[外语类试卷]专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷321及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 321及答案与解析 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause

2、. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. （ A） She has only seen sharks in movies. （ B） She used to live near the sea. （ C） She likes snakes and spiders. （ D）

3、 She gets close to sharks easily. （ A） He has a fear of high speed. （ B） He hates the flight delay. （ C） He is worried about the danger. （ D） He feels tired during flight. （ A） Handheld computers can help kill time. （ B） It is always very long and boring. （ C） There is no vegetarian food served. （ D

4、） There is first-class service from attendants. （ A） Vegetables. （ B） Chicken. （ C） Fruit. （ D） Nothing. （ A） It is bad for health. （ B） It can be prevented. （ C） It is normal for people. （ D） It is caused by stress. （ A） It is common. （ B） It seldom happens. （ C） It only happens to travelers. （ D）

5、It is a pleasant experience. （ A） Take a taxi to any place. （ B） Keep the name of the hotel in mind. （ C） Always take a mobile phone. （ D） Ask for a map or a business card. （ A） Because you can try to practice your language with them. （ B） Because some of them may show you the wrong way. （ C） Becaus

6、e you may be rejected by some of them. （ D） Because people will tell you something more than the direction. （ A） College students. （ B） Elderly people. （ C） Policemen. （ D） Delivery men. （ A） Always checking for landmarks. （ B） Taking a map and a mobile phone with you. （ C） Remembering the name of t

7、he hotel. （ D） Learning some local knowledge. （ A） It has just changed from 16 to 18. （ B） It used to be 18 but now 16. （ C） It has been changed to 18 for long. （ D） It will keep rising in the following years. （ A） It is unreasonable. （ B） It is a good thing. （ C） It brings inconvenience. （ D） It is

8、 helpless and meaningless. （ A） He will lose his license for a year. （ B） He can only drive on specific roads. （ C） He has to pass the driving test again. （ D） He can drive but under a check system. （ A） He has been a taxi driver. （ B） He used to break the traffic rules a lot. （ C） He started to dri

9、ve at the age of 12. （ D） He has stopped driving recently. （ A） Drivers are much younger than before. （ B） Traffic rules are more complicated. （ C） Vehicles are more difficult to control. （ D） The traffic is much worse than years ago. （ A） The woman is going to have a job interview. （ B） The woman i

10、s being interviewed by the man. （ C） The woman wants to prepare for her resume. （ D） The woman wants to make friends with the man. （ A） He always lends money to his friends. （ B） He is hard-working and earns a lot. （ C） He doesnt care much about money. （ D） He has a large group of friends. （ A） Bein

11、g selfish. （ B） Being late. （ C） Being disorganized. （ D） Being careless. （ A） Fewer people are like this nowadays. （ B） It is a kind of mental illness. （ C） It should be treated with medical care. （ D） It is caused by too much input and stimulus. （ A） Being easy-going. （ B） Being generous. （ C） Bei

12、ng organized. （ D） Being selfless. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 321答案与解析 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each questio

13、n there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 M: Ruth, what is something you are afraid of? Like snakes, spiders or rat

14、s? W: Probably sharks. M: Sharks? Why sharks? I dont think people can get close to sharks very easily. W: I know that sounds quite irrational. I dont live near the sea, but the thought of being eaten by a shark often appears in my mind. Its horrific. Im really very frightened every time I think of s

15、harks. M:(1 - 1)Have you ever seen a shark? W:(1 -2)No. Thankfully. I think Id run a mile. I have just seen them in some movies. So what are you afraid of? Anything that frightens you just like a shark does to me? M: I dont know what Im really afraid of. I guess I dont like heights too much. Yeah, s

16、o I have to admit that when Im on a plane I get kind of freaked out. When I fly, I keep thinking “How is this thing staying in the air?“ And then it makes me too nervous to enjoy my flight. W: So I guess youre always happy to land. M: Yeah, yeah. Always, always, very happy to land, and often when 1

17、go home I have to fly across the Pacific and theres no land so you look out of your window and you think,(2)“ Ah, if something goes wrong with the plane we cant land anymore“ , but thats very irrational because most accidents, I think, happen over mountains. W: Even if you landed in the sea, there m

18、ight be sharks. M: Thats true. How do you feel when you fly? W: I quite like flying actually. I mean Im quite used to flying. Ive flown to a lot of places.(3)If its a long haul flight, I guess its a bit boring, but I like the handheld computer you get to play with. M: Yeah, those are nice. W: Theyre

19、 good. M: So whats the food like? I know that youre a vegetarian. How do you like the food during flights? W: Oh, well, the last time I flew I didnt get any vegetarian food. I think I forgot to tell them, so I had to eat the chicken, whatever. M: Really, you actually ate the chicken? W: No, I didnt

20、eat it. Actually, I just had it in front of me. M: Yeah, I heard that the vegetarian meals are actually better than the chicken or beef meal. W: Really, theyre quite good. M: Well, it was really an interesting conversation we had today. W: Absolutely. Everybody is afraid of something, arent they? It

21、 is quite normal. M: Yeah, were just humans after all. We have likes and dislikes. That just makes our life more colorful! 1. What do we know about the woman? 2. Why is the man afraid of traveling by plane? 3. What does the woman say about flying? 4. What did the woman eat the last time she flew? 5.

22、 What does the woman say about being afraid of something? 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查人物特征。由句 (1 1)和 (1 2)可知，当男士询问女士是否看到过鲨鱼时，女士回答说幸亏没有，她会尽量避而远之，并称她只在电影中看到过鲨鱼。因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查原因。由句 (2)可知，男士称如果飞机出故障，就不再会安全降落，也就是他担心乘坐飞机有危险。故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (3)可知，女士认为如果是

23、 长时间的飞行，就会有点无聊，但是她喜欢玩掌上电脑。由此可知，玩掌上电脑可以消磨长途飞行的时间，因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。由句 (4 1)和 (4 2)可知，女士上次乘坐飞机时忘记点素食餐，飞机上为她提供了鸡肉，但是她并没有吃，只是摆在了面前。故 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (5)可知，女士称每个人都有所惧怕，这很正常。故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【听力原文】 W: So, Greg, you are quite the world traveler I h

24、ear. M: Um, yeah, I love traveling. Ive been to probably around, I dont know, 20 different countries. Ive lived in Thailand and South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, and four different parts of Japan. W: Oh, thats a lot. M: And of course several different places in the U. S. W: Well, for somebod

25、y whos going to travel for the first time, what type of advice would you give him, in case he gets lost? M:(6)Ah, getting lost. Yeah, that happens all the time. You have to prepare for that. (7 - 1)One of the first things I do whenever I get to an airport is I see if I can get a map from the informa

26、tion center, or when I go to_a_hotel, I ask if they have a map of the area. W: Thats quite considerate. M:(7 -2)When I want to go somewhere, I ask them to write the destination in the local language, and also I practice my pronunciation with them, and sometimes Ill get a business card from the hotel

27、. W: OK, well, lets say that, um, youre on business in a foreign country, and youre really busy and you forget to get the business card, you dont have the map, youre trying to find a place and youre completely lost, what should you do? M: Well, of course, youve got to ask people.(8)And its a good id

28、ea to ask a lot of different people because in some countries people dont want to say no, and they dont want to say “I dont know“ , either. They may give you the wrong directions. W: Well, so when youre going down the street, and say you are lost, is there a certain person who is better at giving di

29、rections? M: Um, well, if its a child, and you want to get to a business section or something, probably he doesnt know. Its a good idea to ask some adults who look as if they live in the area. W: Right. So youre talking about people who work in shops and things like that? M:(9)Yes, and also, deliver

30、y men are usually very good, because they have to go all over the city, so they know it well. W: Right. So have you actually ever been lost? M: Oh, Ive been lost all the time. Once I got lost for a couple of hours in Bangkok and it was terrible. W: Well, thats a densely populated city. M:(10)Yeah, s

31、o after that, it gave me the idea that I should always check for landmarks. You know landmarks are really tall buildings, or a river, something I could always know, and I could see easily. W: Well, it sounds like good advice. Thanks Greg. M: Youre welcome. 6. What does the man say about getting lost

32、? 7. What does the man suggest people do to prevent getting lost? 8. Why does the man suggest asking different people for directions? 9. Which of the following is mentioned as a good choice to ask for directions? 10. What experience did the man get from getting lost in Bangkok? 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考

33、查人物观点。由句 (6)可知，男士称迷路是经常发生的事情。因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查行为。由句 (7 1)可知，男士每次到达机场做的第一件事就是去咨询中心看是否可以找张地图，或者到酒店后，询问酒店是否有当地的地图。由句 (7 2)可知，男士想出门时，会让酒店工作人员用当地语言写下目的地，并且跟他们练习发音，有时他还会向酒店要一张名片。结合两句可知 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 8 【正 确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查原因。由句 (8)可知，男士说一种好办法是询问许多不同的人，因为在有些国家，人们不愿意拒绝问路的人，但是他们也不愿意

34、说自己不知道路线，所以可能会给出错误的指引。故 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查人物。由句 (9)可知，男士建议向快递员问路，因为他们会去遍整个城市。故 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。由句 (10)可知，在那次迷路之后，男士认为应该经常检查地标，就是真正的高楼大厦或河流或任何他可以一直知道和容易看到的事物。故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 11 【听力原文】 W: Hey, Mike, what age do you have to be in Canada to drive? M: Well,

35、 it used to be 16, but it recently got pushed up to 18. Now again each province controls its driving and the age limits, but in Ontario the age limit went from 16 to 18. W: And how do you feel about that? Do you think thats a good thing that you have to be 18 instead of 16? M: Yeah, I think it shoul

36、d be 18 or even 20 before youre allowed to drive. W: Really! What do you think about someone who is 17, and so theyve been driving for one year and then the law changes and becomes 18 as the minimum age? Do you think that person who has been driving should lose his license for one more year? M: Well

37、, no, and I think generally, well, that happened in Ontario. Of course that situation would have arisen.(3)What happens then is generally laws are made so that the people who have been driving are then put into a system where they can still drive but theyre under a probation system until 18. W: I se

38、e. So why do you think you should wait until you are 18 or 20 to be able to drive? M: Maturity. W: You dont think at 16 youre mature enough? M: No. Because I think at 18 youre an adult, youre more responsible, just like youre not tried in the legal system as an adult until you are 18 years old. I th

39、ink that it should be the same for driving. W: Yeah, I dont know if I agree because I drove when I was 16. M: So did I. W: Yeah, and I felt mature enough.(4)In fact, I know my father. When he was young, he actually began driving at about 12. When he was about 12 years old, he lived in the countrysid

40、e and it was OK for him to drive at 12. M: Well, I can understand that because way back then there was a lot less traffic. I think that today because the traffic is a lot worse its a better idea to have, you know, to make sure the drivers are prepared and mature and understand what to do in case som

41、ething goes wrong. W: OK, fair enough, but how do you know that someone at 18, who has never driven is any more prepared than someone whos 16? M: Well, you dont, but generally if somebody is older and more mature, then theyre going to be a little bit wiser. Theyre just going to make better decisions

42、. Thats just my opinion. W: OK. Sounds good. 1. What do we know about the age limit for driving in Ontario? 2. What does the man think about the change of the age limit for driving? 3. What will happen to someone who is 17 but has been driving for a year? 4. What do we know about the womans father?

43、5. What does the man say about the driving situation nowadays? 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查事物特征。由句 (1 1)和 (1 2)可知，加拿大安大略省以前的驾驶年龄限制是 16岁，但是最近提高到了 18岁。因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (2)可知，男士认为允许驾驶的年龄应该是 18岁甚至是 20岁。由此可知，他认为提高驾驶年龄限制是一件好事，故 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查行为。由句 (3)可知

44、，对于 17岁但已经 驾驶了一年的人来说，他们可以继续驾驶，但是到 18岁之前要处于一种察看的制度体系下。因此 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查人物特征。由句 (4)可知，女士称她的父亲实际上 12岁就开始驾驶了。故 C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (5)可知，男士说现在的交通情况要比以前差很多。故 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 16 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Linda! I havent seen you for a long time. What have you been b

45、usy with? W: Hi, Jack. I got a job interview coming up and I know theyre going to ask me about what are my strong points and weak points. M: Yeah, thats tough. W: Yeah, well, lets talk about that. What are your strong points as a person? M: Ah, lets see. Well, I think the biggest one is Im pretty ge

46、nerous. I really dont care about money, so Ill give my friends money or things that I have, because I just dont care about that. Um, so thats probably my strong point. My weak points are I am late all the time, and sometimes Im a little bit selfish. I want things my way, and only my way. W: So do yo

47、u use that expression, “ Its my way or the highway!“ M: I would never say that, but thats maybe how I think sometimes. W: Thats how you feel inside, yeah. M: How about you? What are your strong points and weak points? W: Well, one of my weak points, I can say, much like you, is being late, but since

48、 Ive had a long-term boyfriend, hes made sure that part of me has changed. I think another one of my weak points is that, uh, Im mentally disorganized, so that sometimes it makes me forget things like my keys, or you know, where I put an important piece of paper or something like that. M: Sometimes

49、I wonder that maybe more people are that way today because we have so much input, so much stimulus from TV, from the Internet, from movies and from radio that we are not as mentally organized as people 50 years ago. W: Yeah, that could be possibly true, but most of my close friends say that Im more disorganized in that way, or more chaotic than most people, so I think Im a special case. You know, I lost my wallet about four or five times in the past year. M: Thats pretty bad. U