Section A短对话答案
11. A) The man should visit the museums. B) She can’t stand the hot weather.
C) The beach resort is a good choice. D) She enjoys staying in Washington.
答案：D
解析：Woman最后说到I’ll be happy here no matter what the temperature. 这表明了她待在这里很愉快，很享受待在华盛顿，故选D。
12. A) Her new responsibilities in the company.
B) What her job prospects are.
C) What the customers’ feedback is.
D) The director’s opinion of her work.
答案：D
解析：Woman说到but I wish the director would give me some feedback. 这表明了她希望得到director的意见（即反馈），故选D。
13. A) Combine her training with dieting.
B) Repeat the training every three days.
C) Avoid excessive physical training.
D) Include weightlifting in the program.
答案：C
解析：Man以自己上次因运动（举重）过量而受伤为例，建议女士应该量力而行，避免过量运动，故选C。
14. A) When she will return home. B) Whether she can go by herself.
C) Whether she can travel by air. D) Whether she will completely recover.
答案：C
解析：Man开头就说到I’m worried about her going on a plane. 从中可知，他担心的是年老的母亲能不能乘飞机，故选C。
15. A) The woman knows how to deal with the police.
B) The woman had been fined many times before.
C) The woman had violated traffic regulations.
D) The woman is good at finding excuses.
答案：C
解析：警察开头问到 Why didn’t you stop when we first signaled you at the crossroads? 通过这句话就可以知道女士没有遵守交通规则，故选C。
16. A) Switch off the refrigerator for a while.
B) Have someone repair the refrigerator.
C) Ask the man to fix the refrigerator.
D) Buy a refrigerator of better quality.
答案：B
解析：Man说到 Maybe you should have it fixed，女士回答到You’re right.
这说明女士也同意男士的看法，但并未提到让这个男士来修，故选B。
17. A) He owns a piece of land in the hometown area.
B) He has got enough money to buy a house.
C) He can finally do what he has dreamed of..
D) He is moving into a bigger apartment.
答案：C
解析：Man第二句话说到Now, I have enough money to buy that piece of land I’ve had my eye on and build a house on it. 表明他能实现买地建房的理想了，故选C。
18. A) She is black and blue all over.
B) She has to go to see a doctor.
C) She stayed away from work for a few days.
D) She got hurt in an accident yesterday.
答案：D
解析：Woman说的第一句话是My hands still hurts from the fall on the ice yesterday.从中可知这位女士昨天在冰上滑倒受伤了，但是男士认为伤势并不严重，只建议她休养几天就可以了，不必去看医生。C是较强的干扰项，应该是女士现在需要休息而不是过去已经休息了几天，故选D。
19. What do we learn
about the woman?
【答案】D She was a witness to the crime.
【解析】文中男士需要女士描述一下抢劫银行的人（describe the man who robbed the bank）。选项中B提到了robbery，但是对话中没有说明女士是受害者（victim）；D选项提到了她目击了某个犯罪经过，robbery显然是crime的一种。
20. What did the suspect look like?
【答案】A A tall man with dark hair and a moustache.
【解析】原文中提到The man was tall, six foot, and he had dark hair, and he had moustache.，对应选项A。
21. What did the man finally asked the woman to do?
【答案】A Identify the suspect from pictures.
【解析】对话结尾处，男士要求女士look at some photographs，很显然，他的目的是让女士通过照片来辨别嫌疑人。因此选择A。
22. How did the woman get to know about the job vacancy?
【答案】A By reading a newspaper ad.
【解析】 job vacancy指空缺的职位。在对话一开始，女士就说到她的目的：I’m calling about the job that was in the paper last night.从这句话中可以看出她得知职位信息的来源是the paper last night，对应A选项。
23. Why did the woman find the job appealing?
【答案】B She could work close to her family.
【解析】本题关键词是appealing，意为引起兴趣的。女士提到她喜欢这份工作的原因是be near to the family.，close是near的同义替换词，因此选择B选项。
24. What had the woman been doing in Geneva?
【答案】C Working as a secretary.
【解析】女士提到她在日内瓦做了一些secretarial work，也就是选项C中的secretary。虽然她也提到之前在大学学习，但是她取得的学位是a degree in English，而非选项D中的a degree in French.
25. What was the woman asked to do in the end?
【答案】C Send in a written application as soon as possible.
【解析】对话中女士希望得到面试机会，但是男士要求先要递交书面申请（reply a writing to the advertisement），并不是所有人都能得到面试机会，因此选择答案C。
Section B第一篇答案
26 Why do some children trapped in a burning building hide from masked fire fighters?
【解析】D) They mistake the firefighters for monsters.
细节题，从开始when children catch a glimpse of the masked fire fighter but hide because they think they have seen a monster一句中便可得出因为不熟悉消防人员戴面具的形象，孩子们以为来救援的消防人员是怪兽，所以躲起来。所以选D。其他选项文中都没有涉及到。
27 What does the passage tell us about fire fighter Eric Velez?
【解析】B) He often teaches children what to do during a fire.
本篇文章大篇幅讲的是Eric Velez给社区里的孩子讲解消防知识，让他们熟悉消防人员及消防工具的过程。选项A，put out fire虽然是Eric Velez的工作，但是本文重点不是在其消防员救活
这个工作上，C、D选项很容易就可以排除。所以选B。
28 What do we learn about Pete Gentry?
【解析】A) He saved the life of his brother choking on food.
细节题，从Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food一句便可得出答案，文章中关于Pete Gentry的主要信息就是他救了噎着食物的弟弟。所以选A。做题时一定要把人名及其所做的事准确对应起来。
29 What message is the speaker trying to convey?
【解析】D) Informative speeches can save lives.
主旨题，本文举了一个大例子，一下小例子来证明教育性的演说有救人性命的好处。虽然在文章最后也列举了下其他好处，但是主旨还是拯救生命。所以选D。其他几个选项都主要讲细节处，很容易就可以排除。
听力答案及解析（SecB 第二篇）
听力文章分析：
本篇听力讲述的是截然不同的两种生活态度，一种是“make and save a lot of money in order to retire early”，另一种则是“live only for today”，作者在陈述两种不同态度之后，针对两种态度给出了自己的看法“it's better to pick the spend-all approach”。本篇听力不是太难，没有较难的词汇，虽然有几个需要注意的句式，如：“At the other extreme are people who live only for today. Why bother saving… ”等，但是通过上下文也是不难理解的，而且结构也比较清楚，基本上可以分为三部分：两种不同的态度和作者的观点，所考察的三道题也上针对了这三个主要的点。由此可见，听听力的时候依然首先要从全文来把握，把握文章的要点，在把握要点的基础上，有重点的去听一些细节，如与要点相关的原因和后果，以及作者本人对这些事情的看法，遇到与此相关的信号词或者关键词时就一定要注意重点记忆。
答案及解析：
30 C) To make money for early retirement.
本题考察原因，问为什么人们喜欢比较苛求但收入较高的工作，其实听力一开始就用in order to 给出了原因，即：retire early，所以选C项。
31 A) They may have to continue to work in old age.
本题考察后果，问只为当下而活的人面临着什么危险，从“The earlier neglect of saving, however, makes it difficult not to work when you are older.”中可以看出A是正确选项，及在年老时有可能不得不继续工作。
32 B) Enjoying yourself while you can.
本课考察文章作者的态度，从 “Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.”中可以看出，作者认为想等到退休后再做自己想做的事情以及和自己喜欢的人在一起可能是一种错误，所以选B，即趁着自己还可以的时候要懂得享受生活。
2010年12月四级听力篇章难度与以往持平，没有太大的提高或降低，文字长度依旧是250
字左右，题材是记叙文和说明文，介绍人物故事和社会生活。解题方法可以采用取头取尾地方法，运用这个技巧我们可以成功解决多道题目。
第一篇记叙文介绍了一位消防员的故事，他为社区的儿童做了一个讲座，告诉他们在大火中看到消防员一定要出来，而不要找角落里躲避起来。这篇文章的大意可以再开头第一句“One of the greatest heartbreaks for firefighters occurs when they fail to rescue a child from a burning building because the child, frightened by the smoke and noise, hides under a bed over a closet, and is later found dead”. 再结合最后一句话: “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. 从这两句话我们可以顺利地得出第26题为什么有些儿童看到消防员会躲起来的答案，也可以得出第29题的答案作者想通过这篇文章的出什么结论。
第二篇说明文介绍社会生活，主题是我们是否应该在年轻的时候拼命工作准备好养老金。开头第一句话Some people may want to make and save a lot of money in order to retire early.就可以告诉我们这篇文章的话题了。结尾一句话告诉了我们作者提倡的生活态度，Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake. 在这篇文章中作者提出了两种生活态度，一种是拼命工作积攒养老金，为老年生活做准备。另一种则是活在当下的态度。
第三篇还是记叙文，夹叙夹议。开头第一句话说Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion, how fair would that be? Well! It happens everyday to high-schoolers. 一些高中生犯了错所有的高中生都会受到惩罚。作者开门见山的提出了一个非常不公平的待遇，这句话即是第33题的答案。结尾作者讲述了一个故事，一些高中生偷东西被抓，导致作者自己去商店明明没有偷东西却当做做小偷。这个故事即是第35题的答案。
From: http://www.hxen.com/englishlistening/cet4/zhenti/2010-12-18/130424_7.html