点击下载：英语四级听力训练原文.mp3
[03:42.88]Words become filled with meaning for us by experience,and the longer we live,
[03:48.52]the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past.
[03:54.66]Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions.
[04:05.37]This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style.
[04:11.01]Above all,the real poet is a master of words.
[04:16.24]He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music,
[04:20.39]and which by their position and association can move men to tears.
[04:26.55]We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately,
[04:31.75]or they will make our speech silly and ridiculous.
[04:35.96]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[04:41.60]11.What do we know about the origin of language?
[04:46.75]12.Where does the real power of words lie?
[04:52.41]13.Which of the following statements about the real poet is not true?
[05:00.04]Passage Two
[05:01.71]Too often young people get themselves employment quite by accident,
[05:07.38]not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion,happiness and security.
[05:14.57]As a result,they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction.
[05:21.70]Our school graduates face so much competition that they seldom care what they do so long as they can earn a living.
[05:31.36]Some stay long at a job and learn to like it,others move from one job to another looking for something to suit them.
[05:41.50]The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectations.
[05:49.18]Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities.
[05:57.36]Nearly all search about in the darkness and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what the salary is like.
[06:06.50]They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or,even more important,whether the job suits them.
[06:16.22]Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependents with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment.
[06:25.38]It sets a pattern of life and,in many ways,determines social status in life,selection of friends,leisure and interests.