1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 153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 153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】 Career Change People have strengths and its very rare that strengths fully correspond with careers. / So its not a question necessarily of jumping off into a more exciting career or taking more risks. / Its just making su
5、re things that you are good at and you love are at the top of your personality. / There are some people who just do quite normal changes / from PR to teacher, from lawyer to doctor. / These are all very dramatic career changes. / They have chosen to follow their dreams. / However, you have a better
6、chance of success / if you are surrounded by people who believe in you and support you. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Going Organic There is a rising trend in the UK related to how the food is produced. / Many people are rejecting genetically modified food and intensive farming procedures. / They want their
7、food to be organically farmed. / Three out of every four households in the UK now buy some types of organic food. / Some people buy organic meat, fruit and vegetables from farmers markets. / Others have organic mixed fruit and vegetables delivered to their homes weekly. / Many people buy organic pro
8、duce in their local supermarket. / Although its often more expensive, / more and more people choose organic foods for health reasons or environmental concern. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 The Library of Congress The Library of Congress is Americas national library. / It has more than 120 million books and o
9、ther objects. / It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. / It also has maps, photographs, art prints, movies, sound recordings and musical instruments. / The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, / except for government holidays. / Anyo
10、ne may go there and read anything in the collection. / But no one is permitted to take books out of the building. / The Library of Congress provides books and materials to the United States Congress. / It also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies and foreign libraries. / 【知识模
11、块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Strange Festivals Every country has its strange festivals. / Cheese Rolling is a much-loved event traditionally held in Britain. / Participants chase an eight-pound cheese down a long slope, / hoping to catch it and become the champion. / In Spain, baby jumping is a famous ritual, / i
12、n which local men jump over all the babies born that year. / It is believed to rid the babies of sin and serves as a kind of baptism. / There is a naked festival held at various times in Japan. / Wearing just a small piece of cloth, / the freezing participants run around a city, competing for lucky
13、charms. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Red Nose Day Red Nose Day is a well-known event in Britain. / The aim is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief / which helps people in need in Africa and in Britain. / On this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear. / The money made from selling red no
14、ses goes to the charity. / This event takes place every two years in the spring / and is now so well established that many people consider it to be an unofficial national holiday. / So, if you are ever in Britain on Red Nose Day, / now you know why you may find normal people / wearing red noses and doing silly things. / 【知识模块】 听写
