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专四模拟题 参考答案 Dictation： American Sports Americans are active people, enjoying a variety of games played in the world. For a long period of time, Americans have topped in most of international competitions. Whenever one opens newspapers or turns on television in the United States, one is likely to see extensive coverage of sports events held either in the United States or overseas. This is particularly true on weekends when professional and intercollegiate games are held nation-wide. A great number of people, male and female, old and young, throng into the stadium to watch these games, oftentimes in a group of family member or friends. Many more people stay at home, watching the game live broadcast on television. Indeed, to many an American, sports have already become part of their leisure life. And any weekend without some measure of participation, be it actual or emotional, would be hard to imagine. 听力原文： Conversation 1. M: Hi, Sally, I was wondering if you’re free tomorrow night. W: Well, I guess I am. Why do you ask? M: I have just gotton a pair of pre-sale “Star Wars” movie tickets from a friend and was thinking of inviting you along for the opening premiere. Are you interested? W: Yeah, definitely! Thanks for inviting me! M: No problem. W: The pre-sale tickets were sold out. How did you manage to get hold of ‘em? M: A friend of mine works at the corporate headquarters of Pepsi, which is a major sponsor of the movie. He was able to get the tickets for free, and then he sold 2 to me for $50 apiece. W: You paid $50 for each ticket? That’s a lot of money! M: Not really, considering the fact that pther people are paying as high as $200 each on the “black market”. Besides, I knew you were really looking forward to watching it. W: Wow, I’m really honored you went through all this trouble just for my sake. So, what time are we going? M: Well, let’s see. The movie starts at 10 pm. We should get there at least 1 hour earlier because there’ll be a big line. I could pick