大学英语四级听力复习备考：复合式听写

　　Chapter Three Dictation

　　Unit Seventeen 复合式听写

　　经典真题

　　Passage 1

　　If you are a young college student, most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably (1) On the present. Basically, you want to feel good physically, mentally, and (2) now. You probably don’t spend much time worrying about the(3) future, such as whether you will develop heart disease, or(4) ,how you will take care of yourself in your(5) years, or how long you are going to live. Such thoughts may have (6) your mind once in a while. However, if you are thoughts are likely to become (7) more important to you.

　　(8) that will help you feel better physically and mentally. Recently researchers have found that , even in late adulthood, exercise, strength training with weights, and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life.(9) ,giving us the opportunity to avoid some of the health problems that have troubled them.(10) .

　　Passage 2

　　Very few people can get a college degree before 11,but Michael was an exception. He started high school when he was 5,finishing in just nine months. He became the

　　(1) youngest college graduate when he was 10 years and 4 months old, earning and(2) degree. Now at 11 Michael’s working on a master’s degree in(3) intelligence.

　　But Michael’s(4)___________hasn’t always come easy, (5)__________ his intelligence .He still lacks important life(6)In one class, he had to struggle to understand(7) novels, because he says.“I’m 11. I’ve never been in live before.”Another challenge was his size.(8) ________.

　　He likes computers so much (9) .He wants to make robots do all the heavy tasks. (10) .

　　能力强化

　　Passage 3

　　In a competitive economy, the consumer usually has the choice of several different (1) of the same product. Yet underneath their labels, these products are often nearly(2) .One manufacturer’s toothpaste(3) to differ very little from another manufacturer’s.

　　Thus ,manufacturers are(4) with a problem---how to keep sales high enough to stay in business. Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising. They try to appeal to consumers in (5) ways. In fact, advertisements may be classified into three types according to the kind of appeals they use.

　　One type of advertisement tries to (6) to the consumer’s reasoning mind. It may offer a claim that seems scientific. For example, it may say the dentist(7) Flash toothpaste. In selling a product, (8) _______________. A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth.

　　Another type of advertisement tries to amuse the potential buyer. (9)

　　One way of doing this is to make the products appear alive, For example, the advertisers may personify cans of insecticide, and show them attacking mean-faced bugs. Ads of this sort are silly, but they also tend to be amusing. (10)____________________________________________.