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1、20212021 年年 1212 月月 1717 日英语四级听力真题短文部分日英语四级听力真题短文部分Section BPassage OneWhile Gail Obcamp,an American artist was giving a speechon the art of Japanese brush paintingto an audience thatincluded visitors from Japan,she was confused to see that manyof her Japanese listeners have their eyes closed.Were t

2、heytuned off because an American had the nerve to instruct Japanesein their own art form or they deliberately tried to signal theirrejection of her?Obcamp later found out that her listeners werenot being disrespectful.Japanese listeners sometimes closedtheir eyes to enhance concentration.Her listene

3、rs were showingtheir respect for her by chewing on her words.Some day you maybe either a speaker or a listener in a situation involvingpeople from other countries or members of minority group inNorth America.Learning how different cultures signal respectcan help you avoid misunderstandings.Here are

4、some examples.In the deaf culture of North America,many listeners showapplause not by clapping their hands but by waving themin theair.In some cultures,both overseas and in some minority groups第 1 页 共 5 页in North America,listeners are considered disrespectful ifthey look directly at the speaker.Resp

5、ect is shown by lookingin the general direction but avoiding direct eye contact.Insome countries,whistling by listeners is a sign of approvalwhile in other courtiers it is a form of insult.Questions:26,What did Obcamps speech focus on?27,Why do Japanese listeners sometimes close their eyeswhile list

6、ening to a speech?28,What does the speaker try to explain?Passage TwoChris is in charge of purchasing and maintaining equipmentin his Division at Taxlong Company.He is soon going to havean evaluation interview with his supervisor and the personneldirector to discuss the work he has done in the past

7、year.Salary,promotion and plans for the coming year will also be discussedat the meeting.Chris has made several changes for his Divisionin the past year.First,he bought new equipment for one of thedepartments.He has been particularly happy about the newequipment because many of the employees have to

8、ld him how muchit has helped them.Along with improving the equipment,Chrisbegan a program to train employees to use equipment better and第 2 页 共 5 页do simple maintenance themselves.The training saved time forthe employees and money for the company.Unfortunately,oneserious problem developed during the

9、 year.Two employees theChris hired were stealing,and he had to fire them.Chris knowsthat a new job for a purchasing and maintenance manager for thewhole company will be open in a few months,and he would liketo be promoted to the job.Chris knows,however,that someoneelse wants that new job,too.Kim is

10、in charge of purchasingand maintenance in another Division of the company.She has alsomade several changes over the year.Chris knows that his bosslikes Kims work,and he expects that his work will be comparedwith hers.Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have justheard.29.What is Chris s m

11、ain responsibility at Taxlong Company?30.What problem did Chris encounter in his Division?31.What does Chris hope for in the near future?32.What do we learn about Kim from the passage?Passage ThreeProverbs,sometimes called sayings,are examples of folkwisdom.They are little lessons which older people

12、 of a culturepass down to the younger people to teachthem about life.Many第 3 页 共 5 页proverbs remind people of the values that are important in theculture.Values teach people how to act,what is right,and whatis wrong.Because the values of each culture are different,understanding the values of another

13、 culture helps explain howpeople think and act.Understanding your own culture values isimportant too.If you can accept that people from other culturesact according to their values,not yours,getting along withthem will be much easier.Many proverbs are very old.So someof the values they teach may not

14、be as important in the cultureas they once were.For example,Americans today do not pay muchattention to the proverb“Haste makes waste”,because patienceis not important to them.But if you know about past values,it helps you to understand the present and many of the oldervalues are still strong today.

15、Benjamin Franklin,a famousAmerican diplomat,writer and scientist,died in 1790,but hisproverb“Time is money”is taken more seriously by Americansof today than ever before.A study of proverbs from around theworld shows that some values are shared by many cultures.Inmany cases though,the same idea is expressed differently.Questions 33-35 are based on the passage you have justheard.33.Why are proverbs so important?第 4 页 共 5 页34.According to the speaker what happens to some proverbswith the passage of time?35 What do we learn from the study of proverbs from aroundthe world?第 5 页 共 5 页