【正文】 metimes simply go without them. Many Americans have less time than ever before to spend preparing food. (44) ______________ _______________________________________. Moreover, Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average. It is easy to study the amounts and kinds of food that people consume. (45) _____________ ________________________________________________________. This information not only tells us what people are eating, but also tells us about the changes in attitudes and tastes. (46) __ ___________________________________________________________. Instead, chicken, turkey and fish have bee more popular. Sales of these foods have greatly increased in recent years. 2020年 12月四級 真題 聽力 原文 (第一套 ) Section A W:Have you finished that painting for the new student center? M: Just this morning, I’ ve been working extra hours all week, you know the building opens tomorrow. Q: What does the man mean? 12. M: Do you sell camping gear? W: Yes, we have tents, sleeping bags, just about everything you might need, including stoves. Q: What is the man probably going to do? 13. M: Hi Jenny have you talked to Mr Wright about the new sports program? W: well, I contacted his office half an hour ago, and his secretary said he was out for lunch until 2:00. Q: What does the woman mean? ： Bill says he’ s not working so hard on his biology project. W: But he spends a lot of time in the lab, doesn’ t he? Q: What does the woman imply about Bill? : I have to say i find the new smoking regulations too strict. W: Well, they are for everyone’ s health. I have no plaints. Q: What are the speakers talking about? : Jack asked me to drop off this report. He’ s tight up in meetings all morning. M: I was hoping he brings it in himself, I need to talk with him about it. Q: Why can’ t Jack e in person? : Should we invite to join us for dinner this weekend,he has just e back from England. W: You can have a try, but as far as i know,he seldom accepts invitations from his employees Q: What can we infer about ? : This place doesn’ t look familiar at all, we must be lost. M： Yes， it seems so. Let’ s pull in here, while i’ m filling in the tank,you go ask the way and get me something to drink please. Q: What does the man going to do first? Long Conversation 1 M: Well ,did you enjoy it? W: Yes, I enjoy it much more that I thought I would. M: Really? W: Yes, I don’ t usually go to science fiction don’ t think they are much better than ics on film, if you know what I mean. M : Yes, a few years ago,they were certainly like that. But they’ ve got a lot better now. W: Yes, and historical films, that’ s what I really like. I never miss a good film set in middle ages. Oh, and love stories, I never miss one on TV. M: Fondly enough, I don’ t like those kinds of films at all. But to e back to this one, I personally didn’ t think it was very good . It certainly wasn’ t as good as other science fiction films I’ ve ever seen. W: Wasn’ t it? M: No, not at all. Oh, the effects were very good. W: Yes, I thought they were marvelous. Especially the battle in space, incredable. M: Yes, but I was going to say I thought the acting was terrible. W: Yes. I suppose Jason was too good to be true. And what was the name of the Baddy? M: Cargon? W: Yeah. Cargon was really evil, wasn’ t he? But I suppose that’ s what these films are all about— good triumphing over evil. And the characters have to be black and white. M: Well ,yes, but not always. Worth the well wasn’ t like for example. Anyway, you enjoy the film. That’ s the most important. W: Yes, I did. Thanks for taking me. Q: 19. What does the man say about the science fiction films? 20. What opinion did the speakers share about the film they just seen? 21. What to be learned about Jason and Cargon? Long Conversation 2 M: Can I ask you about your evening class? What class do you go to? W: Car maintance. M: What night of the week it on? W: Wednesday night. M: And how long does it last? M: Well, it supposed to start at 6, but that’ s a bit of problem because people have difficulty getting through the traffic. So we start at 6: 30 and then it goes on until the 9 o’ clock. M: And what was your reason for wanting to do the class? W: Well, I just bought my first car and I don’ t know anything about cars. So I thought it was a good opportunity to learn. I guess most of the peole in the class are in the same situation. M: Um, and what do you actually do? Do you bring the car along to the class? W: Yes, we do. And in the first part of the lesson, the first half hour, the man who runs the class will go though some particular part of the car, and we’ ll learn about it. And then we spend the rest of the time, actually working on my own cars, the same problem. M: And how many people are there in the class? W: Mm, I think 16, but 3 quarters of them are women. It’ s quite interesing because the man is obiously used to teaching man. And he always starts his sentence by saying, ” Wow, your chops were slow.” And then he stops and says “ Oh, any woman, you ladies, but...ur..” M: Mm..sounds funny. Q: 22. What does the woman say about her evening class? 23. Why did the wman want to attend to the class? do the people who attend the class do in the first part of the lesson? 25. What do we learn about participants in the class? Section B Passages Passage 1 We don’ t choose friends on the basis of how much money they have, of course, but lots of differences can be disturbing to both sides.