在四級聽力中，聽力短文所占比重較大。自四級新題型出現(xiàn)以來，聽力短文通常鎖定在記敘文和說明文兩類體裁上。而記敘文除知識性短文外，考查較多的主要是故事文。通過對近兩年四級真題的分析，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)短文聽力文章中通常有一篇為故事文，而2008年6月短文聽力中則出現(xiàn)了2篇故事文，可見故事性短文越發(fā)受到出題專家的青睞和關(guān)注。

相對于知識性短文而言，由于故事性短文 的時間和情節(jié)的完整性，整體上難度不大。在考試中，考生只要根據(jù)短文的故事情節(jié)理清脈絡(luò)，搞懂邏輯關(guān)系即可獲得正確信息，解答所設(shè)題目。

在故事性短文聽力中，正確獲取人物和主要事件的信息顯得極為重要，因此適當(dāng)記錄故事中所出現(xiàn)的時間及對應(yīng)的重大事件便成為解決故事性短文的關(guān)鍵。此外，文章結(jié)尾往往涉及所介紹人物或事件的當(dāng)前形勢和最新發(fā)展，同樣不容忽視。

故事性短文在四級考試中的測試主要集中在三類問題上：時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因(when-what-why-question);人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)提問 (Proper Name-question);結(jié)尾句或故事寓意的提問 (moral-question)。

1. 時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因 (when-what-why-question)

由于故事性短文其自身的特點(diǎn)--以故事情節(jié)介紹為主，因此在故事性短文問題的設(shè)置中數(shù)when-what-why-question最為常見，即問及故事中某一時間和其對應(yīng)的事件，有時還會涉及該事件背后 的原因。該類問題是對細(xì)節(jié)的考查，經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有： When did ? What happened in year ...? What is the finding of ? Why are important events in ? hy is it difficult to ? Why do have to keep the present jobs?等。解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是在瀏覽所給問題的基礎(chǔ)上，迅速得到關(guān)鍵詞或關(guān)鍵句型，如：because， so，therefore，the reasonis that，whyis等。在聽短文時便可有針對性地做出筆記以記錄問題所涉及到的時間、對應(yīng)的事件以及其背后的原因。

2. 人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)提問 (Proper Name-question)

故事性短文在進(jìn)行故事情節(jié)敘述時不可避免地會涉及到人物、地點(diǎn)和一些專有名詞，因此在故事性短文問題的設(shè)置中對專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)考查也較為常見。經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有：What do we learn from the passage about ? What does the speaker tell us about Catherine Gram?等。

解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是瀏覽題干、圈點(diǎn)專有名詞后，關(guān)注文章中所出現(xiàn)該名詞的相關(guān)句子，并做簡單記錄。如果其相關(guān)信息不止一點(diǎn)時，一定要注意列點(diǎn)記錄以防遺漏。

3. 結(jié)尾句或故事寓意的提問 (moral-question)

故事性短文的結(jié)尾句通常包含該故事的寓意，我們將對文章寓意題目的設(shè)置稱為moral-question，這是對文章主旨的考查。經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有： What does the comment by suggest? What can be inferred from the passage?。 解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是在把握故事整體性的基礎(chǔ)上，對故事主人公做出正確評價。

Try Out

Directions: In this section, you will hear one short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

1. What do we learn about the greenhouse?

A) It was located in a park.

B) Its owner died of a heart attack.

C) It went bankrupt all of a sudden.

D) Its potted plants were for lease only.

2. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?

A) Planting some trees in the greenhouse.

B) Writing a want ad to a local newspaper.

C) Putting up aGoing out of Businesssign.

D) Helping a customer select some purchases.

3. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?

A) Opening an office in the new office park.

B) Keeping better relations with her company

C) Developing fresh business opportunities.

D) Building a big greenhouse of his own.

4. What was the speakers hope for the future?

A) Owning the greenhouse one day.

B) Securing a job at the office park.

C) Cultivating more potted plants.

D) Finding customers out of town.

聽力原文：

In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging out Going out of Business sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas and offices. I dont know anything about plants, she said, m sure in a few weeks theyll all be dead. Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six oclock that evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owners family. Business is now increasing rapidly. And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.

答案 解析

1. 選B)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行提問。在瀏覽題干圈點(diǎn)專有名詞greenhouse后, 迅速在文章里聽到 Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. 可以得到關(guān)于greenhouse的兩條信息：greenhouse的主人因心臟病突然死亡; greenhouse因無人接管而即將關(guān)閉。故選B)。

2. 選C)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因進(jìn)行提問。解答此題的關(guān)鍵是在瀏覽所給問題的基礎(chǔ)上，迅速得到關(guān)鍵詞即時間狀語when the customer walked in，在聽短文時便可針對性地做出筆記以記錄所給時間對應(yīng)的事件，很容易捕獲信息 as I was hanging out Going out of Business sign at the greenhouse，the door opened and in walked a customer.故選C)。

3. 選C)。此題仍屬于故事性短文中針對時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因進(jìn)行提問。得到題干關(guān)鍵詞when serving the office manager后，在文中獲取 Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing.故選C)。

4. 選A)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對故事的寓意進(jìn)行提問。文章講了一個立志的創(chuàng)業(yè)故事，整篇文章將基調(diào)定在奮斗一詞上。再由含有寓意的結(jié)尾句 And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.很容易得出正確選項(xiàng)A。故選A)。

在四級聽力中，聽力短文所占比重較大。自四級新題型出現(xiàn)以來，聽力短文通常鎖定在記敘文和說明文兩類體裁上。而記敘文除知識性短文外，考查較多的主要是故事文。通過對近兩年四級真題的分析，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)短文聽力文章中通常有一篇為故事文，而2008年6月短文聽力中則出現(xiàn)了2篇故事文，可見故事性短文越發(fā)受到出題專家的青睞和關(guān)注。

相對于知識性短文而言，由于故事性短文 的時間和情節(jié)的完整性，整體上難度不大。在考試中，考生只要根據(jù)短文的故事情節(jié)理清脈絡(luò)，搞懂邏輯關(guān)系即可獲得正確信息，解答所設(shè)題目。

在故事性短文聽力中，正確獲取人物和主要事件的信息顯得極為重要，因此適當(dāng)記錄故事中所出現(xiàn)的時間及對應(yīng)的重大事件便成為解決故事性短文的關(guān)鍵。此外，文章結(jié)尾往往涉及所介紹人物或事件的當(dāng)前形勢和最新發(fā)展，同樣不容忽視。

故事性短文在四級考試中的測試主要集中在三類問題上：時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因(when-what-why-question);人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)提問 (Proper Name-question);結(jié)尾句或故事寓意的提問 (moral-question)。

1. 時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因 (when-what-why-question)

由于故事性短文其自身的特點(diǎn)--以故事情節(jié)介紹為主，因此在故事性短文問題的設(shè)置中數(shù)when-what-why-question最為常見，即問及故事中某一時間和其對應(yīng)的事件，有時還會涉及該事件背后 的原因。該類問題是對細(xì)節(jié)的考查，經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有： When did ? What happened in year ...? What is the finding of ? Why are important events in ? hy is it difficult to ? Why do have to keep the present jobs?等。解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是在瀏覽所給問題的基礎(chǔ)上，迅速得到關(guān)鍵詞或關(guān)鍵句型，如：because， so，therefore，the reasonis that，whyis等。在聽短文時便可有針對性地做出筆記以記錄問題所涉及到的時間、對應(yīng)的事件以及其背后的原因。

2. 人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)提問 (Proper Name-question)

故事性短文在進(jìn)行故事情節(jié)敘述時不可避免地會涉及到人物、地點(diǎn)和一些專有名詞，因此在故事性短文問題的設(shè)置中對專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)考查也較為常見。經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有：What do we learn from the passage about ? What does the speaker tell us about Catherine Gram?等。

解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是瀏覽題干、圈點(diǎn)專有名詞后，關(guān)注文章中所出現(xiàn)該名詞的相關(guān)句子，并做簡單記錄。如果其相關(guān)信息不止一點(diǎn)時，一定要注意列點(diǎn)記錄以防遺漏。

3. 結(jié)尾句或故事寓意的提問 (moral-question)

故事性短文的結(jié)尾句通常包含該故事的寓意，我們將對文章寓意題目的設(shè)置稱為moral-question，這是對文章主旨的考查。經(jīng)常用于此句型結(jié)構(gòu)的問題有： What does the comment by suggest? What can be inferred from the passage?。 解答此類問題的關(guān)鍵是在把握故事整體性的基礎(chǔ)上，對故事主人公做出正確評價。

Try Out

Directions: In this section, you will hear one short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

1. What do we learn about the greenhouse?

A) It was located in a park.

B) Its owner died of a heart attack.

C) It went bankrupt all of a sudden.

D) Its potted plants were for lease only.

2. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?

A) Planting some trees in the greenhouse.

B) Writing a want ad to a local newspaper.

C) Putting up aGoing out of Businesssign.

D) Helping a customer select some purchases.

3. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?

A) Opening an office in the new office park.

B) Keeping better relations with her company

C) Developing fresh business opportunities.

D) Building a big greenhouse of his own.

4. What was the speakers hope for the future?

A) Owning the greenhouse one day.

B) Securing a job at the office park.

C) Cultivating more potted plants.

D) Finding customers out of town.

聽力原文：

In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging out Going out of Business sign at the greenhouse, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company has just moved into the new office park on the edge of town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas and offices. I dont know anything about plants, she said, m sure in a few weeks theyll all be dead. Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove out to the office park. By six oclock that evening I had signed contracts with seven companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked out an agreement to lease the greenhouse from the owners family. Business is now increasing rapidly. And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.

答案 解析

1. 選B)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對人物及專有名詞的細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行提問。在瀏覽題干圈點(diǎn)專有名詞greenhouse后, 迅速在文章里聽到 Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. 可以得到關(guān)于greenhouse的兩條信息：greenhouse的主人因心臟病突然死亡; greenhouse因無人接管而即將關(guān)閉。故選B)。

2. 選C)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因進(jìn)行提問。解答此題的關(guān)鍵是在瀏覽所給問題的基礎(chǔ)上，迅速得到關(guān)鍵詞即時間狀語when the customer walked in，在聽短文時便可針對性地做出筆記以記錄所給時間對應(yīng)的事件，很容易捕獲信息 as I was hanging out Going out of Business sign at the greenhouse，the door opened and in walked a customer.故選C)。

3. 選C)。此題仍屬于故事性短文中針對時間、對應(yīng)的事件及原因進(jìn)行提問。得到題干關(guān)鍵詞when serving the office manager后，在文中獲取 Why was I helping her select her purchases? My mind was racing.故選C)。

4. 選A)。此題屬于故事性短文中針對故事的寓意進(jìn)行提問。文章講了一個立志的創(chuàng)業(yè)故事，整篇文章將基調(diào)定在奮斗一詞上。再由含有寓意的結(jié)尾句 And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse.很容易得出正確選項(xiàng)A。故選A)。