1、大学英语四级（听力）练习试卷 20及答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marke
2、d A, B, C and D. （ A） Huge increase in the number of public relations companies. （ B） Shrinking cultural differences. （ C） New communications technologies. （ D） PR efforts in other countries. （ A） Because British companies are more ambitious than US companies. （ B） Because British companies place mo
3、re importance on PR than US companies. （ C） Because British companies are heavily involved in planning activities. （ D） Because four of the worlds top PR agencies are British-owned. （ A） The Wall Street Journal. （ B） The Financial Times. （ C） The Economist. （ D） The Observer. （ A） He didnt like phys
4、ics any more. （ B） His eyesight was too poor. （ C） Physics was too hard for him. （ D） He had to work to support himself. （ A） He was not happy with the new director. （ B） He was not qualified to be an engineer. （ C） He wanted to travel. （ D） He found his job boring. （ A） He enjoyed teaching English.
5、 （ B） He wanted to earn more to support his family. （ C） The owner of the school promised him a good position. （ D） He could earn more as a teacher than as a travel agent. 大学英语四级（听力）练习试卷 20答案与解析 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you wi
6、ll hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1 【听力原文】 The rise of multinational companies, global marketing, new communications technologies, and shrinking c
7、ultural differences have led to an unparalleled increase in global public relations or PR. Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the US leadership in PR is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries. Ten years ago, for example, the worlds top five public relations a
8、gencies were American-owned. In 1991, only one was. The British in particular are becoming more sophisticated and creative. A recent survey found that more than half of all British companies include PR as part of their companies planning activities, compared to about one third of US companies that d
9、o so. It may not be long before London replaces New York as the capital of PR. Why is America lagging behind in the global PR race? First, Americans as a whole tend to be fairly provincial and take more interest in local affairs. Knowledge of world geography, for example, has never been strong in th
10、is country. Secondly, Americans lag behind their European and Asian counterparts in knowing a second language. Finally, people involved in PR abroad tend to keep a closer eye on international affairs. In the financial area, for instance, most Americans read The Wall Street Journal. Overseas, their c
11、ounterparts read the Journal as well as the Financial Times of London and The Economist, the latter two being publications not often read in this country. 1 【正确答案】 D 【知 识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. Bu
12、t my eyesight wasnt good enough. So I had to give up the idea. I went to university and studied physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought Id better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay
13、 in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didnt get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who was w
14、orking for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And Ive always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasnt earning enough to su
15、pport the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evening. I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a full-time job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am. 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力
