大学英语四级考试听力经典陈述100句.doc

大学英语四级考试听力经典陈述100句
选自《大学英语四级精讲精练·听力语法篇》（林明金主编，清华大学出版社）
1. Now you’ve got me.
A: You’ve asked me a question I can’t answer.
2. That’s the last thing I needed.
A: I certainly didn’t need that.
3. It is easier said than done.
A: Doing is more difficult than doing.
4. Susan is anything but poor.
A: Susan has a lot of money.
5. Diane looks up to her teacher.
A: She respects her teacher.
6. Didn’t the summer just fly by!
A: The summer seemed to pass.
7. It’s beyond a child’s understanding.
A: It’s impossible for a child to comprehend this.
8. Aren’t you clever to figure that out!
A: How smart you are to find the answer to that.
9. I really need to brush up on my math.
A: I need to improve my math skills.
10. I’ve been tied up in meetings all week.
A: He’s busy attending meetings all the week.
11. Not a single student was late for the final test.
A: Every student took the final test.
12. Typing the essay is the least of my worries.
A: Typing the essay is only a minor problem.
13. He’ll turn his back on me if I ask for money.
A: When I need money, he won’t help.
14. Ben really has a way with words.
A: Ben has a talent for expressing his ideas.
15. Joe often loses himself in books.
A: Joe is so interested in his books that he forgets his surroundings.
16. I’m well behind in my term paper.
A: I have to catch up on my term paper.
17. Wow! That’s terrific! I couldn’t agree more.
A: He agrees completely.
18. Lee won the chess match hands down.
A: Lee easily won the chess match.
19. I know this city like the back of my hand.
A: I know this city very well.
20. Michael had an electrician repair his stereo.
A: The electrician fixed Michael’s stereo.
21. That name just doesn’t ring a bell with me.
A: I don’t recognize that name.
22. To be honest, I didn’t think much of the play.
A: In my opinion, the play was not very good.
23. Postcards seem to take forever in the mail.
A: Postcards often arrive late.
24. The economics assignment is really over my head.
A: He doesn’t understand the assignment.
25. He respects his friend because he keeps his word.
A: His friend is responsible.
26. I’m afraid that Allan is not up to such a difficult task.
A: I doubt that Allan can do the job.
27. Nancy has been knocking herself out on the project.
A: She has been working very hard on the task.
28. Come what may, we’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight.
A: No matter what, we’ll come for you tomorrow.
29. The scientist picked up a new idea at the symposium.
A: The scientist learned about the new idea by chance.
30. The manager crossed the item off the list.
A: He removed the item from the list by drawing a line across it.
31. He would rather have steak than chicken.
A: He would prefer steak to chicken.
32. The snowstorm brought train travel to a standstill.
A: It snowed so severely that people couldn’t take the trains.
33. We couldn’t be more pleased by these pictures.
A: We’re delighted with the pictures.
34. I have been feeling under the weather recently.
A: I’m not feeling well these days.
35. Anne said she could baby-sit any day but Friday.
A: On Friday Anne does not baby-sit.
36. Tom is looking forward to seeing his uncle.
A: He is eagerly awaiting seeing his uncle.
37. Please drop me a line when you get a chance.
A: I hope you’ll write to me if you can.
38. Aspirin is as good as anything for colds and flu.
A: One of the best remedies for colds and flu is aspirin.
39. Nothing could hide the face that he is growing old.
A: The fact that he is growing old could not be hidden.
40. He always changes his mind at the last minute.
A: He never changes his mind until the last minute.
41. Mary ran into her teacher on the train.
A: Mary met with her teacher on the train.
42. The game was drawn until John scored the winning point.
A: John’s point won the game.
43. No sooner had the storm started than all the lights went out.
A: The lights went out right after the storm began.
44. Last night I tossed and turned in bed, too exhausted to sleep.
A: I was overtired and couldn’t sleep.
45. There is nothing we can do to stop the process of aging.
A: We can do nothing to stop the process of aging.
46. He suffered a lot because he failed to obey the regulation.
A: His neglect of the regulation cost him dearly.
47. It’s a nightmare on the expressway during the rush hour.
A: It’s rather unpleasant to drive on the expressway when it is heavy with traffic.
48. Had I known the answers, they would have suspected me.
A: They didn’t suspect me because I didn’t know the answers.
49. Susan is fluent in Spanish now that she has been to Mexico.
A: Susan improved her Spanish in Mexico.
50. It pays to take a look at the laboratory manual before a class.
A: It’s necessary to study the manual before class.
51. Since I have a meeting around noon, I will eat lunch on the run.
A: I will eat lunch very quickly.
52. Mrs. Johnson, president of the Rose Society, is very down to earth.
A: Mrs. Johnson is very practical and sensible.
53. When he was in college, he was second to none in mathematics.
A: He was at the top in math in college.
54. Most used cars end up being more trouble than they are worth.
A: Most used cars turn out to be unworthy in the end.
55. I think this time I’m really onto something in my present work.
A: My work seems promising.
56. Automobile pollution is a far greater problem than industrial waste.
A: Industrial waste is less problematic than automobile pollution.
57. Have you run up against any problem in getting your visa renewed?
A: Do you have any difficulty renewing your visa?
58. You should know better than to take Peter’s words for anything.
A: Peter always goes back on his word.
59. The more we discuss the trip, the less likely it seems we can afford it.
A. She’s not definite about the trip.
60. At the moment, there is no course I enjoy more than composition.
A: Writing is my favorite course.
61. He holds that there is no advantage in introducing the new method.
A: He insists that introducing the new method has no advantage.
62. Under no circumstances should we disrupt the concert tomorrow.
A: We definitely shouldn’t do anything to spoil the concert tomorrow.
63. A friend of his paid his way through school when he was in college.
A: His friend paid all his expenses in college.
64. If only he had paid more attention to his spelling in the examination.
A: He ignored his spelling.
65. What the professor said today in history class is quite beside the point.
A: The professor said a totally irrelevant thing.
66. Just between you and me, I think Jeff’s sister swims better than he does.
A: Jeff does not swim as well as his sister.
67. Since your suitcase weighs sixty pounds, you’ll have to pay overweight.
A: The weight of the suitcase is sixty pounds.
68. After winning at the World Tennis Tournament, he went into headlines.
A: He became famous after winning the Tournament.
69. Betty prefers living at home with her parents to renting her own apartment.
A: Betty likes living at home.
70. I’m thinking about dropping my swimming class. I’m just not catching on.
A: I’ll quit swimming because I can’t catch up with the class.
71. Fifteen percent of the students who took the examination scored above 450.
A: A score of 450 or more was achieved by 15 percent of the students tested.
72. Their new apartment was no more comfortable than the first one had been.
A: Neither the first apartment nor the new one was comfortable.
73. I used to think Emily was honest and trustworthy. But now I know better.
A: Emily is neither honest nor trustworthy.
74. They would have fixed the refrigerator yesterday except that it was a holiday.
A: They did not fix the refrigerator yesterday because it was a holiday.
75. Never before have I heard the professor give such an interesting physics lecture.
A: This was the professor’s best lecture yet.
76. In computer programming, Susan is head and shoulders above the rest of the class.
A: Susan is by far the best programmer in her class.
77. In order to understand these writers thoroughly, you have to read between the lines.
A. We should try to find the hidden meaning.
78. The trouble is no matter how hard he tries, Malcolm doesn’t seem to get anywhere.
A: He works hard, but without results.
79. Since the traffic was very heavy on the road, Mary was half an hour late for her flight.
A: Mary missed the plane.
80. Their flight was scheduled to depart at noon, but the plane was delayed for half an hour.
A: The plane left at 12:30 pm.
81. To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on television for nothing.
A: It is unwise to go to the movies to see a film offered freely on television.
82. Maggie is quite all right with her new job, but it’ll take her some time to learn the ropes.
A: She is not familiar with the work yet.
83. I’ve been working out at the gym since January. I’d been wanting to get in better shape.
A: He goes to the gym in order to keep in perfect shape.
84. Although Mary studied hard for the test, there were a lot of questions she couldn’t answer.
A: In spite of her studying she found the test difficult.
85. The committee finally reached a decision, and they couldn’t have hoped for a better outcome.
A: They are pleased with the results.
86. In my opinion, motivation rather than intelligence often decides how far a person can go in his career.
A. Motivated people are more likely to succeed.
87. Some people make more money than teachers. But few get as much satisfaction from their works.
A: Teachers get much satisfaction from work.
88. If John keeps on studying as hard as he has always been, he’ll have no trouble getting his MA degree.
A: John is not studying so hard as he’s always been.
89. John said, “Ï don’t know what’s the matter with me, but I have been feeling low all day today.”
A: He felt depressed.
90. Although the essay is well written, there is still a lot of room for improvement in order to get it published.
A: The essay needs more revising work before published.
91. The plane should have taken off at 1400 hours but it was grounded for two hours because of bad weather.
A: It left at 4 pm.
92. The plane for London was supposed to take off at midnight, but it was delayed 45 minutes by the snowstorm.
A: The plane left at 12:45 AM.
93. Living so far away, George could no longer depend on his parents and had to learn to paddle his own canoe.
A: He had to be independent.
94. Jack says that he is up to his eyes in work at present, and really can’t afford the time to have dinner with us.
A. He is pretty busy working.
95. According to government statistics, the older one is when he gets married, the less likely it is that he’ll get a divorce.
A: People who get married young have a greater probability of getting a divorce.
96. Although the hours were convenient, Michael turned down the job because he couldn’t be able to make both ends meet.
A: Michael refused to take the job because the job was not well paid.
97. Because the political science class often turns into a discussion, Michael decided to play by ear in giving his presentation.
A: He planned to give his presentation without a plan.
98. Statistics show 300 people are killed in air crashes in the US every year, but about 50,000 people are killed in car accidents.
A: Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air.
99. At a recent seminar, many participants were worried about the fact that overpopulation may give rise to many social security problems.
A. Too many people may result in social security problems.
100. The poor living conditions in such a large city have resulted from the unplanned real estate development, which has rarely seen in small cities.
A: Bad planning is responsible for poor living conditions.