1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the pa
2、ssage 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 minute 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 12答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to
3、 the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read 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
4、 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 minute 1 【正确答案】 Sleep Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired? / There is no one answer that applies to every individual. / It is possibl
5、e to feel “tired“ physically / and still be unable to fall asleep, / because while your body is exhausted, / you do not feel sleepy. / It is not so easy to simply “turn off“. / Lack of sleep complicates matters even more. / Experts say adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep a night / to
6、function properly. / When you get less sleep than that on three consecutive nights, / you begin to owe “sleep debt“. / As sleep debt increases your body experiences a stress response. / Now a vicious cycle has been created: / You experience the feeling of being more and more tried, / but your body i
7、s increasingly stimulated. / “Power sleeping“ for more hours on weekends is only a temporary solution. / There is no substitute for getting a good nights sleep on a regular basis. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Drink to Your Health Since all living things need it, / and it makes up two-thirds of our bodies, / i
8、t seems obvious that water is vital to our health. / Most people, however, drink fewer than eight recommended glasses each day. / So why is drinking enough water so important? / A minor water deficiency can lead to headaches, sleepiness, and moodiness, / while losing a large amount of water for a lo
9、ng time can cause high blood pressure / and other serious problems. / Drinking water helps our bodies in a variety of ways. / It helps us get rid of toxic substance, / which helps our kidneys to do a better job, / and it helps prevent bladder infections. / It improves digestion and helps us develop
10、substances / that our body produces in the blood to fight diseases. / Finally, water can give our skin a healthy glow. / Drinking water throughout the day is an important habit to pick up. / For your health, give this simple substance the importance it deserves. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Cell Phone Disturb
11、ance Nowadays, / more people are using cell phones and there is also an increase in traveling by air. / Naturally, more people want to use their cell phones while traveling by plane. / However, they cannot. / The funny thing is that there has been no evidence of a cell phone signal causing a disturb
12、ance in the flight. / If you use the fixed-line telephone on the plane, / it can be really expensive. / In America, this kind of telephone charges three dollars a minute, / and 15% of the income of the flight comes from the telephone bill. / In 1998, / an Englishman was sent to prison for one year /
13、 because he refused to turn off the cell phones. / Last month, a plane suddenly became alarmed and was forced to land. / Investigators found a cell phone in a piece of luggage that had been left on. / Flight crew insisted that using cell phones during the flight is very dangerous, / and many facts s
14、upport that claim. / Although there is no factual evidence to prove this, / cell phone disturbance can affect the plane in some circumstances. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Natural Resources With the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, / a warning against mans wasteful
15、use of natural resources reminds us of the urgent need to preserve these resources. / Ever since man appeared on the earth, mans survival has been heavily dependent on nature. / Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes from nature, / ranging from the food we eat, / the water we drink, / t
16、o the wood which is turned into furniture. / With the development of technology and population growth, / the amount and range of materials used have increased at an alarming rate. / However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. / Some reserves are already on the brink of exhaustion / and there i
17、s no hope of replacing them. / The widespread water shortage is an example in point. / If man continued to waste natural resources with no thought for the future, / the whole world would be in a mess. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Yoga Yoga provides one of the best means of self-improvement and attaining ones
18、full potential. / In the advanced stages of yoga, / super conscious states are attained which result in a feeling of happiness, /deep peace and the emergence of psychic powers. / Yoga was developed and perfected over the centuries by philosophers and mystics in India. / It is basically a method by w
19、hich we increase the bodys supply of energy /and remove any interference to the transmission of energy through out the body. /These days, yoga classes are being held at most health and wellness centers across the United States. / It is probably one of the most popular alternative therapies. /Many ph
20、ysicians, / who are skeptical about the efficiency of alternative medicine, /support yoga with a passion. /There are many clinical studies that show the effectiveness of yoga. /And the best part of it / is that it is something that can be done in the comfort of your home. /A few breathing exercises recommended by yoga/ will go a long way towards better health and relaxation. 【知识模块】 听写
