1997年6月大学英语四级考试听力原文
　　Section A
　　1. M: Boating and Skating are my favorite sports.
　　W: I like swimming, but not boating or skating.
　　Q: Which sport does the woman like?

　　2. W: Have you finished reading my research report. I put it on your desk last week.
　　M: Yes, but you have to revise some parts of it, I'm afraid, if you want to get it
　　published.
　　Q: What does the man suggest that the woman should do?

　　3. M: Hi, Susan, I hear that you walk all the way to the office these days.
　　W: Yes, I've found great pleasure in walking. That's the type of exercise I enjoy
　　very much.
　　Q: Why does the woman walk all the way to the office?

　　4. M:How about the food I orderedy I've been waiting for 20 minutes already.
　　W: I'm very sorry, Sir. I will be back with your order in a minute.
　　Q: What's the woman's job?

　　5. W: Excuse me,Sir. I'm going to send this parcel to London.What's the postage for it?
　　M: Let me see, It's one pound and fifty.
　　Q: Who is the woman most probably speaking to?

　　6. M: I think it's high time we turned our attention to the danger of drunk driving
　　now.
　　W: I can't agree with you more. You see, countless innocent people are killed by
　　drunk drivers each vear.
　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　7. W: Here's a 10-dollar bill, give me two tickets for tonight's show please.
　　M: Sure. Two tickets and here's $ 1,40 change.
　　Q: How much does one ticket cost?

　　8. M: Are you sure you have corrected all the typing errors in this paper?
　　W: Perhaps, I'd better read it through again.
　　Q: What's the woman going to do?

　　9. M: Mary, would you like to go to the movies with me after dinner?
　　W: Well, I'll go if you really want me to. But 1'm rathertired.
　　Q: What can we conclude from this conversation?

　　10.M: If I were you, I'd ride a bike to work. Taking a crowded bus during rush hours
　　is really terrible.
　　W: Thank you for your advice. But my bike has got a flat tyre.
　　Q: How would the woman most probably get to work?

　　Section B Compound Dictation
　　(S1) typical
　　(S2) relatively
　　(S3) boring
　　(S4) describe
　　(S5) variety
　　(S6) normal
　　(S7) uniform
　　(S8) seven bad men jumped out at me.
　　(S9) she was trying to get to the hospital. But there was a bad traffic jam.
　　(S10) the baby waited to arrive until we got to the hospital.