2013年12月大学英语四级听力真题第3套+答案+原文+评析_大学英语听力

2013年12月大学英语四级听力真题第3套+答案+原文+评析

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

　　You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on thesituation they are in. This is very __26__. All languages have two general levels of usage: aformal level and an informal level. English is no __27__. The difference in these two levels isthe situation in which you use a __28__ level. Formal language is the kind of language you findin textbooks, __29__, and in business letters. You would also use formal English incompositions and __30__ that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversationwith colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write __31__ notes or letters toclose friends.

　　Formal language is different from informal language __32__. First, formal language tends to bemore polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. Forexample, I might say to a friend or a family member. Close the door, please. but to a __33__,I probably would say, Would you mind closing the door?

　　Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the __34__. There arebound to be some words and phrases that __35__ formal language and others that areinformal. Lets say that I really like soccer. If Im talking to my friend, I might say m justcrazy about soccer! But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say I really enjoysoccer.