1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 159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 159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】 Nonprofit Organizations Several well-known nonprofit organizations are international. / Nonprofit means these groups do not seek to make money from their efforts. / Nonprofits usually have a focus or shared interest, / su
5、ch as the environment, humanitarian aid, or entertainment. / The National Geographic Society is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. / It is primarily focused on exploration, geography and natural science. / It also supports international research and ex
6、ploration. / The projects it has sponsored or assisted with are more than 9,000. / The Red Cross is probably the most recognizable aid organization in the world. / It provides food and other aid to people and areas in distress. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Choosing a Good Password Lots of confusion surround
7、s the choice of strong passwords. / Here is a simple way to create strong passwords / that you can remember and that will make you less vulnerable to online attackers. / The ideal password is a random sequence of characters. / But such a password is not so human-friendly / as you may find it tricky
8、to remember. / One good technique is to choose a memorable phrase / and use the first letter of each word to create an acronym to use as your password. / The chosen phrase should not be well known. / And using capitals and lower case can add quite a lot of strength. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Race The who
9、le question of the changing role of Blacks in American society / has been the subject of newspaper articles around the world so frequently / that visitors to the United States do not know / what to expect when they arrive. / Many dark-skinned visitors arrive in the United States / fearing personal a
10、ttack or expecting various degrees of racial prejudice. / Some forms of discrimination still exist, unfortunately, / especially in the areas of the housing, schools, and jobs. / There are still too many areas of the country / where Black Americans do not enjoy the same full opportunities as White Am
11、ericans. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 The National Museum of Natural History The National Museum of Natural History is one of the most visited museums. / It has the largest collection of any natural history museum in the world. / Scientists have been collecting these specimens for almost 200 years. / Scient
12、ists working for the museum are doing research in many countries / to find new information about the natural world and its organisms. / Each year they report important discoveries to the public. / Now, the expansion of the Internet has made it possible / for people around the world to get this infor
13、mation. / People who are unable to visit this museum / can use computers to explore the museum. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 In-service Education and Vocational Development Universities, with their complete curriculum, / are intended to first teach us about everything. / Later studies fill in the gap of kno
14、wledge by offering more specialized courses. / Universities, however, are meant to teach the theories of any particular field, / not the practical knowledge needed to do our jobs. / Vocational school has risen to fill this gap of practical knowledge. / Vocational schools can aid us in this / by teaching us to be especially good at one thing. / If a person has enough health and energy, as well as determination, / he may go to night school to take a self-teaching program. / 【知识模块】 听写
