[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷136及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 136及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 136答案与解析 一 、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will

3、 be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at no

4、rmal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Lunch Meeting 商务午餐 Many business professionals hold meetings during lunch or dinner / with clients, investors, or other business professionals. / What if your meeting seems to be hindered by bad restaurant service? / Should y

5、ou complain? The answer is yes, always, but with diplomacy. / Proper restaurant social skills in a business setting are a little different / from when you are out dining with your family. / For example, it is okay to ask for a discount on bad service when you are with your family, / but not when you

6、 are with a business associate. / If you are meeting someone at a restaurant, / arrive at least five minutes earlier. / Be sure to greet them with a friendly business handshake. / Never order for your business associate. / If they ask for help ordering or seem uncomfortably indecisive / you can reco

7、mmend something you may have previously tried / or ask the waiter to help with a suggestion. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Wednesday 星期三 If you struggled to get up for work on Wednesdays, / there could be a good reason / it is the day our mood reaches its lowest point. / Psychologists have found that, on ave

8、rage, / peoples moods remain about the same on each day throughout the week. / Monday has traditionally been thought of as the most depressing day of the week / but according to psychologists, midweek gives more cause for concern in reality. / Wednesday represented the lowest point in the week / as

9、people were furthest away from the weekend that has either just gone or is coming up / and often feel bogged down with work. / To start their research, the scientists asked around 200 people / what they thought their mood would be on each day of the week. / Most said their worst moods were on Monday

10、 mornings and evenings / but they became increasingly cheerful as the week wore on, / with their best moods falling on Friday and Saturday mornings and evenings. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 The Charming Character of Swedes性格可爱的瑞典人 All social occasions in Sweden are regulated by rules and traditions. / And

11、these traditions are expressed in a specific ritual / made up of formal bows, handshakes, and greetings. / When a visitor enters a Swedish home, / he is invariably received with a “Welcome” ; / when he leaves, his host will tell him “You will be welcome again.” / These charming phrases are an indest

12、ructible part of Swedish social life / and they give it an old-world flavor of good manners. / Equally attractive is the Swedish acceptance of modern technological equipment. / A traveler never needs to search for a telephone in Sweden: / telephone booths are placed at regular intervals along the ma

13、in streets and highways. / And in church, for example, / long benches are fitted with hearing aids for worshippers who may be hard of hearing. / Swedish homes are among the best equipped in the world / and travelers in Sweden find their journeys made easy by the use of the most efficient modern devi

14、ces. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Giving and Sharing 奉献与分享 The spirit of giving and sharing is at its peak during the Christmas season. / People are so generous to dole out gifts, / money and other things to people they care about, / and at times to charity, too. / This innate feeling in us is always there.

15、 / Its not only for special seasons like the holidays / that we should be able to give / and share whatever we have in abundance. / It most likely to be the instinctive feeling in us / that we should be willing to share and give something all year round / especially to those who are in need. / The h

16、oliday feeling is all around us. / The malls are all decorated with pretty and shiny Christmas decors all around. / Theres happy Christmas music being heard all over the place. / A lot of people are shopping because there are lots of sales and discounts offered. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Wealth 财富 Owning

17、 cars, large houses, or swimming pools / mean different things in different cultures / and may confuse a visitor to the United States. / In many nations, only the rich have such things as cars and swimming pools; / the poor have very little. / By contrast, this is not true in the United States. / Th

18、e cost of certain things that only the rich can afford in other countries is relatively low. / This means that laborers, farmers, and people who are not / usually regarded as rich nevertheless have many possessions / that only the rich have in other nations. / Understandably a visitor may assume that all Americans / who own cars are as rich as people in his own country who own cars. / Actually, this is not the case; / secretaries, university students, factory workers or farmers can and do buy cars / and many other “expensive” things. / 【知识模块】 听写