历年托福听力考试2004-08（打印版）

04年 8月托福听力文字
Where there is a will there is a way.
Where there is a life there is a hope.
Part A
1．M: Mariah, I lent you a couple of videos last week. I'd like to pass them on to another student today
W: I have one in my bag ,but could I keep the other one until tomorrow ?I haven't quite finished it yet
Q: what does the woman imply?
2．M: Is there a discount on tiket with the student ID card?
M: Oh, let me see, I need to check. Just a second.
Q: what can be inferred about the woman?

3．W: Didn't you say your brother used to come to the school before you did?
M: Yep, he sure did. And my sister will star next fall.
Q: What does the man mean
4. M: I've been looking to buy a red sweater. But I can't find one anywhere in town
W: You know. I just saw one in campus store. And it looked like may be your size
Q: What does the woman say about the campus store..
5. W: Can I use your computer this afternoon? Every time I go to the library, none of the ones there are free.
M: I've got a big project to finish tomorrow. Is there anyone else you can ask?
Q: what can be inferred from the conversation?
6. M: Nancy, remember yesterday you asked me to pay your phone bill? I forgot
W: What! Yesterday was the last day of the month. Now I have to pay an extra free
Q: What does the woman mean?
7. W: What happened? We were supposed to meet here at 5 o’clock I've been waiting for you almost 20 minutes
M: Sorry. I was working all day for my history paper and I got to so wrapped up in the research that I completely lost track of the time.
Q: What does the man mean?
8. M: I wish I could help you. But, I'm not really good with computers. Whenever I have a problem with my computer, I just turn the whole thing off and then start all over again.
W: Well, I try that already about a dozen times.
Q: what can be inferred about the conversation?
9. M: I'm really enjoying that literature class with Professor Benson. Wasn’t the lecture this morning interesting?
W: To tell you the truth, I was so exhausted from staying up last night to finish the reading, but I didn't get much out of it
Q: what does the woman mean?
10. M: I'm looking for a gift for a friend of mine. Any suggestions?
W: Well, I’d have to know a little bit about your friend first. It's hard for me to say otherwise.
Q: what does the woman imply the man should do?
11. M: Why are you lugging that heavy history books around? Don't you know you can read it all on a computer?
W: Yeah. But that' not for me. There's something about the few of the printed page that just appeals to me.
Q: what does the woman mean?
12. W: Look at this place. It's a complete mess .my roommate never helps clean anything. She's always on the phone and...
M: It's sounds like one of you will have to go.
Q: What does the man mean?
13. W: I hope it's not going to rain for the picnic on Sunday. I'd hate to have to call everyone and postpone it again.
M: Well, sorry to tell you this .But you'd better get the guest's list and calendar out.
Q: what does the man imply?
14. M: I wish I could afford season tickets to the opera.
W: Well, just think of how much time you have to do other things
Q: what does the woman imply
15. W: So what we have in this article, are two different opinions about the same historical period, and I’d want you to notice how far part they are?
M: Excuse me. Professor Walton. But which one do you think is right?
Q: what does the man want professor to do?
16. W: I just found someone's wallet lying in the street. Luckily, the owner's telephone number is inside.
M: My house is a short walk from here
Q: what does the man imply?
17. W: I need these articles photocopied and stapled(装订) for my 4'o clock meeting .Do you think you can have it done by then.
M: There are several letters I need to type. They are not very urgent though. So I can make this my top priority.
Q: what will the man probably do?
18. W: Is biology class cancelled next Friday for the long weekend.
M: Professor Smith cancelled the class? You've got to be joking?
Q: what does the man mean?
19. M: I was wondering if you might be able to go the drug store for me and get a bottle of cough syrup and some flu medicine.
W: You know, you've been sick for over a week now. Why don't you get yourself looked at?
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
20. W: That was really nice of you to look over my application to graduate school. What did you think of my answer to that last question? You know, where I have to state my career goals and how I've been working towards them the past few years
M: I think your statement is OK. But why do you mention only your course. It seems to be you should also describe your work experience
Q: what does the man imply?
21. M: If Jane calls, would you tell her I had to go to the newspaper office for a few minutes?
W: OK. Should I tell her she can reach you anytime after ,say ,2'o clock?
Q: what will the woman probably do when Jane calls?
22. M: I'm so sorry. Is that your coat over there? I just split the coffee on it.
W: It's no big deal. I was taking it to the cleaner's anyway.
Q: what can be inferred from the conversation?
23. M: I am studying biochemistry, but I wonder if that fields are already too over-crowed.
W: I doubt it. If present trends continue, you should pretty much have your pick of jobs by the time you graduate.
Q: what does the woman mean?
24. W: I'm on the publicity committee for the arts school exhibition being held on Saturday .And I'm wondering you were supposed to oversee the invitation.
M: Is this Saturday already? I've forgotten about it. But, yes I did respond that I'd be there
25. M: I can't imagine that anyone would pay 7 dollars for 3 ouches of toothpaste.
W: I guess this new toothpaste company knows something we don't. Because it sure seems to be selling.
Q: what does the woman imply?
26. M: Don't you find professor Joson to be very intimidating? He seems so strict in class.
W: It might be too early to tell. But I hear he usually loosens up by about middle terms
Q: what does the woman mean?
27. M: It's so nice that I plan to go hiking. But there's storm warning on the radio.
W: If I were you i would reconsider. The weather can be very changeable around here.
Q: what does the woman imply the man should do?
28. W: Have you noticed what creative drawing Sidney makes? I'm surprised she is not interested in going into commercial art(商业美术).
M: I know. But I 'm sure she'll do well in law school too.
Q: what can be inferred about Sidney?
29. W: Excuse me. I'm trying to get to the health clinic. But I seem to have lost my way.
M: Sorry .This is my first day on this campus.
Q: What does the man imply?
30. W: Are you interested in seeing that new film Saturday night? I heard it’s really good.
M: This Saturday? Well, thanks. But, you know I’m a big sports fan, and basketball team is playing then. How about Sunday?
Q: What does the man imply?#p#副标题#e#

Part B
31～34
W：So you are up to some tennis this afternoon or what?
M: Well, to tell you the truth, I’m not feeling so hot today.
W: Come on. How long has it been since we played.
M: A couple of days.
W: A couple of days? Come on. It’s been more than a couple of days.
M: Yeah. I guess you’re right. It’s been almost a week.
W: It’s been exactly a week. And we used to play at least three times this week.
M: I know. Playing right after classed was something to look forward to.
W: Yeah. And it was right before dinner. So we build up our appetite.
M: I’ve just been very busy. I guess. And my stomach is bothering today.
W: But you look ok to me.
M: Well, I was up late with Steve in the library working on a project we got to do by tomorrow for that anthropology class. We've been working on it all weekend. And I was drinking a lot of coffee. I guess I just drank too much.
W: Listen. I took that class last semester. And I could meet you in the library later tonight and help with if you want. And then you have time to play tennis this afternoon.
M: Yeah. I guess my stomach doesn’t hurt that bad. And I could certainly use your help. But it’s also….
W: Is there something else bothering you?
M: Well, to be honest, I am getting tired of always losing.（总算说实话了^_^）

31 What are the students mainly discussing?
32 When was the last time the speaker play tennis?
33 What does the man think is the reason for his stomach?
34 What does the woman offer to do for the man?

35～38
M: How about a walk, Nancy?
W: Sure. Let’s go now before it gets dark.
M: What’s your hurry?
W: Haven’t you noticed? The street lights on campus are different. They gave off a hazy(朦胧的) yellow glow that make some colors fade out. It is not as much fun taking an evening walk as it was before.
M: Oh, you mean the new sodium bulbs. Yeah, that was in the newspaper. They make things look different alright. But they provide better visibility than regular lighting. They are tuned to the colors in which human vision is the sharpest and that section is amplified. The problem is that a lot of the colors are blocked out.
W: Well, I don’t feel comfortable when green looks like brown. Sodium bulbs might make sense for highways, though, if they really do improve visibility so much.
M: Yeah. And the interesting thing is that the new halogen headlights(双卤素前灯) on cars cancel out the adverse aspects of sodium lighting and the colors appear natural again.
W: Well, then sodium bulbs should be used only where there are a lot of cars. Why are they in places where I want to take a quiet walk? The city must be trying to save money.
M: It is. Sodium bulbs last about 7 times longer than regular bulbs. It can be that, I guess.

35 What’ the main subject of this conversation?
36.Why does the woman want to take a walk right away?
37 Why do colors appear natural at night on a highway lighted by sodium bulbs?
38 What’s one reason that sodium bulbs are being installed?

Part C
39-41
I’d like to share with you today my experience with the new approach to building a house. It’s called Envelop Building. Essentially, what it means is that as you are building a house, you try to leave the landscape feature on the land, especially the vegetation in the original condition. So what you are not doing is the usual practice of land-scraping. By which I mean literally scraping or clearing land of any and all the original plants. Why is the approach called Envelop Building? Because instead of clearing everything away, you let your original landscape elements envelop or surround your house. Let the vegetation physical features such as hills and slopes or interesting rock formations, constituted a significant part of the character of the building sight. The design of the house should take these features of the property into account. Actually integrating your original wild landscape with a house is not that new. The famous American architect Wright was doing it about 65 years ago. So we are in good company. Envelop Building is not as easy as it sounds though. It’s not just that you build your house and leave the land alone. By building, you are already damaging the original landscape. But as architects, we should try to work with environment, not against it. A creative architect can find ways to incorporate natural landscape into the overall design. For example, why used the massive boulders on the side of one of the most famous houses has part of the house foundation?
39According to the professor, what does the term “landscaping” refer to?
40In Envelop Building, what is done with the landscape features of a building sight?
41 Why does the professor mention the architect Frank Loid Wright?

42-46
Today we are going to talk about copyrighting works of art. A copyright is a proof of authorship（作者身份）. It protects artists against someone else using their work without their permission. It’s important to remember that United States Copyright Law protects artistic expressions such as paintings, but does not protect any ideas, concept, procedure or technique. In all the United States Copyright Law, Artists needed to take several steps to obtain copyright protection. The law as changed in 1978 and again 1989. For artists the current law means everything they create is automatically and immediately copyrighted. They don’t have to file any documents and under the protection of the Copyright Law, any recreations of their original work such as prints are also covered by the artists copyright. Further more, any changes artists made to their original works are covered. The Law also makes it clear that when someone buys the work of art, they are not allowed to destroy or change that work of art. Artists keep the copyright even after selling the work of art. The purchaser may buy the physical work, but the right to make prints or copies is still the artists’ and buyers does not automatically have any right to make and sell prints or copies of work. Although works are automatically copyrighted, artists are encouraged to register their work with United States Copyright Office. Registering art provides additional legal protection and also gives the people around the world the ability to approach the honors about licensing and purchasing right.

42 What is the talk mainly about?
43 When does the Artist Copyright start?
44 What does the United States Copyright Law state about a work of art that is sold?
45 What does the professor say about the United States Copyright Law?
46 What is an advantage of registering art with the United States Copyright Office.

47-50
Today let’s talk about synesthesia(副感觉), that’s a brain condition in which a person’s senses are combined in a unusual ways. For example, a person with synesthesia may taste sounds. To them, a musical note may taste like a pekoe(香红茶). Many people who have synesthesia experience intense colors when they hear specific words. For example, they might see a flash of pink every time they hear the word “jump”. For a long time, many scientists were unconvinced that synesthesia really exists. So in the 1990s an experiment was done to find our for sure. Two groups were studied. One was a group of people who claim to experience colors when they heard certain words. The other was a controlled group, people who experience nothing out of the ordinary when hearing words. Each group was asked to describe the colors they thought of when they heard a list of spoken words. When the test was repeated, the difference between the two groups was startling. After just a week, the controlled group gave the same answers only a third of the time. But even a year of a half later, the synesthetic group gave the same answers 92% of the time. Clearly, this is not just a matter of memory. Scientists are still not sure just why synesthesia happens. But certain drugs are reportedly able to produce it artificially. So we all probably have brains with connections that could synesthesia. It’s just the connections normally are used in that way.

47 What’ the main purpose of the talk?
48 What’s the one example of synesthesia that the professor mentions?
49 What was the purpose of the experiment the professor mentioned
50 What were some of people in the study able to do?

历年托福听力考试2004-08（在线收听）