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2003~2015年英语专业四级考试（真题卷）听写脚本 Salmon(2003) Every year, millions of salmon swim from the ocean/ into the mouths of rivers and then steadily up the rivers./ Passing through waters, around rocks and waterfalls,/ the fish finally reach their original streams or lakes./ They dig out nests in the riverbed and lay their eggs./ Then, exhausted by their journey,/ the parent salmon die./ They have finished the task that nature has given them. /Months or years later, /the young fish start their trip to the ocean. /They live in the salt water from two to seven years,/ until they, too, are ready to swim back to reproduce. /Their life cycle helps man provide himself with a basic food—fish./ When the adult salmon gather at the river mouths for the annual trip up the rivers,/ they are in the best possible condition,/ and nearly every harbor has its salmon fishing fleet /ready to catch thousands for markets. Money(2004) Money is accepted across the world as payment for goods or services. / People use money to buy food, clothes and hundreds of other things. / In the past, many different things were used as money. / People on Pacific islands once exchanged shells for goods. / The Chinese used cloth and knives. / In Africa, elephant tusks or salt were used. / Even today, some people in Africa are still paid in salt. /Coins were first invented by the Chinese. /Originally, they were round pieces of metal with a hole in the center, / so that a piece of string could keep them together. / This made doing business much easier, / but people still found coins inconvenient to carry/ when they wanted to buy something expensive. /To solve this problem, the Chinese again came up with the solution. /They began to use paper money for coins. / Now paper notes are used throughout the world./ The wrist watches(2005) It is generally believed that wrist watches are an exception / to the normal sequence in the evolution of mans jewelry. / Reversing the usual order, they were first worn by women, / and then