英语听力在线听短文_英语4级听力短文阅读

1、本文格式为word版，下载可任意编辑英语听力在线听短文_英语4级听力短文阅读 当今.,越来越多的用人单位将英语作为录用人才的必备条件之一。一般来说,英语专业四级和八级成果优秀的同学会享有优先权。我细心收集了英语4级听力短文，供大家观赏学习! 英语4级听力短文篇1 开设特别的高校课程关心同学减压 anne whitney, a sophomore (高校二班级同学) at colorado state university, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. i was always well prepared fo

2、r my tests. sometimes i studied for weeks before a test. yet i would go in to take the test, only to find i could not answer the questions correctly. i would blank out because of nervousness and fear. i couldnt think of the answer. my low grades on the tests did not show what i knew to the teacher.

3、another student in biology had similar experiences. he said, my first chemistry test was very difficult. then, on the second test, i sat down to take it, and i was so nervous that i was shaking. my hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. i knew the material and i

4、 knew the answers. yet i couldnt even write them down! these two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. the student cannot write or think clearly because of the ex

5、treme tension and nervousness. although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. special university advising courses try

6、 to help students. in these courses, advisors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. at some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. if the tests show (heir anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with (heir tensions. thes

7、e courses teach students how to relax their bodies. students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. by controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test. an expert at the university of california explai

8、ns, with almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. most of them experience better control during their tests. almost all have some improvement. with some, the improvement is very great. 英语4级听力短文篇2 世界人口的进展打算着.格局的安排 a growing world population and the discoverie

9、s of science may 11 this pattern of distribution in the future. as men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in 12 the population of the world is 13 increasing. in 1925 there were about 2,000 million people in the world; by

10、the end of the century there may well be over 4,000 million. when numbers rise the 14 mouths must be fed. new lands must be i bought under cultivation, or land already farmed made to 15 larger crops. in some areas the accessible land is largely so intensively 16 that it will be difficult to make it

11、provide more food. in some areas the population is so dense that the land is parceled out in units too 17 to allow for much improvement in farming methods. were a larger part of this farming population drawn off into industrial occupations, the land might be farmed much more productively by modern m

12、ethods. there is now a race for science, technology, and industry to keep the 18 of food rising faster than the number of people to be fed. new strains of crops are being developed which will thrive in 19 climates; irrigation and dry-farming methods bring poor lands under the plough, dams hold back

13、the waters of great rivers to 20 water for the fields in all seasons and to provide electric power for new industries; industrial chemistry provides fertilizers to suit particular soils; aero planes spray crops to destroy insects and many plant diseases. 英语4级听力短文篇3 如何选择打电话的恰当时机 in the united states,

14、 it is not 11 to telephone someone very early in the morning. if you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. the same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:

15、00 p. m. . if someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he 12 its a matter of life and death. the time chosen for the call 13 its importance. in 14 life, time plays a very important part. in the u. s. a. , guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the 15 to a dinner party is extended

16、only three or four days before the party date. but it is not true in all countries. in other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in 16 because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. the meaning of time differs in differ

17、ent parts of the world. thus, misunderstandings 17 between people from cultures that treat time differently. promptness is valued 18 in american life, for example. if people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. in the u. s. no one would think of keeping a business 19 waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. a person who is 5 minu