本书是根据教育部最新颁发的高等学校本科用<<大学英语教学大纲(修订本)>>以及全国大学英语四,六级考试大纲编写的最新四级听力强化训练.
与原用大纲相比,新大纲在目标、要求等各方面都作了较大的调整。其一是对文理科、理工科不再分别制定大纲；其二是明确提出了“培养学生用英语交流信息”的更高目标；三是把四级定为全国各类高等学校均应达到的基本要求；四是将听、说、写、译四项技能列入学生语言应用能力中的同一层次，与阅读技能并列，并对听、读等各项技能和词汇量的要求都有了较大幅度的提高。这些修订，体现了面向二十一世纪和进行综合素质教育的要求。
为了帮助广大学生及时了解新大纲的这些变化和迅速适应新大纲提出的各项能力要求，从而顺利地通过新形势下的四级考试，我们组织清华大学英语系的部分老师推出了这本紧靠新大纲、完全按照修订要求编写的考前强化训练型参考书。
The socks that people wear on their feet are not very exciting,but several interesting English expressions are made from them.One such expression is "pull up your socks." It means "try to do better,""improve your performance."Imagine a basketball team near the end of an important game .The players are losing.They are so tired that even their socks look tired. The tops of their socks are falling down over their shoes .The coach calls time out to talk to his team."Take a deep breath,"he tells them."Get organized.If you pull up your socks,you can win this game ."He is telling them they can win if they start playing better. A newspaper once reported that a political leader told members of his party that they needed to pull up their socks and get back in the game.
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