2001年1月英语四级真题听力原文

2001年1月英语四级真题听力原文Section A

1.
M: Hi, Jane, do you have some change? I have to make a call on the pay phone.
W: Pay phone? Why not use my mobile phone? Here you are.
Q: What would the man most probably do?
2.
M: Can you tell me the title of this oil painting?
W: Sorry, I don't know for sure. But I guess it's an early 18th century work. Let me look it up in the catalog.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
3.
M: I'm worried about those classes I missed when I was sick.
W: I'll try to bring you up today on what we have done.
Q: What does the woman mean?
4.
W: Hey, Dan, I hear you are meeting Susan's parents for the first time.
M: Yeah, next weekend. Fortunately her father loves to fish, so we'll have something to talk about.
Q: What can be inferred about Dan?
5.
W: professor White's presentation seemed to go on forever. I was barely able to stay awake.
M: How could you sleep through it? It's one of the best that I've heard on this topic.
Q: What does the man think of professor white's presentation?
6.
W: I'm looking for a quality paper to type my essay. I don't see any on the shelf.
M: I saw some in the stock room in the morning. I'll go and check.
Q: What does the woman want to buy?
7.
M: It seems we'll have another fine day tomorrow. Let's go to the seaside.
W: OK, but we'll have to leave very early, or else sell get cut in the traffic
Q: What does the woman suggest?
8.
M: Do you know James? He's in your class.
W: Certainly, in fact he was the first person I got to know in my class. I still remember the look on his face when he showed up late on the first day of school.
Q: Why did the woman remember James so well?
9.
W: The man at the garage thinks that I take good care of my car.
M: So do I. I don't see any scratches on the outside and the inside is clean, too.
Q: What does the man think of the woman's car?
10.
M: Wonderful day, isn't it? Want to join me for a swim?
W: If you don't mind waiting while I get prepared.
Q: What does the woman mean?

Section B

Passage One
A friend of mine told me that when he was a young man, he went to work as a teacher in one of the states of India. One day he received an invitation to dinner at the ruler's palace. Very pleased, he went to tell his colleagues. They laughed and told him the meaning of the invitation. They had all been invited and each person who was invited has to bring with him a certain number of silver and gold coins. The number of coins varied according to the person's position in the service of the government.
My friend's income was not high, so he did not have much to pay. Each person bound before the ruler, his gold went onto one hip, his silver went onto another hip, and in this way he paid his income tax for the year. This was a simple way of collecting in
come tax.
The tax on property was also collected simply: The ruler gave a man the power to collect a tax from each owner of land or property in

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