专业英语四级听力-35及答案解析.doc

1、专业英语四级听力-35及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：3，分数：30.00)（分数：9.00）(1).What problem at the office are Cathy and Stan discussing? A. There arent enough cabinets. B. There is too much noise. C. Office supplies are taking up space. D. Some teaching assistants dont have desks.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.

2、D.(2).What does Cathy suggest doing to solve the problem at the office? A. Giving Jack a different office. B. Complaining to the department head. C. Moving the supplies to the storage room. D. Trying to get a meeting room for Jack and his students.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Stan say about Cathys

3、 suggestion? A. Theyd have to get permission. B. Jack wouldnt like it. C. He thinks it might work. D. The other assistants should be consulted.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：9.00）(1).What is the main topic of the conversation? A. The difficulty of producing vehicles in colonial America. B. Traffic problems in

4、 colonial American cities. C. Population growth in colonial American cities. D. Economic conditions in colonial America.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why were the carts considered the problem in colonial towns? A. Because carts scared the pigs away. B. Because carts injured a large number of people. C. Becau

5、se carts often moved too slowly. D. Because carts broke down too easily.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the conversation, what did colonial towns people do to clean their streets? A. They used carts for collecting garbage. B. They used pigs to get rid of garbage. C. They burnt the garbage. D. They

6、 set up trash cans.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：12.00）(1).What is the woman trying to do? A. Find out if a rock-climbing course will be offered. B. Plan a rock-climbing trip over spring break. C. Persuade the man to take a rock-climbing course with her. D. Find a place to go rock-climbing.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(

7、2).What does the man imply about rock-climbing at their college? A. The college doesnt have any rock-climbing equipment. B. There are no appropriate places for rock-climbing nearby. C. There is no one to teach them how to do rock-climbing. D. Not many students are interested in rock-climbing.（分数：3.0

8、0）A.B.C.D.(3).What are the ropes for rock-climbing made of? A. Elastic fabrics. B. Special belts. C. Some kind of special plastic. D. Nylon.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why is the woman interested in rock-climbing? A. It can offer climbers opportunities to enjoy the natural environment. B. It is not as expe

9、nsive as other kinds of activities. C. It does not need great devotion of energy and time. D. It can benefit climbers both in their mental health and physical health.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.二、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：3，分数：30.00)（分数：9.00）(1).Why did they plan to see a midnight show? A. Because there is a new movi

10、e on at midnight. B. Because a midnight show is more exciting. C. Because they dont have time until midnight. D. Because they can have more fun at midnight.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What can we learn about the woman from this conversation? A. Watching movies may be one of her favorite pastime. B. She doe

11、snt like violent movies at all. C. She has seen The Lord of the Rings many times. D. She prefers comedies to romantics.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why do they finally decide not to watch The Lord of the Rings? A. Because people who watched it didnt think highly of the film. B. Because this movie is not sui

12、table to celebrate Chinese New Year. C. Because the woman plans to watch it with her friends next weekend. D. Because the audiences regret watching it when walking out of the cinema.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：9.00）(1).What are the two speakers mainly discussing? A. They are planning where to celebrate the

13、 anniversary. B. They are arguing which restaurant is best. C. They are talking about the best style of dinner. D. They are longing to do something different.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the woman want to go to the same restaurant? A. Its cheaper than others. B. It serves delicious food. C. There a

14、re fewer people. D. Its a roomy restaurant.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Where will they probably have dinner in a year to come? A. A new French restaurant. B. A Chinese restaurant. C. A Western restaurant. D. A Japanese restaurant.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：12.00）(1).The woman love to live in the city for the fol

15、lowing reasons EXCEPT that _. A. the city has convenient Transportation B. the city has the food she likes most C. its easy to get the latest information D. its a better place for children to live（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the man think of living in the suburbs? A. Theres much to do besides work

16、 and study. B. Its convenient for people to go anywhere. C. The natural environment is beneficial to children. D. The countryside is a perfect place for weekends.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which is TRUE about the mans opinion of the city? A. The children are too young to benefit from city life. B. Even ad

17、ults themselves cannot go everywhere in the city. C. There is a lot to see and do for children and adults. D. There isnt a lot to see and do for children.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A. She is a full-time housewife. B. She does not care for her children. C. She

18、used to live in the suburbs in her childhood. D. She will go to a museum next weekend.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.三、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：3，分数：40.00)（分数：12.00）(1).They need to buy _ tea. A. 0.25 pound B. 0.5 pound C. a tin of D. 12 kilos（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The woman need to buy all the following EXCEPT _. A. ham

19、 B. cooking oil C. cocoa D. tea（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which is the mans attitude towards the womans demand? A. He is willing to do anything for her. B. He thinks that she is greedy. C. He cant satisfy her needs. D. He complains that she needs so many things.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：12.00）(1).What are the

20、two speakers mainly talking about? A. Recycling of used batteries. B. Environment protection. C. Green Movement. D. Environmental pollution.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the purpose of the Green Movement? A. To make full use of the metals left. B. To protect the forest resources from being destroyed.

21、 C. To call for stopping using plastic meal-boxes. D. To awaken people to the environmental problems.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will the woman do next? A. She will attend the lecture. B. She will draw up a program. C. She will join the Green Movement. D. She is not sure what she will do.（分数：4.00）A.B.

22、C.D.（分数：16.00）(1).Why does the woman feel desperate? A. She eats less but remains overweight. B. She is bothered by her taste for fast food. C. She feels that the doctor cant help her. D. She doesnt have time to do exercise.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is NOT the mans suggestion? A. Try to eat less. B.

23、 Walk more quickly. C. Use the stairs. D. Avoid fast foods.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is CORRECT? A. The womans trying to eat less but failed. B. The woman is too busy to do exercise. C. Medicine is the best solution to fatness. D. Dr. Smith suggests not taking bus.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.

24、4).The woman will succeed in losing weight if she _. A. eat less B. take some expensive medicine C. use elevator D. follow the doctors advice（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语四级听力-35答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BPART LISTENIN(总题数：3，分数：30.00)（分数：9.00）(1).What problem at the office are Cathy and Stan discussing? A

25、 There arent enough cabinets. B. There is too much noise. C. Office supplies are taking up space. D. Some teaching assistants dont have desks.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：听力原文 W: Stan, do you have a minute? M: Oh, hi, Cathy. Sure. Whats up? W: Well, Ive been meaning to talk to you about the situation in the

26、 office. M: Im not in very often. UIts so noisy that I cant work./U W: UThats exactly what Im getting at./U Were supposed to be able to do our preparation and marking in that office. But have you noticed? Jack constantly has students coming in to get help with his course. A lot of people are going i

27、n and out. Has anybody spoken to him about it? M: No, not yet. But someones going to have to. W: We cant really ask him to stop having students come in for help, can we? M: No, of course not. But Im not going to be able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine its the same for the others in the

28、office. W: Hum.UCould we ask for a kind of meeting room? When Jack has to talk with the students, they could go to the meeting room and not use the office./U You know, theres a room down the hall, a rather small room that we could ask to use. Its only for storing supplies. M: You mean that little st

29、orage room? Oh, that would be too small. W: Are you sure? With the cabinets taken out, it might be bigger than it looks. M: UCome to think of it, you may be on to something./U Id like to have a look at that room. Can we go there now? W: Sure. Lets go. 细节题。女士(Cathy)说她想和男士(Stan)谈一谈办公室里的状况，Stan说办公室里so

30、noisy，所以他都工作不下去了，Cathy接着说她也发现了这个问题，由此可知两人正在谈论办公室里有too much noise。(2).What does Cathy suggest doing to solve the problem at the office? A. Giving Jack a different office. B. Complaining to the department head. C. Moving the supplies to the storage room. D. Trying to get a meeting room for Jack and hi

31、s students.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：细节题。Cathy通过请求句式Could we ask.建议申请a kind of meeting room(一间会议室)，这样Jack就可以到会议室里和学生们一起讨论问题，而不必在办公室里讨论，也就不会打扰到其他同事。(3).What does Stan say about Cathys suggestion? A. Theyd have to get permission. B. Jack wouldnt like it. C. He thinks it might work. D. The other assistants s

32、hould be consulted.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：推断题。对话结尾处，Stan对Cathy说Come to think of it, you may be on to something(可以考虑一下，这个建议应该行得通)，由此可推断Stan认为Cathy的建议可行。（分数：9.00）(1).What is the main topic of the conversation? A. The difficulty of producing vehicles in colonial America. B. Traffic problems in colonial Am

33、erican cities. C. Population growth in colonial American cities. D. Economic conditions in colonial America.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：听力原文 M: Hey Teresa! Thanks for agreeing to help me review all this history material. W: No problem, Bob. So do you want to start with the stuff missed yesterday? UThat is a

34、 part about urban problems in the colonial period./U M: Yeah. Thatll be great. W: OK. Well, when the British were building cities in American colonies, they had to figure out how to make the cities run smoothly, right? Like.UTake traffic for instance./U M: Traffic? They had traffic back then? W: Wel

35、l, not the same kinds of traffic cities have today. Back in the 18th century there were not any automobiles. But there were other vehicles like coaches and carts, pulled by horses. Only few people could afford to have their own coaches. But there were more and more public coaches and carts. The cart

36、 drivers usually overloaded their carts. UAnd these oversized, clumsy carts would slow down the traffic./U And when you added to that all the farm animals. M: Farm animals? In the cities? W: Lots of them, cattle, pigs and other livestock rolled in the streets. And they really caused trouble, althoug

37、h the pigs at least had good reasons for being there. M: They did? W: Yeah, Uthe towns people used pigs to clean up the garbage that was thrown into the streets./U But then the pigs interfered with the traffic. M: So what did the colonists do? W: Well, they passed traffic laws. Like one that said, i

38、f your animals were found wandering in the street, they could be seized. Of course people who owned pigs didnt want to keep them penned up because the pigs were so good at cleaning up the streets. M: Sounds like a good idea letting them clean up the garbage. 主旨题。比较四个选项可知，选项A和B谈论的对象是交通，而选项C谈论的对象是人口增长

39、选项D谈论的对象是经济情形，再根据听前的预测可知本对话的主题是关于交通的，故可初步排除C和D。对话开头处，女士明确提到她要帮助男士复习昨天错过的与美国殖民地时期的城市问题有关的历史课内容，并以traffic为例给男士做了详细讲解，再结合整篇对话可推知本对话的主要话题就是关于美国殖民地时期的城市交通问题。听音前的预测得到了验证。(2).Why were the carts considered the problem in colonial towns? A. Because carts scared the pigs away. B. Because carts injured a larg

40、e number of people. C. Because carts often moved too slowly. D. Because carts broke down too easily.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：细节题。女士介绍说当时美国主要的交通工具是公共的coaches(四轮大马车)或carts(马车)，驾驶者们经常会使马车载重过多，这就导致了马车oversized且clumsy，进而slow down the traffic(阻碍交通)，被认为是城市中的一大问题。(3).According to the conversation, what did colon

41、ial towns people do to clean their streets? A. They used carts for collecting garbage. B. They used pigs to get rid of garbage. C. They burnt the garbage. D. They set up trash cans.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：细节题。女士明确提到，当时殖民地的城镇里的人们used pigs to clean up the garbage。（分数：12.00）(1).What is the woman trying to

42、do? A. Find out if a rock-climbing course will be offered. B. Plan a rock-climbing trip over spring break. C. Persuade the man to take a rock-climbing course with her. D. Find a place to go rock-climbing.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.解析：听力原文 W: John, have you chosen a physical education class yet this semester?

43、M: No. Why? W: UIve got to take rock-climbing. We just had the first class/U and it looks like its gonna be great. M: UYou think I should take rock-climbing?/U Youve got to be kidding. Besides, Uhow can they teach rock-climbing when its completely flat around here?/U W: Thats not important. You cant

44、 just start climbing without any training. You have to get in shape, learn how to use the ropes, the belts, the buckles. Theres a lot of preparation first. M: You dont think its just a little bit dangerous? W: Not if you know how to use the safety equipment, which is, by the way, pretty hi-tech. UTh

45、e ropes are made of elastic fabrics that stretch a little,/U the shoes have special grips on the bottom and the helmets are made of some kind of special plastic. You have to learn how to use all these before you can do any real climbing. M: Well, whats the appeal? Well spend the whole semester studying something we dont actually