1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 137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 wi
2、ll 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（听写听力）模拟试卷 137答案与 解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage
3、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 read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done a
4、t normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 The Modern Family The past 20 years have seen enormous changes / in the lives and structure of families in Britain. / The biggest change has been caused by divorce. / As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce, /
5、leading to a situation where many children live with one parent. / There has also been a huge rise in the number of women with children who work. / The large rise in divorces has meant / many women need to work to support themselves and their children. / Even when there is no divorce, / many familie
6、s need both parents to work in order to survive. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Famous Universities Many countries have excellent universities. / There are, however, few world famous ones. / These universities have achieved their fame / through their age and the high levels of quality in their instruction. /
7、In the United States, Harvard and Yale attract thousands of foreign students / who would use what they learn for the advancement of their own nations. / Graduates around the world are able to connect with each other / by having graduated from one of the finest universities in the world / Leaders in
8、every field, who graduated from the same school / have a direct link to each other and understand each other much better. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Mothers Day In Britain, Mothers Day falls on a few weeks before the festival of Easter. / But it is always in the early springtime / when new plants emerge,
9、/ and baby birds and animals are born. / In the USA, Mothers Day takes place in May, / and many other countries also celebrate their mothers / on different days of the year. / It began many years ago, / when children as young as 10 would live and work away from home. / Mothering Sunday was a day whe
10、n everyone was allowed to visit their mothers. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Glaciers Glaciers are formed in places where the temperatures are extremely cold. / In such cold places it snows most of the year. / Every time it snows, the below layers will compress more, / finally turning into hard ice. / This i
11、ce is what forms the glacier. / For a glacier to form and sustain itself, / the amount of snow that falls on it / must be more than the amount of glacier that has melted. / This is the only way in which the glacier will be able to maintain itself / and keep increasing in size. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 A
12、pril Fools Day 1st April is a day to be careful, / or you could easily get tricked by someone. / The origin of the day is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, / which meant that. 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year. / Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools. / On April Fools Day, you could wear a black sweater / and pull a piece of white thread through it, / so that people try to pull it off. / You could change the time on someones alarm clock / so that theyre late for work. / 【知识模块】 听写
