专业英语四级-192及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语四级-192及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、DICTATION(总题数：5，分数：100.00)Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will

2、be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Ea

3、ch passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading wil

4、l be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal spe

5、ed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be giv

6、en 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be

7、read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_Listen to the following passages. Each

8、passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will b

9、e read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_专业英语四级-192答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、DICTATION(总题数：5，分数：100.00)Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four time

10、s. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and duri

11、ng this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Is Life a Tragedy or Comedy? Generalizations about life are almost always misleading for the simple reason that life means different things to different people, a

12、nd every mans response to its call is determined by his own experience and temperament. A man who has suffered few mishaps in life, whose upbringing has been in healthy surroundings, who is fortunate in love and friendship, who has identified himself with some public causes or who cultivates a wide

13、range of interests, is invariably happy. On the other hand, bitter experience of life, deaths in the family and among friends, economic insecurity, frustration in love induce pessimism._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 When Life Loses Its Smell A sense of smell is very useful in telling when food is off, or clothes n

14、eed washing, for example. But millions of people cant smell anything at all: to use a medical term, they are anosmic. Its not only scents which are missing for people with anosmia. Food and drink lose their appeal too, because smell accounts for around 80% of our sense of flavor. Anosmia can also be

15、 dangerous. People with anosmia can get food poisoning, because they cant smell when food is bad. They cant smell smoke from a house fire, or leaking gas._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 The Speed of Modern Civilization Modern civilization is totally different from the times of yore in many respects. But perhaps the

16、 most notable and significant distinction is in the speed and pace of all human activities and all devices that are devised and controlled by man, such as the processes of manufacture and the increasing use of more sophisticated machinery. This craze for speed and fast pace often leads to mishaps, a

17、nd thwarts the initial aim to get through things as early as possible; haste sometimes delays things._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Very Superstitious! Most superstitions are linked to something negative, or the thought that something will bring bad luck. Superstitions have been found in a wide range of cultures f

18、or thousands of years, but research suggests that many of these beliefs can still be found in modern societies. Dr. Foster, from Harvard University, believes it is an example of humans interpreting and reacting to threats. Natural selection can readily favor making all kinds of associations, says Dr

19、 Foster, including many incorrect ones. So, if these threats are likely to be incorrect; why are people still so superstitious? Well, it seems many people would prefer to be better safe than sorry.Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first readin

20、g, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should ch

21、eck your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Monkey Business Do you want to understand your work colleagues better? Go to the zoo and observe monkeys. Dutch business consultant Patrick van Veen, takes groups of business people around

22、 Chester Zoo in Britain and teaches them how primitive behaviour is alive and well in the workplace. Watching the monkeys grooming one another, Mr. van Veen emphasizes the importance of this kind of supportive behavior at work: We spend a lot of time in chit-chat, drinking coffee with each other. Th

23、ats grooming behavior, like primates do. Exploring similarities in behavior between man and monkeys might be a new idea for a business, but the theory behind it is well known._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Time Is a Tyrant Today, we are slaves of speed and success syndrome. No sermons are strong enough to dissuade

24、 us to spare some moments from our busy schedule, to sit or stand and stare at the supreme beauty that nature unfolds away from the maddening crowds. The very meaning of our life has acquired new connotations and our concerns and considerations, sans compassion, are soaked in tensions and traumas be

25、cause we are moving away from such forces of nature as can provide genuine and innocent rest and rapture. Racing against time, we are hell-bent to break new records and meet deadlines, even if we have to become robots or mechanized beings._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 No Meat McDonalds, famous for serving hamburg

26、ers, is opening, next year, its first totally vegetarian restaurant in India. About 40% of households in the country are vegetarian. Vegetarianism has been around for centuries. The Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras favored the practice due to concerns about cruelty to animals. He also

27、thought it could be a healthier lifestyle as it prevented men from being violent. Nowadays, the pressure on natural resources from rearing animals has been turning environmentally-conscious people into veggies. Some people are even stricter. They are known as vegans and they do not eat dairy product

28、s and eggs either._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Faking It A BBC investigation has highlighted the growing problem of an industry where students can try to deceive teachers by paying to have their coursework written for them. Universities are well set up to detect more traditional forms of plagiarism where extract

29、s of someone elses work are used. But according to Birmingham City Universitys professor Robert Clarke, this is much harder to identify in a bespoke essay, original but written by someone else. He thinks this should concern us all and asks: Would you want to be treated by a nurse whos cheated on her

30、 assignment?Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, wi

31、th intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. （分数：20.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Sorry! Researchers suggest that people have too high an expectation of the

32、 power of saying sorry, and receiving an apology isnt as healing as people like to think. Nevertheless, apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm the existence of rules that need to be observed. In Britain, the word sorry is often said and heard. If you step on someone elses toe b

33、y chance you have to apologize but the person whose foot was squashed has to do it too. It conveys the idea that none of you is left with hard feelings._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Standard of Living vs. Quality of Life The main difference between standard of living and quality of life is that the former is more

34、 objective, while the latter is more subjective. Standard of living factors such as gross domestic product, poverty rate and environmental quality, can all be measured and defined with numbers, while quality of life factors like equal protection of the law, freedom from discrimination and freedom of

35、 religion, are more difficult to measure and are particularly qualitative. Both indicators are flawed, but they can help us get a general picture of what life is like in a particular location at a particular time._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 Family Stuff Take every single object out of your house. Pose for a pho

36、to. Then, put everything back inside again. This is what photographer Huang Qingjun has been convincing people to do for the past decade. It was not always easy to explain the object of the project. Most people thought what I was proposing was not normal. Mr. Huang says. But almost all of them, when

37、 they realized what I was trying to do, they understood the point. On one level, the photos are intimate family portraits. On another level, the pictures capture the social change that is taking place in China._正确答案：()解析：听力原文 How Torture Works Everybody breaks under torture. Torture would work on me

38、 for example. If somebody starts crushing my fingertips with a pair of pliers, Im going to tell them my ATM PIN, Batmans secret identity, whatever. But if you asked me where Bin Laden was, then Im not the only person who has a problem. Because I dont know where Bin Laden is, but if you think I do,

39、and keep torturing me, youre going to get a lot of disinformation. Its pretty clear that routine torture doesnt yield good data. And because torturers usually go too far, the weak signaltruthful informationis often overwhelmed, almost instantaneously, by the noise generated by the torturers poorly formulated questions and the victims disoriented responses.Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you four times. D