1、专业英语四级听力-56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.How to Close the Achievement Gap
3、（分数：40.00）_二、BPART 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,
4、you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：8.00）(1).What does the man want to know from Jessica? A. What Mr. Haddocks class taught in his third class. B. What Mr. Haddocks assignment is. C. What the answer to Mr. Haddocks homework is. D. What textbook Mr
5、. Haddock uses in his class.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does Jessica want to do when she says can I have a sip of that? A. She wants to know whether the man slept well last night. B. She wants to drink some of the mans coffee. C. She wants to learn if the mans schedule is full. D. She wants to borrow
6、the mans notes in class.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did the womans sister choose the University of Asia Pacific? A. Because of the scholarship. B. Because of the location. C. Because of the nice weather. D. Because of the choices of majors.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What are they most likely to do next? A. T
7、o have a break. B. To talk about colleges. C. To move down to California. D. To deal with the homework.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 5 to 7 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
8、.00）(1).How did the woman spend the last weekend? A. Relaxed at the seashore. B. Visited her parents. C. Sailed on a boat. D. Prepared for a paper.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did the woman come home so soon? A. She was invited only for the weekend. B. The weather was too hot. C. She had an appointment.
9、 D. She had schoolwork to do.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did the woman have to stop playing the volleyball game? A. She had to go home. B. She was too tired to continue. C. She had to finish her schoolwork. D. She was thirsty.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. A
10、t 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).What kind of accommodation does the woman need? A. A hotel at Mykonos. B. A small apartment. C. A self-catering motel. D. A family holiday inn.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When wo
11、uld the woman and her friends travel cheaper? A. During July. B. In the next year. C. In late June. D. In a fortnight.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It is difficult for the woman and her friends to change dates because _. A. its rather late to make a reservation and they wont have many options B. they need a
12、safe place near the beach C. they cannot spend more than 100 a day D. they are three and have different times available（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSECTION 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.Questi
13、ons 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 passage. （分数：6.00）(1).Why are the toys most boys play with different from those girls play with? A. Because their social roles are rigidly determined. B.
14、 Because most boys would like to follow their fathers professions. C. Because boys like to play with their fathers while gifts with their mothers. D. Because they like challenging activities.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is one aspect of the universality of toys? A. Technological advan
15、ces have greatly improved the durability of toys. B. The improvement of craftsmanship in making toys. C. The exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toys. D. The basic characteristics of toys are the same the world over.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the authors view on the
16、 historical development of toys? A. The craftsmanship in toy making has remained essentially unchanged. B. Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries. C. The toy industry has witnessed great leaps in technology in recent years. D. Toys are playing an increasingly important role
17、in shaping a childs character.（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, if you want to swim, you can _. A. go to Cabos San L
18、ucas B. go to San Jose, Los Cabos C. take a walk along the water at night D. walk into the town（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The special discounts the tour agent will offer include all the following EXCEPT _. A. whale boat tours B. fishing charters C. short information session packages D. golf packages（分数：2.
19、00）A.B.C.D.(3).Street vendors are not always reliable because _. A. they sell illegal goods B. they are not 100% real sellers C. they does not offer special discounts D. they often cheat tourists into buying（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Whats the possible title for the passage? A. Suntan Tours in Los Cabos B
20、. Brief Introduction of Suntan Tours C. Guide of San Jose, Los Cabos D. Promotion of Discount Packages in San Jose, Los Cabos（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 18 to 20 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 passa
21、ge. （分数：6.00）(1).According to the passage, in 1621, Thanksgiving was celebrated for A. images. B. Black Friday shopping. C. harvest. D. religion.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT? A. Abraham Lincoln declared the first Thanksgiving feast. B. A poet start
22、ed the campaign to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. C. George Washington used Thanksgiving Day to unite the USA. D. Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving a national holiday.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats the main idea of the passage? A. How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the USA. B. The American definitio
23、n of Thanksgiving Day. C. The process that Thanksgiving Day became a national holiday. D. The reason Presidents proclaimed Thanksgiving Day.（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 to them carefully and then answer the questions tha
24、t 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 did the UN and aid agencies do for the disease? A. They made more efforts to find more new cases. B. They tried to
25、 prevent the disease out of the capital. C. They held a public movement on hygiene information. D. They boosted the accuracy and promptness of their report.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What can be inferred from the health experts? A. Its the first time that ingestion disease have outbroken in Haiti. B. The
26、death rate of ingestion disease is too high. C. Death number will keep increasing for a long time. D. Ingestion disease could join other diseases in Haiti.（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 que
27、stions.Now listen to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).The several bombings and suicide attacks target the following EXCEPT _. A. government institutions B. civilians C. security personnel D. police headquarters（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many soldiers were killed in a bloody day on Saturday nationwide? A. 154. B
28、. 47. C. 62. D. 45.（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).Which of the following did NOT launch the road map plan in 2003? A. United States. B. Russia
29、. C. European Union. D. Saudi Arabia.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What can be inferred from this news item? A. The road map plan is launched for the first time. B. Palestinian President and Israeli Prime Minister havent held a serious negotiation for a few years. C. Many Arab and Asian countries attended th
30、e conference. D. This time, the two sides might not reach an agreement again like before.（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).According to the news
31、item, how many people were reported to be killed in the earthquake? A. 600. B. 3. C. 20. D. 10.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Whats the main idea of the news item? A. State television was destroyed in chaos. B. Dozens of Turkish crossed the border with Iran. C. A 5.7-magnitude quake hit Turkey on Wednesday. D
32、. A six-story hotel was crumbled in an earthquake.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the cad of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news. （分数：4.00）(1).We can know from the news item all of the following EXCEPT th
33、at _. A. the fire erupted in southern Australia B. there may be more victims C. many people died while fleeing away by car D. the trees exploded and the sky rained ash（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Around Melbourne, there were _ fires. A. 108 B. 47 C. up to 400 D. dozens of（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.专业英语四级听力-56答案解析 (总分
34、：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, the passage will be r
35、ead 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.How to Close the Achievement Gap（分数：40.00）_正确答案：()解析
36、：听力原文How to Close the Achievement GapAll over the world, your chances of success in school and life/depend more on your family circumstances/than on any other factor. /By age three, kids with professional parents are already a full year ahead of their poorer peers. /By age 10, the gap is three years
37、. /A few school systems seem to have figured out how to erase these gaps. /Finland ensures that every child completes basic education/and meets a rigorous standard. /One Finnish district official, asked about the number of children/who dont complete school in her city, /replied, I can tell you their
38、 names if you want. /In the United States, charter schools enroll students from the poorest families/and ensure that almost every one of them graduates high school, 80 percent make it to college. /Singapore narrowed its achievement gap among ethnic minorities/from 17 percent to 5 percent over 20 yea
39、rs./解析 这篇听写整体来看句子比较长，有一定的难度。但是如果抓住其中心内容：如何缩小学业与生活领域中的成功差距，就可更好地把握一些句子。how to erase these gaps是一个承上启下的关键词组。另外，文中几个专有名词，如Finland，Singapore和形容词形式的Finnish首字母需要大写；再者，需注意直接引语部分标点的正确运用。二、BPART 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. Lis
40、ten 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 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the conversation. （分数：8.00）(1).What does the man want to know from
41、 Jessica? A. What Mr. Haddocks class taught in his third class. B. What Mr. Haddocks assignment is. C. What the answer to Mr. Haddocks homework is. D. What textbook Mr. Haddock uses in his class.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.解析：听力原文 M: Hi, Jessica! UDid you get the homework clone for Mr. Haddocks class? I had tr
42、ouble with the third question. What did you put?/U W: UHey, can I have a sip of that? I didnt get much sleep last night, and I havent had any caffeine today./U M: Sure, be careful. Its super hot. W: Thanks! I had problems with the homework too! I had to ask my older sister to help me with it. Andrea
43、s home from college and was able to explain the solution to me. M: What college is she going to? Isnt it in California? W: Yes, she is going to the University of Asia Pacific, in Southern California. M: I thought that she wanted to go to Stanford. Didnt they offer her a scholarship? W: She was accep
44、ted at Stanford, but she fell in love with this other school. She was telling me yesterday how cool it was. UShe loves it and the great weather, of course!/U M: Maybe I could talk with her while she is home on break. I have been looking at several colleges but just havent found the right fit for me
45、yet. I would love to move down to California and see the sun more often. I am tired of the gray skies and the rain in Washington! UOh, by the way, can you spare some time to help me with the homework now?/U W: Sure. 解析 本题考查行为。根据原文划线部分可知，男士叫住Jessica，是因为在做Mr. Haddock的作业时，他第三道题不会，想知道女士的答案。因此C为正确答案。(2).What does Jessica want to do when sh
