恩波：2008年12月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)預(yù)測(cè)試題解析(三)

　　M: I know what you mean! Then you have to line up to borrow it, if It’s CTL.

　　W: CTL? What’s CTL?

　　M: It means “confined to library”: you know, it means,you can’t take it out. You have to read it in the library.

　　W: It seems easy, doesn’t it? But you have to reserve it, and then you may want to photocopy bits of it, or make notes—and there never seems to be enough time.

　　M: Hmm! In your shoes, I think I’d have a word with our tutor.

　　W: I think I’ll do that! Thanks! See you later. Bye!

　　M: See yah! And good luck!

　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　23. What trouble is Vivian having now?

　　24. What is the biggest difficulty in borrowing CTL books?

　　25. What does Vivian decide to do finally?

　　Section B

　　26. B 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. B

　　Passage One

　　John Lennon, one of the Beatles, was murdered just before 11 pm on the 8th December 1980 outside his home in the Dakota Apartment Building in New York City.

　　He has just got out of a car, and was walking to the entrance when a voice called “Mr.Lennon”. Lennon turned, and was shot five times. The killer threw his gun down, and stood there smiling. “Do you know what you just did?” shouted the doorman. “I just shot John Lennon,” the killer replied. Lennon was rushed to a nearby hospital in a police patrol car, but it was too late.

　　The killer was 25-year-old Mark Chapman from Hawaii. Earlier the same evening he had asked Lennon for his autograph. In fact, he had been hanging around outside the apartment building for several days. Chapman was a fan of the Beatles and Lennon, and had tried to imitate him in many ways. It is said that he even believed that he was John Lennon.

　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　26. Where was John Lennon murdered?

　　27. Who was the killer?

　　28.Who sent John Lennon to the hospital after he was shot?