1997年英语专业四级真题听力原文本（A）

　　SECTION A STATEMENT

　　1. John met me at the door and said his dormitory wasn’t full, but in fact it was.
　　2. We just can’t get over the fact that Jane failed while Mary succeeded.
　　3. At the moment there was no course I enjoyed more than composition.
　　4. If I had known the exercises should be handed in today, I’d have finished them yesterday.
　　5. I woke up at 8:30, knowing that the appointment was at 9:45, but despite all my plans, I still got there at 10:00.
　　6. If only I had paid more attention to my spelling in the examination.
　　7. Come in, John. Please excuse the mess. We only moved in here a month ago and we’re in the middle of house decoration.
　　8. David decided to take the overnight express train to Rome. Usually he would have gone by plane. But now he wanted to have some time on his own before he got back home
　　9. My students went camping last weekend. They had a wonderful time and they stayed warm and dry in spite of the weather.