1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 15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 15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】 Windbreaks Farmers use different kinds of soil conservation methods to protect their land against damage from farming and the forces of nature
5、./ One important form of soil conservation is the use of windbreaks. / Windbreaks are barriers formed by trees and other plants with many leaves. / Farmers plant them in lines around their fields. / Windbreaks stop the wind from blowing soil away. / They also keep the wind from destroying or damagin
6、g crops./ They are very important for growing grains, such as wheat. / Windbreaks can help protect a farmers land./ However, / windbreaks seem to work best when they allow a little wind to pass through. / If the wall of trees and plants blocks the wind completely, / then violent air motions will tak
7、e place close to the ground. / Theses motions cause the soil to lift up into the air where it will be blown away. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Global Warming Last week, a United Nations report said humans are “very likely“ the cause of most of the temperature increases in the last fifty years./ It said glob
8、al warming is undeniable, / and that the world can expect to feel the effects for centuries to come./ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the report in Paris at a conference of climate experts. / Representatives of more than one hundred governments agreed on the findings. / This i
9、s the most detailed scientific report to date on global warming and the influence of fossil-fuel burning and other human activity. / The scientists say there is greater than a ninety percent chance that greenhouse gases are the main cause of rising temperatures and sea levels. / The report also link
10、s global warming to other changes including increased dryness in some areas and violent storm patterns. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 The Undersea Quake Sunday will be six months since the earthquake and tsunami waves in the Indian Ocean. / The undersea quake produced a series of ocean waves as high as ten m
11、eters. / Extensive damage spread across twelve countries in Asia and Africa, / from Indonesia to Somalia./ On Friday, officials from the United Nations and the European Union met to discuss progress in the aid efforts. / Jan Egeland is the top U.N. official for emergency aid. / It took, in his words
12、, / “five to ten seconds to wipe away two hundred twenty-five thousand people“. / And, Mister Egeland added, “it will take five to ten years to rebuild all that was lost. “/ Perhaps two million people were displaced from their homes. / Many still live in emergency shelters. / The World Health Organi
13、zation says many survivors now suffer mental health problems. / Indonesia this week said the discovery of more bodies increased the confirmed number of dead there to one hundred thirty-one thousand. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 An English Vocabulary Game Whoever thought learning new words could feel sociall
14、y responsible? / A Web site called FreeR is an English vocabulary game. / It explains its purpose like this: / “For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger“. / The site began in October./ It says thirty billion grains of rice have bee
15、n donated so far. / The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice, the donations are given in the form of money. / Advertisers whose names appear with links at the bottom of the game pay for the rice. / Individuals can also become sponsors. / Words are presented with four choices of
16、 answers. / Players click on the one that best defines the word./ If they answer correctly, they get a harder word./ If they choose wrong, they get an easier word. / Spoken pronunciations are also provided. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Voxiva Wireless phones are connecting the developing world at a rate of
17、about one million new phones each day. / And with them come important new uses for the technology. / Some of the ideas are being developed by a company in Washington, / D. X. Paul Meyer is one of three people who started Voxiva, V-0-X-I-V-A, in two thousand one./ They began with a simple question, h
18、e says./ How can technology help countries deal with health problems or other issues? Some leading social investors helped launch Voxiva./ The World Bank, the United States government and others helped the company expand. / Voxiva has been working with the government of Rwanda for about three years.
19、 / The company created an information technology system for health workers to collect and share information about HIV/AIDS. / All health centers in Rwanda that provide care for HIV/AIDS report into the system every week./ They can use different forms of technology, / including the Internet, to connect to the system. / 【知识模块】 听写
