四级听力：漫步听海(8)

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[09:32.95]Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[09:38.85]26. What are some scientists doing now?
[09:57.58]27. What are the advantages of such little cars?
[10:17.28]28. What can be inferred from the passage?
[10:36.59]Passage Two
[10:38.58]Last year my friends and I went climbing in the Himalayas.
[10:42.01]We followed an unhurried routine.
[10:44.27]Every day we would get up at 5∶30 a.m.,
[10:47.21]have a cup of tea, and be on the move after 6.
[10:50.16]Our kitchen staff would go ahead to select a suitable place for breakfast.
[10:54.21]Arriving at some pleasant stream after two or three hours,
[10:57.54]we would make a long stop;
[10:59.04]and while the cook was making the fire and preparing our breakfast,
[11:02.83]some of us would swim and rest,
[11:04.60]some would read and write,
[11:05.57]others would watch birds or catch butterflies and insects.
[11:09.86]We would reach camp in the early afternoon,
[11:12.49]so that we would have plenty of time to settle in,
[11:14.93]write diaries and reports for newspapers,
[11:17.58]and discuss future plans.
[11:19.32]Our climbs, as well as the leisure hours in camp,
[11:22.52]helped to form firm friendship.
[11:24.66]Through comparing our very different backgrounds and interests,
[11:28.29]and through discussing our experiences we soon came to appreciate one another.
[11:32.94]At the same time, we also made friends with our native guides.
[11:36.24]An arrangement which seemed to give mutual pleasure
[11:38.97]in our Himalayan travel was that each man was cared for by a faithful follower.
[11:44.15]This person would bring him his tea in the morning,
[11:47.00]lay out his sleeping bag at night,
[11:49.04]help to carry his personal belongings and encourage him all the way
[11:52.96]whenever we faced difficulties and danger.
[11:56.92]Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[12:02.60]29. What would the mountaineers do soon after they got up?
[12:21.88]30. Which of the following was NOT mentioned
[12:25.30]as one of the things they did during the long stop in the morning?
[12:43.96]31. What did the native guides do to help the members of the team during the trip?
[13:05.59]Passage Three
[13:07.42]Mr Wilmot was born in a little village near the coast
[13:10.82]and had gone to school in the nearest seaside town,
[13:14.31]but he was not a lover of the sea.
[13:16.73]Even when walking along the sands,
[13:18.70]he was afraid of being cut off by the tide.
[13:21.48]Mr Wilmot was not a very good swimmer,
[13:24.29]so perhaps this was why he disliked the sea.
[13:27.47]After working for some years in London,
[13:29.68]Mr Wilmot was transferred to a town near the coast
[13:33.06]and of course, the family often made trips to the beach.
[13:36.30]One day his children asked him to take them out into the bay in a boat.
[13:40.33]The sun shone brightly.
[13:41.76]There was little wind and the water was calm.
[13:44.32]So Mr Wilmot hired a boat and with his two children rowed out into the bay.
[13:49.10]They went farther than they had intended,
[13:51.56]past the cliff and out to the open sea.
[13:54.08]At first all went well,
[13:55.76]but when they decided to turn back they found themselves faced with difficulties.
[14:00.05]A strong wind had sprung up and the currents were rather dangerous.
[14:04.55]Mr Wilmot rowed hard,
[14:06.39]but it seemed they were making little progress.
[14:08.69]The children were waving to attract the attention of the people on the beach.
[14:12.42]Just then a motor boat appeared from the direction of the bay.
[14:15.54]Their trouble had been noticed
[14:17.15]and the motor boat had come to their rescue.
[14:19.82]A rope was soon attached and their boat was pulled back
[14:23.69]round the cliff to the shore.
[14:25.17]Mr Wilmot's dislike of the sea became even stronger after this experience.
[14:30.83]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[14:36.76]32. Why was Mr Wilmot nervous about walking along the sand?
[14:56.83]33. What seemed to be the reason for Mr Wilmot's dislike of the sea?
[15:16.96]34. Why did Mr Wilmot agree to take his children out into the bay?
[15:36.70]35. What CAN'T you infer from the story?
[15:56.50]Section C
[15:58.33]Modern mass production methods lower the cost of making goods,
[16:02.14]and thus give us better values.
[16:04.55]At the same time, American ingenuity and science are constantly
[16:09.38]at work improving the quality of products.
[16:11.93]In this way, better quality products at good values
[16:15.46]are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.
[16:19.84]As an example of how this works,
[16:21.87]when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924,
[16:26.43]they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200.
[16:32.35]People liked these facial tissues immediately
[16:35.44]and began asking for them when they went into different stores.
[16:38.76]Because there was such a demand for the product,
[16:40.98]many facturers began making tissues in larger and larger quantities.
[16:45.20]Because the makers were making tissues in greater quantities,
[16:48.80]their production costs were lowered so that the cost of tissues went down.
[16:52.66]In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving,
[16:56.74]because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues,
[17:01.06]and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors.
[17:05.69]Today, instead of costing 65 cents,
[17:08.28]a box of 200 facial tissues costs around one third of that price,
[17:13.12]and they are both softer and stronger.
[17:15.38]When people are free to compete——
[17:17.41]when they are free to make more things and make them better——everyone benefits.
[17:24.77]Modern mass production methods lower the cost of making goods,
[17:29.24]and thus give us better values.
[17:31.89]At the same time, American ingenuity and science are constantly
[17:37.38]at work improving the quality of products.
[17:40.72]In this way, better quality products at good values
[17:44.08]are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.
[17:49.42]As an example of how this works,
[17:51.39]when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924,
[17:55.97]they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200.
[18:02.50]People liked these facial tissues immediately
[18:05.41]and began asking for them when they went into different stores.
[18:09.78]Because there was such a demand for the product,
[18:12.14]many facturers began making tissues in larger and larger quantities.
[18:17.01]Because the makers were making tissues in greater quantities,
[18:20.64]their production costs were lowered so that the cost of tissues went down.
[18:24.53]In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving,
[18:28.62]because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues,
[19:23.03]and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors.
[19:27.52]Today, instead of costing 65 cents,
[19:30.85]a box of 200 facial tissues costs around one third of that price,
[19:35.36]and they are both softer and stronger.
[20:26.77]When people are free to compete--
[20:28.40]when they are free to make more things and make them better--everyone benefits.
[21:23.77]Modern mass production methods lower the cost of making goods,
[21:27.42]and thus give us better values.
[21:29.86]At the same time, American ingenuity and science are constantly
[21:34.46]at work improving the quality of products.
[21:37.24]In this way, better quality products at good values
[21:40.66]are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.
[21:45.16]As an example of how this works,
[21:47.15]when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924,
[21:51.69]they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200.
[21:57.64]People liked these facial tissues immediately
[22:00.29]and began asking for them when they went into different stores.
[22:03.97]Because there was such a demand for the product,
[22:06.32]many facturers began making tissues in larger and larger quantities.
[22:10.44]Because the makers were making tissues in greater quantities,
[22:14.13]their production costs were lowered so that the cost of tissues went down.
[22:17.92]In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving,
[22:22.01]because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues,
[22:26.32]and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors.
[22:30.99]Today, instead of costing 65 cents,
[22:33.60]a box of 200 facial tissues costs around one third of that price,
[22:38.25]and they are both softer and stronger.
[22:40.73]When people are free to compete--
[22:42.46]when they are free to make more things and make them better--everyone benefits.