【正文】 . M: where did the ideas for the “ Harry Potter” books e from? I’ ve no ideas where the ideas came from. And I hope I’ ll never find out. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about the invisible train platform. M: How did you e up with the names of your characters? I invented some of them. But I also collected strange names. I’ ve got one from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memoirs and people I met. M: Oh, you are really resourceful. Questions: 22. What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowling’ s first book? 23. Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very lucky? 24. What dictates Miss Rowling’ s writing? 25. According to Miss Rowling where did she get the ideas for the Harry Porter books? Section B: Passages Passage 1 Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day. According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when pleting weekly performance reports, yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling all the material， learning new lessons and pleting highquality work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention. The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children. Just staying up late can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, wellfunctioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the study’s lead author. So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: when a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration. “If we don’t ask about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns in kids’ struggling academically, then we aren’t doing our job”， Forlone said. For parents, he said, the message is simple, “ getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time”。 06 年 6 月 24 日四級(jí)新題型聽力答案與原文 Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 11. A) The girls got on well with each other. B) It’s understandable that girls don’t get along. C) She was angry with the other young stars. D) The girls lacked the courage to fight. 12. A) The woman does her own housework. B) The woman needs a housekeeper. C) The woman’s house is in a mess. D) The woman works as a housekeeper. 13. A) The Edwards are quite welloff. B) The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses. C) It’ll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house. D) It’s too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house. 14. A) The woman didn’t expect it to be so warm at noon. B) The woman is sensitive to weather changes. C) The weather forecast was unreliable. D) The weather turned cold all of a sudden. 15. A) At a clinic. B) In a supermarket. C) At a restaurant. D) In an ice cream shop. 16. A) The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx. B) The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district. C) The woman started working at an early age to support her family. D) The man doesn’t think it safe to send an 8yearold to buy things. 17. A) The man has never seen the woman before. B) The two speakers work for the same pany. C) The two speakers work on the same floor. D) The woman is interested in market research. 18. A) The woman can’t tolerate any noise. B) The man is looking for an apartment. C) The man has missed his appointment. D) The woman is going to take a train trip. Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) To make a business report to the woman. B) To be interviewed for a job in the woman’s pany. C) To resign from his position in the woman’s pany. D) To exchange stock market information with the woman. 20. A) He is head of a small trading pany. B) He works in an international insurance pany. C) He leads a team of brokers in a big pany. D) He is a public relations officer in a small pany. 21. A) The woman thinks Mr. Saunders is asking for more than they can offer. B) Mr. Saunders will share one third of the woman’s responsibilities. C) Mr. Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations. D) The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr. Saunders’ past experience. Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. A) She’s worried about the seminar. B) The man keeps interrupting her. C) She finds it too hard. D) She lacks interest in it. 23. A) The lecturers are boring. B) The course is poorly designed. C) She prefers Philosophy to English. D) She enjoys literature more. 24. A) Karen’s friend. B) Karen’s parents. C) Karen’s lecturers. D) Karen herself. 25. A) Changing her major. B) Spending less of her parents’ money. C) Getting transferred to the English Department. D) Leaving the unive