(一)数字与计算题
“数字与计算”是早年大学英语四级统考中的听力测试的最常考项目之一,常见的计算题包括时间、价格、年龄、距离、速度等。出题形式可分为计算型、辨认型和替换型。以加减计算题为主。
相关词汇与表达:more, less, late, early, fast, slow, ahead of schedule, delay, postpone, decrease, bring forward, times, twice, double, a quarter, a half, the day before yesterday, by noon, half an hour
【例一】
A) $1.40 B) $4.30 C) $6.40 D) $8.60
W: Here is a ten-dollar bill. Give me two tickets for tonight’s show, please.
M: Sure. Two tickets and here’s a dollar forty cents change.
Q: How much does one ticket cost?
【例二】
A) 5:10. B) 5:00. C) 4:30. D) 5:15.
M: I wonder if Sue will be here by five o’clock.
W: Her husband said she left home at half past four. She should be here at ten after five
and a quarter past five at the latest.
Q: What time did Sue leave home? (2001.6/7)