1、专业英语四级听力-54及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BPART DICTATIO(总题数：1，分数：40.00)1.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, t
2、he passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 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.Sport Balloons（分数：40.00）_二、BPART
3、 LISTENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSECTION A CONVE(总题数：3，分数：20.00)In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 2
4、0 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：8.00）(1).What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Theyre classmates. B. Theyre roommates. C. Theyre cousins. D. Theyre lab partners.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why was the man worried at first? A. He couldnt decide the topic for
5、 his paper. B. He thought his paper was late. C. He hadnt heard from his family in a while. D. He thought the woman was ill.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the man, what do some bees use their sense of smell for? A. To find their way back to the nest. B. To locate plant fibers. C. To identify kind
6、s of honey. D. To identify relatives.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What will the man probably do over the weekend? A. To visit his parents. B. To write a paper. C. To observe how bees build nests. D. To plan a family reunion.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the en
7、d of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：6.00）(1).What is the womans main problem? A. She lives so far away. B. She has no time to visit her parents. C. Her parents wont be back. D. She needs to work but also see her parents.（分数：
8、2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What did the womans parents do in Central America? A. To travel around the area. B. To volunteer their services. C. To teach in some schools. D. To visit relatives in the area.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why doesnt the woman want to borrow money? A. She has her own money. B. She wouldnt be
9、 able to get a loan. C. She prefers to be independent. D. Her bills are too high.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：6.00）(1).Where did thi
10、s interview take place? A. In the radio studio. B. In a bicycle shop. C. On the road. D. At the starting line.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why do cyclists participate in the mountain-lake cycle tour? A. To meet cyclists from other countries. B. To race with professional athletes. C. To exercise and enjoy th
11、emselves. D. To compete for a valuable first prize.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In what order will the cyclists leave the starting line? A. In any order they wish. B. In groups at timed intervals. C. Bicycle club members first, then others. D. Racers first, then average cyclists.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION
12、B PASSA(总题数：3，分数：20.00)In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the
13、passage. （分数：6.00）(1).Whats the characteristic of most attractive faces? A. There is no answer. B. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. C. Most of attractive faces look like Mona Lisa. D. Most attractive faces have golden ratio.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Whats golden ratio? A. Long side:short side = 1.61
14、8:1 in a rectangle. B. Perimeter:radius = 1.681:1 in a rotundity. C. Diagonal:side = 1.681:1 in a square. D. Perimeter:long side = 1.681:1 in a rectangle.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which one does NOT conform to the golden ratio? A. The dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza. B. The famous Greek Parthenon
15、. C. The face of da Vinci. D. The face of Mona Lisa.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the passage. （分数：8.00）(1).According to the passage, some job applicants were rejec
16、ted _. A. because they eliminated their names from the applicants list themselves B. because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume C. because they failed to give a background description in their applications D. because of their carelessness to spell the c
17、ompanys name incorrectly（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Perfectionists refers to those who _. A. pay too much attention to details only to lose their major objectives B. know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances C. demand others to get everything absolutely right D. are capable of achieving
18、 perfect results in whatever they do（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The example of the Apollo II moon launch is to illustrate that _. A. minor mistakes can be ignored in achieving major objectives B. keeping ones goal in mind helps in deciding which details can be overlooked C. adjustments are the key to the s
19、uccessful completion of any work D. failure is the mother of success（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The passage is mainly talking about _. A. not being a perfectionist B. details and major objectives C. importance of adjustments D. hard work plus good luck（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 18 to 20 are based on the fo
20、llowing passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the passage. （分数：6.00）(1).The problem of the standard educational tests is caused by _. A. well-informed users B. imprecise standard C. users who have not enough knowledge of the test D. pe
21、ople who attack the test（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The prediction of the test is likely to be mistaken due to _. A. the irrelevance of the past experience B. the incompleteness of the information available C. the weakness of the test D. the unpredictability of the future performance（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Th
22、e tests work most effectively when it is used to measure _. A. the whole information on a person B. ones creative ability C. the skill one has learned D. the skill one will learn in the future（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSECTION C NEWS (总题数：5，分数：20.00)In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen
23、 to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).What does the Justice Department accuse the industry? A. They produ
24、ce dangerous products. B. They didnt fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program. C. The industry conspires to hide the health dangers of smoking. D. They didnt change its marketing practices.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the government lawyers ask the judge to force the industry to do? A. To ch
25、ange its marketing practices. B. To fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program. C. To stop the cigarette production. D. Both A and B.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen
26、to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).Why was the passenger jet forced to land at Halifax, Canada? A. Some passengers would get off the plane in Canada. B. There was something wrong about the plane and it could not fly again. C. Because there were criminals on the jet plane. D. Because it had been thought that
27、the jet had been hi-jacked.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What has really happened to the passenger jet? A. The jet was intercepted by US air force. B. The planes transponder had malfunctioned and was mistakenly transmitting code. C. The pilots of the jet repeatedly radioed in to tell controllers they were hi
28、-jacked. D. The armed police arrested several criminals in the jet.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).According to the UN report, developed econom
29、ies in 2012 will _. A. make a quick recovery B. fall back sharply into recession C. be up in the air D. be in danger of downturn（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).All of the following factors restrict the growth of developed economies EXCEPT _. A. sovereign debt crisis B. fragile banking sectors C. policy analysi
30、s D. weak total demand（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).Whats the main idea of the news item? A. The EU government provides cheap loans to help A
31、irbus develop new aircraft. B. The US government subsidizes the Boeing Company by giving it government contracts. C. The EU and the US try to find a negotiated settlement on trade war. D. The US makes a new complaint against the EU subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When di
32、d the EU and the US agree to suspend their cases before the US new complaint? A. Today. B. This year. C. In February. D. In January.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to th
33、e news. （分数：4.00）(1).To whom were the letter bombs intended to send? A. The Danish Police. B. Six Swedish people. C. A Danish woman. D. Three right-wingers.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What can be inferred from the news item? A. There has been an internal struggle among right-wingers. B. These letter bombs
34、were all made in Sweden. C. There has been no injury during the raids. D. The letter bombs have caused great damage.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语四级听力-54答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、BPART DICTATIO(总题数：1，分数：40.00)1.Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During t
35、he 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 read at normal speed again and during this tim
36、e you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.Sport Balloons（分数：40.00）_正确答案：()解析：听力原文Sport BalloonsBalloons have been used for sport for about one hundred years. /There are two kinds of sport balloons: gas and hot air. /Hot air balloons are safer
37、 than gas balloons, /which may catch fire. /Hot air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. /They are also cheaper and easier to manager than gas balloons. /Despite the ease of operating a balloon, /pilots must watch the weather carefully. /Sport ball
38、oon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon, /when the wind is light. /Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic. /It wasnt until 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded. /It took them just six clays to make the trip from their homes in
39、 the United States to Paris, France. /Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world./解析 由于这篇听力材料是介绍两种用于体育运动的气球，因此文中多处将两者的异同进行比较。听写时注意这些比较级的使用，如：safer，cheaper，easier。文中有很多名词使用复数形式，注意正确拼写及相应的动词搭配。文中的ease一词，可能会让人一时难以反应，但是从其转折的语气看，后面的内容是小心紧张的，前面就应该是放松悠闲的。另外需注意，Paris和France之间要用逗号隔开。二、BPART LIS
40、TENIN(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、BSECTION A CONVE(总题数：3，分数：20.00)In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 se
41、conds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：8.00）(1).What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Theyre classmates. B. Theyre roommates. C. Theyre cousins. D. Theyre lab partners.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：听力原文 M: Hi, Sue. Where have you been? W: Oh. Hi, Dan. I was just at the l
42、ibrary. I have to hand in my biology paper tomorrow. M: UTomorrow? Oh, no, I thought it wasnt due till Monday./U W: Oh. Dont worry. UIt is due Monday./U But Im going away for the weekend and wont be back till Monday night. M: Oh, where are you going? W: California. Were having a family reunion. Its
43、my grandmothers ninetieth birthday. So, all the cousins and aunts and uncles are going. She planned the whole thing herself. M: Wow. Thats great. How many people will be there? W: Around sixty. My family is big and spread out but were pretty close. So, have you started working on your biology paper?
44、 M: Yeah. UIm doing it on bees and how theyre able to recognize whether another bee is related to them./U W: How can they tell? M: UThey use their sense of smell./U The sweat bees guard their nests this way. If another bee approaches the nest, the guard determines if the new bee is familiar. If it i
45、s, its allowed to enter. W: Interesting. Can other insects do this? M: Well, the paper wasps can. Each wasp nest has a special combination of plant fibers and so the wasps that live there have a unique smell. Those two are the only kind Ive read about so far. 解析 本题考查人物关系。根据原文可知，两人都要交一篇生物学作业，可推断出两人应该是同学关系。因此A为正确答案。(2).Why was
