2013年6月大学英语四级考试听力Part III Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversationsand2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,oneor more questions will be asked about what was said.Both theconversation and the questions w川 be spoken only once.Aftereach question there w川 be a pause.During the pause,youmust read the four choices marked A),B),C)and D),anddecide which is the best answer.Then mark the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.11.W:What are you doing in here,Sir?Didnt you see the privatesign over there?M:Im sorry.I didnt notice it when I came in.Im looking for themanagers office.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?12.W:Mike,whats the problem?Youve known from month thereport is due today.M:I know,but Im afraid I need another few days.The data ishard to interpret than I expected.Q:What does the man mean?13.W:Excuse me,Tony.Has my parcel from New York arrived?M:Unfortunately,its been delayed due to the bad weather.Q:What is the woman waiting for?14.W:Pam said we wont have the psychology test until the end ofnext week.M:Ellen,you should know better than to take Pams words foranything.Q:What doesthe man imply about Pam?15.W:Tom,would you please watch my suitcase for a minute?Ineed to go make a quick phone call.M:Yeah,sure.Take your time.Our train doesnt leave foranother twenty minutes.Q:What does the man mean?16.M:Frankly,Mary is not what Id called easy-going.W:I see.People in our neighborhood find it hard to believeshes my twin sister.Q:What does the woman imply?17.M:How soon do you think this can be cleaned?W:We have same day service,sir.You can pick up your suitafter five oclock.Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?18.W:I really enjoy that piece you just play on the piano.I bet youget a lot of requests for it.M:You said it.People just cant get enough of it.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?Section A11.W:I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town.There are a lotof roses in bloom.M:Why dont we walk over there and see for ourselves?Q:What will the speakers probably do?12.M:My presentation is scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall.I hopeto see you there.W:Oh,sorry.I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at9:00 oclock tomorrow.Q:What do we learn about the woman?13.W:How long have you been running this company?M:Twenty years if you can believe that.I brought it from a small operation to what itis today.Q:What do we learn about the man?14.M:Have you read the news on the campus net?Susan has won the scholarship fornext year.W:I knew she would from the very beginning.Such a brilliant and diligent girl!Shecertainly deserves it.Q:What does the woman mean?15.W:Taking a bus to Miami,its cheaper than going by train.M:Thats true.But Fd rather pay a little more for the added comfort and convenience.Q:What does the man mean?16.M:I think its time we got rid of all this old furniture.W:You9re right.We need to promote our image besides its not a real antique.Q:What do the speakers mean?17.M:That was some storm yesterday.How was I afraid I couldnt make it home.W:Yeah,most of the roads to my house were flooded.I didnt get home from the labuntil midnight.Q:What do we learn from the conversation?18.W:My boys are always complaining that they9 re bored.M:Why dont you get them into some team sports?My son and daughter play soccerevery Saturday.And they both look forward to it all week.Q:What does the man mean?Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heardW:So John,I hear you and Arthur share a job,dont you?M:Yes.Weve shared a sales job at Sonatech for about two years now.W:Well,how do you divide up your schedule?M:You know we are both sales representatives,and we take orders over the phone.When we started job sharing it was difficult,because we both worked all day Monday.I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday.Theproblem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday.I would talk to people,thenthey would call back on Wednesday with a question.But Arthur couldnt answer thequestion and he couldnt ask me about it because I wasnt in the office.So he had toask the people to call me back the next day,Thursday.Of course,they didn?t like towait until the next day to have their questions answered.W:Yes,that sounds like a problem.M:So,finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would workin the afternoons.Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning,Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon.This way,people get their questionsanswered the same day.W:What do you do about vacations?M:Well,Sonatech gives the usual two weeks of vacation to full-time employees,Itake a week and Arthur takes a week.W:It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you.M:Yes,it has.We are both happy with it.Q19.What do John and author do at Sonatech?Q20.What problem did John and Arthur h