2011英语四级考试听力短文原文及解析(全)

2011年大学英语四级考试已结束，新浪网教育频道第一时间收集整理试题及参考答案，供考生参考，以下为昂立版听力短文1原文及答案解析。

听力原文1：

Passage One There are many commonly held beliefs about eye glasses and eye sight. For instance, someone believes that wearing glasses too soon weakens the eyes, but there is no evidence to show that the eye structure is changed by wearing eye glasses at young age. Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful. Study shows that for adult, there is no danger, but children can develop lost vision if they have glasses inappropriate for their eyes. We have all heard about how eye sights get bad. Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eye sight, but that’s untrue. Too little light makes the eyes work harder, so they do get tired on strained. Eye strain also results from reading a lot. Reading in bed, and watching too much TV. However, although eye strain may cause some pain or headaches, it does not permanently damage eyesight. Another myth about eyes is that they can be replaced or transferred from one person to another. There are close to 1 million nerve fibers (神经纤维)that connect the eye ball to brain. As if yet, it is impossible to attach them all in a new person. Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced. But if we keep clearing up the myths, and learn more about the eyes, a full transplant can be may be possible。

26. What the speaker want to tell us about eye sight?

27. What do studies show about wearing glassed?

28. What do we learn about eye transplanting from the talk?

听力短文1答案解析：

passage1为医学类话题，讲述视力，佩戴眼镜，以及眼部器官移植问题。难度适中，与去年基本持平，略有升高。文中出现的关键词都是在课堂上和昂立冲刺讲座中提到过的高频词汇。包括eyesight，eye glasses，replace，transfer和transporting。主旨大意为人们错误佩戴眼镜导致的问题；对于成人和儿童不同的影响；哪些行为会导致视力的下降；以及眼部器官移植的相关问题。三道都为主旨大意题。Q26.提问speaker关于eyesight讲述了哪些内容，Q27.错误佩戴眼镜的研究说明了哪些问题，Q28.我们可以从speaker关于眼部器官移植的介绍中获取说明信息。

听力原文2(昂立版)

Passage 2

When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use available community services, such as adult day care centers. If the care givers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other responsibilities. In contrast, a spouse, usually the wife, is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discover that the wife normally tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can in order not to use up their life savings. Researchers have found that caring for the elderly can be a very positive experience. The elderly appreciated the care and attention they received. They were affectionate and corporative. However, even when care giving is satisfying, it is hard work. Social workers and experts on aging offer care givers and potential care givers help when arranging for the care of an elderly relative. One consideration is to ask parents what they want before they become sick or dependent. Perhaps they prefer going into a nursing home can select one in advance. On the other hand, they may want to live with their adult children. Care givers must also learn to state their needs and opinions clearly and ask for help from others especially brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters are often willing to help but they may not know what to do。

Question 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard。

Q29. Why are adult children more likely to use community services to help care for elderly parents?

Q30. Why are most wives unwilling to put their dependent husbands into nursing homes?

Q31. According to the passage, what must care givers learn to do?

听力篇章2解析

本次考试篇章2 比较简单，讲述了如何更好照顾老人的社会类话题，关键词ageing, nursing , positive, responsibilities 等都是昂立课堂上讲述的内容。 如何更好的照顾老人，是妻子的任劳任怨，还是依靠日趋完善的社区服务？孩子和妻子不能达成共识。虽然各有利弊，最好还是征求一下老人本人的建议，在子女间达成协议，以能更好赡养老者。问题从孩子和妻子的角度各出一题，最后一题为社会类文章的解决方案。所以看到了关键词adult children和wives，care for ，以及话题转折的turn 如：in contrast，以及社会专家等研究发现的结果。等就可以作答。 建议今后继续关注社会老龄化话题，积累相关词汇，另外一定要注意话题转折的turn 和研究专家的研究发现等。

听力原文3

Passage Three

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

Since a union representative visited our company to inform us about our rights and protections. My coworkers have been worrying about health conditions and complaining about safety hazards in the workplace. Several of the employees in the computer department, for example, claim to be developing vision problems from having to stare at a video display terminal for about 7 hours a day. The supervisor of the laboratory is beginning to get headaches and dizzy spells because she says it’s dangerous to breathe some of the chemical smoke there. An X-rays technician is refusing to do her job until the firm agrees to replace its out-dated equipment. She insists that it’s exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation. She thinks that she may have to contact the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and asked that government agency to inspect the department. I’ve heard that at a factory in the area two pregnant women who were working with paint requested a transfer to a safer department, because they wanted to prevent damage to their unborn babies. The supervisor of personnel refused the request. In another firm the workers were constantly complaining about the malfunctioning heating system, but the owners was too busy or too mean to do anything about it. Finally, they all met an agree to wear ski-clothing to work the next day. The owner was too embarrassed to talk to his employees. But he had the heating system replaced right away。

Questions 32- 35 are based on the passage you have just heard。

32 What does the talk focus on?

33 What did the X-ray technician ask her company to do?

34 What does the speaker say about the two pregnant women working with paint?

35 Why did the workers in the firm wear ski-clothing to work?

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