四級聽力天天練:第十期 2010年12月真題 文章(4/6)
來源：滬江聽寫酷
2011-09-13 11:10
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四級考試是許多童鞋必須通過的考試，其重要程度不言而喻。希望通過四級聽力天天練，童鞋們可以提高聽力水平，高分通過四級，沖刺六級。
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聽力原文：
Passage One
One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead. ____1____To prevent such tragedies, fire fighter Eric Velez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire. ____2____ “If you see us,” Velez tells them, “don’t hide! We are not monsters. We have come to rescue you.” Velez gives his presentations in English and Spanish. Growing up in San Francisco, he learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents. Velez and other fire fighters throughout North America, who give similar presentations, will never know how many lives they save through their talks. ____3____ For example, several months after listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris. In addition to saving lives, informative speakers help people learn new skills, solve problems and acquire fascinating facts about the exciting world in which they live.
Passage Two
Some people want to make and save a lot of money in order to retire early. ____4___ They make many personal sacrifices in exchange for income today. The problem is that tomorrow might not come. Even if it all goes according to plan, will you know how to be happy when you are not working if you spend your entire life making money? More importantly, who will be around for you to share your leisure time with? At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving when I might not be here tomorrow, they argue. The danger of this approach is that tomorrow may come after all. ____5____ The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older. You maybe surprise to hear me say that if you must pick an extreme I think it's better to pick the spend-all approach. As long as you don't mind continuing to work, assuming your health allows, you should be OK. At least, you are making use of your money, and hopefully deriving value and pleasure from it. ____6____ It may never come. Retirement can be a great time for some people. For others, it is a time of boredom, loneliness and poor health.
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四級考試是許多童鞋必須通過的考試，其重要程度不言而喻。希望通過四級聽力天天練，童鞋們可以提高聽力水平，高分通過四級，沖刺六級。
句子填空，不抄全文，不寫序號。
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聽力原文：
Passage One
One of the greatest heartbreaks for fire fighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by smoke and noise, hides under a bed or in a closet and is later found dead. ____1____To prevent such tragedies, fire fighter Eric Velez gives talks to children in his community, explaining that they should never hide during a fire. ____2____ “If you see us,” Velez tells them, “don’t hide! We are not monsters. We have come to rescue you.” Velez gives his presentations in English and Spanish. Growing up in San Francisco, he learnt Spanish from his immigrant parents. Velez and other fire fighters throughout North America, who give similar presentations, will never know how many lives they save through their talks. ____3____ For example, several months after listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris. In addition to saving lives, informative speakers help people learn new skills, solve problems and acquire fascinating facts about the exciting world in which they live.
Passage Two
Some people want to make and save a lot of money in order to retire early. ____4___ They make many personal sacrifices in exchange for income today. The problem is that tomorrow might not come. Even if it all goes according to plan, will you know how to be happy when you are not working if you spend your entire life making money? More importantly, who will be around for you to share your leisure time with? At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving when I might not be here tomorrow, they argue. The danger of this approach is that tomorrow may come after all. ____5____ The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older. You maybe surprise to hear me say that if you must pick an extreme I think it's better to pick the spend-all approach. As long as you don't mind continuing to work, assuming your health allows, you should be OK. At least, you are making use of your money, and hopefully deriving value and pleasure from it. ____6____ It may never come. Retirement can be a great time for some people. For others, it is a time of boredom, loneliness and poor health.
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Saddest of all is when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster.
He displays fire fighters'equipment, including the oxygen mask, which he encourages his listeners to play with and put on.
But it's a fact that informative speaking saves lives.
I see people pursuing higher paying and increasingly demanding careers to accomplish this goal.
And most people don't want to spend all their tomorrows working for a living.
Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.
