2008年12月20日四级考试听力答案（A卷）

11. D. She has lost contact with most of her friends

12. A. A painter

13. C. Make inquiries elsewhere

14. C. He has gained some weight lately

15. D he doesn’t like abstract paintings

16. B she may have put her notebook amid the journals

17. A she wants to get some sleep

18. B his chance of getting the job is slim

19. A. he can manage his time more flexibly

20. D. searching the website

21 D. to utilize its retired employees’ resources

22. C. See a piece of property

23. B It is a small one with a two –bedroom house

24. C. it may not be big enough for raising corn

25. A. Finance

26. A. to introduce the chief of the city’s police force

27. D he holds a master’s degree in criminology

28. B. to get police officers closer to the local people

29. C. effective

30 .B. there are numerous languages in existence

31. C it is something we are born with

32. D how children learn to use language

33. B she was an engineer

34. C. adjusting them to different audience

35. A whether spacemen carry weapons

36. trend

37. phenomenon

38 scene

39 offences

40 murder

41 particularly

42 explosion

43 Associated

44. changing national boarders, greater economic growth and the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong

45. are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been accompanied Americans for most of its history.

46. failure to recognize and plan for diversity can lead to serious crime problems.