专四听力真题原文—2005.docVIP

[ti:TEM4-2005] [al:英语专业四级真题] [00:12.49]TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2005) [00:16.56]-GRADE FOUR- [00:18.46]PART I DICTATION [00:21.22]Listen to the following passage. [00:23.93]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. [00:28.49]During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, [00:32.96]listen and try to understand the meaning. [00:36.93]For the second and third readings, [00:39.34]the passage will be read sentence by sentence, [00:42.56]or phrase by phrase, [00:44.54]with intervals of 15 seconds. [00:47.76]The last reading will be read at normal speed again [00:51.71]and during this time you should check your work. [00:55.35]You will then be given 2 minutes [00:57.32]to check through your work once more. [01:00.62]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE. [01:05.25]Now, listen to the passage. [01:09.75]The Wrist Watch [01:11.85]It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception [01:16.61]to the normal sequence in the evolution of men’s jewelry. [01:21.63]Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women, [01:26.14]and then adopted by men. [01:29.11]In the old days, queens included wrist watches [01:32.78]among their crown jewelry. [01:35.55]Later they were worn by Swiss workers and farmers. [01:40.74]Until World War I, [01:42.61]Americans associated the watch with fortune hunters. [01:47.37]Then army officers discovered that the wrist watch [01:51.02]was most practical for active combat. [01:54.86]Race car drivers also loved to wear wrist watches. [01:59.22]And pilots found them most useful while flying. [02:04.14]Soon, men dared to wear wrist watches [02:07.86]without feeling self-conscious. [02:11.03]By 1924, some 30 percent of men’s watches [02:15.62]were worn on the wrist. [02:18.59]Today, the figure is 90 percent. [02:22.67]And they are now worn by both men and women [02:26.71]for practical purposes rather than for decoration. [02:33.14]The second and third readings. [02:36.23]You should begin writing no