专四听力50篇第三四五篇答案

Passage 3: A Popular Pastime of the English People (144 words)

One of the best means of understanding the people of any nation is watching what they do with their non-working time.

Most English men, women and children love growing things, especially flowers. Visitors to England in spring, summer, or autumn are likely to see gardens all the way along the railway lines. There re flowers at the airports and flowers in factory grounds, as well as in gardens along the roads. Each English town has at least one park with beautifully kept flower beds. Public buildings of every kind have brilliant window boxes and sometimes baskets of lowers are hanging on them.

But what the English enjoy most is growing thins themselves. If it is impossible to have a garden, then a window box or something growing in a pot will do. Looking at each other’s gardens is a popular pastime with the English.

means (n.) (sing.) 方法；方式；手段

a means to an end达到目的的方法，by all means务必；无论如何；千方百计地，by any means（口）用一切可能的方法或手段，by fair means or foul不择手段地，by means of通过；用；借助于，by no means决不，一点也不，by some means (or other) 想个办法；以某种方法，leave no means untried想尽一切办法，not by any means一点也不，绝对不

The end justifies the means. (谚语) 只要目的正当，可以不择手段。

pot (n.) 罐，壶

window box (n.) 窗台上的花盆箱，窗栏花箱

pastime (n.) 消遣，娱乐 Swimming is my favorite pastime.





Passage 4: British and American Police Officers (177 words)

Real policemen, both in Britain and the U.S., hardly recognize any common points between their lives and what they see on TV—if they ever get home in time.

Some things are almost the same, of course, but the policemen do not think much of them.

The first-difference is that a policeman’s real life deals with the law. Most of what he learns is the law. He has to know actually what actions are against the law and what fact can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a lawyer, and what’s more, he has to put it into practice on his feet, in the dark and, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.

Little of his time Is spent in talking with beautiful girls or in bravely facing cruel criminals. He will spend most of his working life arranging millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, ordinary people who are guilty—or not of stupid, unimportant crimes.

think much of 重视，尊重

in court在法庭上

criminal (n.) 罪犯，犯罪者

guilty (adj.) 犯罪的，有罪的

guilty look内疚的神色，the guilty party犯罪的一方，a guilty conscience犯罪感，have a guilty conscience 问心有愧；做贼心虚，be found guilty被判决有罪，be guilty of a crime犯了罪





Passage 5: Living Space (14

7 words)

How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space needs are not met? Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and worry become clear,. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for human survival? These are interesting questions.

determine (v.) 测定；决心；决意

determine the velocity测定速度

He determined to go.他决意要去。I am determined to do better than Mike.

tend to (v.) 有某种倾向；有…的趋势

He tends to pitch the ball too high. 他往往把球掷得很高。

People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.

survival (n.) 生存

We need food and water for survival.