历年托福听力考试2004-10

04年 10月 托福听力文字
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to the inevitable¹ result of my endeavors³. She taught me to seek sustenance⁴ from the endeavor² itself, but to leave the result to God.
Part A
1．M: I spent my summer vacation at north in Montana, the view of the mountain there
is so beautiful. I think it would be great to live there all year around
W: You’ve got to be kidding. I’m from there and believe me. In the winter time, it’s so cold that you couldn’t care less(你才不会关心) about the scenery.
Q: What does the woman mean?

2．W: Are you going to the dance tonight?
M: I’d like to, but I’ve already made plans.
Q: What does the man mean?
3．W: I heard the basketball game is gonna be on TV tonight. Do you have an idea what channel it could be on?
M: Um, it might be on seven, but I’m not sure, the TV section of the newspaper is over there on the table
Q: What does the man imply?
4．M: So, have you finished reviewing all the material for our psychology⁵ exam?
W: Just about, but I still have to brush up on(复习) a few facts I’m not sure of.
Q: What does the woman mean?
5. W: My parents are coming to see me this weekend, it’s their first time here
and they’re really excited to finally see the town.
M: Well you know, some of the restaurants here are really pretty good, especially the one stands by the harbor.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
6. M: You know that promotion⁷ I thought I was going to get at the bookstore? Well, I didn’t, so I’m going to see my boss tomorrow and tell her I’ve had it.
W: Oh, I understand that you are upset, but, you know there just aren’t a lot
of part-time jobs out there right now. Try to keep that in mind before doing anything drastic⁸, OK?
7. M: Didn’t you finish the experiment yet? It was due on Friday
W: I am having so many problems. The professor has given me an extension.
8. M: Does my stomach hurt? I haven’t felt very well all day.
W: Mine’s feeling a little funny too. It began after we ate that seafood⁹ last night.
9. W: I can’t believe that you missed the class again. Didn’t professor Odell say something to you that last time?
M: Well, this time is different, I had a good excuse. My car ran out of gas.
10. M: Are you going to the conference in Chicago? I’ve already booked my hotel room.
W: Why pay for a hotel? My brother’s got plenty of room in his place.
11. W: Hey, do you have Amy’s new phone number?
M: She couldn’t remember when I saw her earlier today, so she said she’d call me this afternoon and give it to me then.

12. M: Do you know if you’ll have any more blue shirts with the school’s logo available before the big football game on Saturday?
W: If you come back tomorrow, right after the store opens. You should have better luck then.
13. W: I invited Bob for Friday, and he said he’d come if he isn’t working
W: If Bob comes, it’s sure to be a good party.
14. W: Why are you so late? I told you the movie started at seven, didn’t I?
M: Sorry, I got to talk in with some people after class and before I know it, well, you can see what happened.
15. W: Nancy just got that special tennis racket she ordered through the mail
M: Finally, that was a long time she had to wait, I’d bet she’ll go out and use it right away.
16. W: You must be really happy getting such a good grade in such a difficult course.
M: You bet I am, and what’s even more surprising is how much I enjoy the class.
17. M: Sorry, I’m late, I had to stop at home after class to put on a suit and
tie. You know, couse it’s in a world ceremony …
W: You probably should not bother it. And look around you, half of the guys here wear jeans and sweaters.
18. W: This campus offers a wide rage of extra curricula¹⁰ activities, whether your interests are athletics¹¹, clubs or committee center organizations.
M: Thanks, I’m sure I’ll get involved in it eventually. But since it is my first year that I’m taking extra courses, I’m really pushing as it is
19. M: If I can borrow your Spanish notes this weekend, I’ll be in a lot better shape for the quiz on Monday
W: I’m afraid that is out of the question, don’t forget I have the same quiz.
20. W: It looks like you’ve just bruised¹² the bone in your foot. Try to stay off a couple of days until the swelling¹³ goes down.
M: Hoo! I was afraid it was broken, thanks a lot Dr. Martin.
21. W: Wow! We’ve been working on this project for over five hours, do you think we should keep going?
M: Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to call it a today.
22. M: I don’t know what to do about my job, every evening the boss asks us to
work later and later, I don’t mind the extra pay, but I’m just about to stretch to my limit.
W: Hum, well, maybe you should say something, he might not realize you’re also a fulltime student.
23. W: Besty really lost her temper at that meeting. She’s gonna have to learn to
be a lot more diplomatic(教练的)than that.
M: You are right, but you have to give a credit for taking a stand(表明观点).
24. W: Wow! This paper looks like it was typed on a typewriter. How did you get your computer printed it make a look like this?
M: I didn’t, sometimes I think I am the last person on campus who doesn’t use a computer.
25. M: I am having such a hard time with the history assignment. It’s taking for ever. How about you?
W: I’m struggling too, why don’t we put our heads together?
26. W: Can you believe the bus driver just yelled¹⁴ at me like that?
M: And just what did you think it would happen when you spill the coffee all over the floor?
27. W: I’m really impressed by how well Mary is doing at school
M: She said that she owes a lot to the support of her parents.
28. M: Hello, I was wondering if graduate students are allowed to use the copy
machine in the faculty¹⁵ resource room?
W: I’m not sure, but if you leave me your name and number, I’ll find out and get back to you.
29. M: Do you think John would lend me 15 dollars until tomorrow?
W: Are you kidding? He’s always broke, besides, he still owes me ten from last week.
30. M: We still haven’t decided¹⁶ on the time for lunch tomorrow.
W: Oh, I forgot to tell you. I won’t be able to make it after all.

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 endeavor   

vt.／n.努力，尽力，尝试

参考例句：

• Thereupon,we knew,our endeavor was valuable.于是，我们知道，我们的努力是有价值的。
• We endeavor to make our customers satisfied.我们力图使顾客都满意。

3 endeavors   

努力，尽力( endeavor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Shop assistants should do their best endeavors to give the customers satisfaction. 店员应该尽力使顾客满意。
• He is earnest in his endeavors. 他热心努力。

4 sustenance   

n.食物，粮食；生活资料；生计

参考例句：

• We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
• The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

6 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

7 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

8 drastic   

adj.严厉的，极端的，激烈的，猛烈的

参考例句：

• His view brings a drastic argument.他的观点引起激烈的争论。
• The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive actions.这种情况使我们深切地感到采取极端的行动是必要的。

9 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

10 curricula   

n.课程(复数)

参考例句：

• In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. 许多地方的教室过于拥挤，课程已经过时。 来自演讲部分
• How did these factors affect development of college curricula? 这些因素是怎样影响着学院的课程设置的呢？

11 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

12 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

13 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

14 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

16 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

17 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

18 glaze   

v.因疲倦、疲劳等指眼睛变得呆滞，毫无表情

参考例句：

• Brush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake.在热蛋糕的顶上和周围刷上一层蛋浆。
• Tang three-color glaze horses are famous for their perfect design and realism.唐三彩上釉马以其造型精美和形态生动而著名。

19 blisters   

n.水疱( blister的名词复数 )；水肿；气泡

参考例句：

• My new shoes have made blisters on my heels. 我的新鞋把我的脚跟磨起泡了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His new shoes raised blisters on his feet. 他的新鞋把他的脚磨起了水疱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

21 circulation   

n.循环，流通，传播，发行，发行量

参考例句：

• There is a large circulation in the musical public.在音乐界销路很广。
• The ideas have been in circulation for some time.这些想法已经流行了一段时间。

22 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

23 beetle   

n.甲虫，近视眼的人

参考例句：

• A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。

24 reproduce   

v.生育，繁殖，复制，重做

参考例句：

• The machine can reproduce a key in two minutes.这机器能在两分钟内复制一把钥匙。
• The picture will reproduce well.这照片会印得很清楚。

25 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。

26 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

27 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

28 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 endeavor   

vt.／n.努力，尽力，尝试

参考例句：

• Thereupon,we knew,our endeavor was valuable.于是，我们知道，我们的努力是有价值的。
• We endeavor to make our customers satisfied.我们力图使顾客都满意。

3 endeavors   

努力，尽力( endeavor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Shop assistants should do their best endeavors to give the customers satisfaction. 店员应该尽力使顾客满意。
• He is earnest in his endeavors. 他热心努力。

4 sustenance   

n.食物，粮食；生活资料；生计

参考例句：

• We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
• The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。

5 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

6 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

7 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

8 drastic   

adj.严厉的，极端的，激烈的，猛烈的

参考例句：

• His view brings a drastic argument.他的观点引起激烈的争论。
• The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive actions.这种情况使我们深切地感到采取极端的行动是必要的。

9 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

10 curricula   

n.课程(复数)

参考例句：

• In many places, classrooms are overcrowded and curricula are outdated. 许多地方的教室过于拥挤，课程已经过时。 来自演讲部分
• How did these factors affect development of college curricula? 这些因素是怎样影响着学院的课程设置的呢？

11 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

12 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

13 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

14 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。

16 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

17 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

18 glaze   

v.因疲倦、疲劳等指眼睛变得呆滞，毫无表情

参考例句：

• Brush the glaze over the top and sides of the hot cake.在热蛋糕的顶上和周围刷上一层蛋浆。
• Tang three-color glaze horses are famous for their perfect design and realism.唐三彩上釉马以其造型精美和形态生动而著名。

19 blisters   

n.水疱( blister的名词复数 )；水肿；气泡

参考例句：

• My new shoes have made blisters on my heels. 我的新鞋把我的脚跟磨起泡了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His new shoes raised blisters on his feet. 他的新鞋把他的脚磨起了水疱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

21 circulation   

n.循环，流通，传播，发行，发行量

参考例句：

• There is a large circulation in the musical public.在音乐界销路很广。
• The ideas have been in circulation for some time.这些想法已经流行了一段时间。

22 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

23 beetle   

n.甲虫，近视眼的人

参考例句：

• A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。

24 reproduce   

v.生育，繁殖，复制，重做

参考例句：

• The machine can reproduce a key in two minutes.这机器能在两分钟内复制一把钥匙。
• The picture will reproduce well.这照片会印得很清楚。

25 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。

26 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

27 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

28 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。