文档介绍：2022年12月英语四级真题听力原文
Section A
11.
W: I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. s old furniture.
W: You’re right. We need to promote our image besides it’s not a real antique.
Q: What do the speakers mean?
答案：C. The old furniture should be replaced.
点评：从对话中可知，男士和女士都认为应当把旧家具换掉，以改善形象。对话中有些生词，但不影响对主要含义的把握，可以忽视。
get rid of 处理掉
17.
M: That was some storm yesterday. How was I afraid I couldn’t make it home.
W: Yeah, most of the roads to my house were flooded. I didn’t get home from the lab until midnight.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
答案：B. The man got home late due to the storm.
点评：从对话中可知，昨天有暴风雨，女士担忧自己回不了家，男士直到半夜才回家。

18.
W: My boys are always complaining that they’re bored.
M: Why don’t you get them into some team sports? My son and daughter play soccer every Saturday. And they both look forward to it all week.
Q: What does the man mean?
答案：A. The woman’s sons might enjoy team sports.
点评：从对话中可知，男士建议女士可以让自己的儿子们参与一些团队运动，这样他们就不会觉得无聊了。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard
W: So John, I hear you and Arthur share a job, don’t you?
M: Yes. We’ve shared a sales job at Sonatechfor about two years now.
W: Well, how do you divide up your schedule?
M: You know we are both sales representatives, and we take orders over the phone. When we started job sharing it was difficult, because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday and Thursday and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday. I would talk to people, then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur couldn’t answer the question and he couldn’t ask me about it because I wasn’t in the office. So he had to ask the people to call me back the next day, Thursday. Of course, they