21:54.11]use pictures extensively and also run strip cartoons and humorous drawings.
[22:00.26]Some of which present striking pictorial comment on politics.
[22:05.40]Besides offering features common to newspapers all over the world,
[22:10.23]British newspapers specialize in pages devoted to
[22:12.83]criticism of the arts and a woman's page.
[22:17.51]And nearly all papers pay special attention to
[22:20.06]the reporting of sport and athletics.
[22:23.37]The evening newspapers are often bought
[22:26.11]because the purchaser wants to know the winner of a race,
[22:30.30]or to get a good tip for a race that is still to be run.
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