英語四級(jí)聽力練習(xí)題
Section C
Compound Dictation
Splitting dinner checks can cause a splittingheadache, even when the diners are mathematicsmajors. Three computer science (36) ______students at the US's Carnegie Mellon University were(37) ______ up with worrying about shared bills sothey decided to act. Shashank, Amit and Ashwincreated a free website, Buxfer.com, in September, to help people remember who (38) ______what and to whom.
Instead of trying to (39) ______ out how every dinner bill should be split, the site allows usersto form groups of friends or housemates to (40) ______ shared expenses over longer periodsof time. For example, if one housemate pays for dinner for everyone, he earns (41) ______ inhis Buxfer group and pays less on next month's rent. Buxfer quickly became (42) ______among college students and young (43) ______ who often pool expenses and borrow smallamounts from each other.
News of the site has spread largely by word of mouth and on blogs. (44) _____________________________________________________ . Buxfer automatically e-mails users about new transactions. When a user logs on to Buxfer, (45) _______________________________________________________ . Users can also leavenotes for each other on the site.
Buxfer has been an eye-opener for Veda as it has shown him how much money was flowingbetween him and his friends. The site is helping him track US$300 that others owe him, (46) _____________________________________________________________ .
英語四級(jí)聽力答案解析：
36. graduate
解析：此處需要修飾students的詞。graduate students意為“研究生”。
37. fed
解析：空格前的were表明此處需要?jiǎng)釉~、形容詞或分詞，且能與up with搭配。be fed up with意為“受夠了”。
38. owes
解析：此處需要?jiǎng)釉~，充當(dāng)who引導(dǎo)的定語從句的謂語。
39. figure
解析：空格前的trying to表明此處需要填入動(dòng)詞。figure out意為“弄明白”。
40. track
解析：to表明此處需要?jiǎng)釉~，表目的。track作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，意為“追蹤”。
41. credits
解析：此處需要名詞，且能與earn搭配。earn credits意為“賺取信譽(yù)”。
42. popular
解析：became表明此處需要形容詞。popular“流行的”。
43. professionals
解析：此處需要名詞復(fù)數(shù)，與and前的students并列。professionals“專業(yè)人士”。
44. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：It now has about 3,000 users who have made transactions of more thanUS$875,000
聽音關(guān)鍵：3,000 users, transactions, $875,000
答案重構(gòu)：Now about 3,000 users make transactions of over US$875,000.
畫龍點(diǎn)睛：本句的難點(diǎn)是數(shù)字，數(shù)字需精確。more than可以用over代替。
45. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：the amount he/she owes or is owed is shown on the homepage
聽音關(guān)鍵：amount, owe, is shown, homepage
畫龍點(diǎn)睛：此處不建議重構(gòu)，注意he/she owes or is owed是修飾amount的定語從句。聽音時(shí)需先抓住主干：the amount is shown on the homepage.
46. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：as well as the US$1,500 he owes to a friend who bought an airline ticketto India for him
聽音關(guān)鍵：$1,500, owes, friend, airline ticket, India
答案重構(gòu)：and the US$1,500 he owes to a friend for buying an airline ticket to India for him
畫龍點(diǎn)睛：as well as 表示“除……外，也……”。