[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷151及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 151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 151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】 A Midlife Career Change What should a person do or think about/when contemplating a midlife career change? /First, clearly define your priorities . /Next, have a big-picture goal for your career and your lifestyle in mind. /K

5、nowing that you want to make a change is the first step in the process, /but be sure not to get stuck there. /Take the next step by identifying specifically/what you would like to see in your next career. /Also, know what you are hoping to achieve this time around /that is different from what you ha

6、ve already done up to this point. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Feeding Your Mind When your mind is hungry, /it never lets you know. /However, hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. /Once you read a book, youll have the interesting part of the book stored in your mind as a seed

7、. /Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. /The same seed if used many times, /can help you link and relate a lot of things, /of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 American Children Raising To Americans, the goal of

8、parents is to help children stand on their own two feet. /From infancy, each child may get his or her own room. /As children grow, they gain more freedom/to make their own choices. /Teenagers choose their own forms of entertainment and friends. / When they reach young adulthood, they choose their ow

9、n careers and marriage partners. /American parents try to treat their children as individuals . /They allow them to fulfill their own dreams, /and praise and encourage their children to succeed. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Americans Personality Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. /Their

10、friendships , however, tend to be shorter and more casual/than friendships among people from other cultures. /Besides, Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. /They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence. /O

11、n the other hand, dont expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, /unless those subjects directly involve the United States. /Because some Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Drama There are many theories about the beginning of

12、 drama in ancient Greece . /The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama evolved from ritual. /In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world as unpredictable , /and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers. /Those measures were then retained and repeated/until they were hardened into fixed rituals. /As time passed by, some rituals were abandoned , /but the stories, later called myths , persisted and provided material for drama. 【知识模块】 听写