1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 163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 163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】 Colds Colds are more common in winter, but not because of low temperatures. / People tend to congregate and be together, / and the way the common cold virus is transmitted from one person to another is through handshakes,
5、 / through sneezing, or coughing on one another. / There is still no cure for the common cold. / But there are ways to feel better sooner. / If you get a cold and on day one / and you start taking about two grams of vitamin C a day, / there is evidence that it might shorten the number of days / that
6、 you will be suffering with these symptoms. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Sports Medicine Sports medicine is the part of the medical profession / that provides health care for people who take part in physical training or sports. / The purpose is to reduce the chance of injury / and to effectively treat injur
7、ies that do happen. / Sports medicine doctors must understand general medicine. / They must also understand sports training / and the athletes thoughts and feelings involved in that training. / Sports medicine experts are deeply concerned about training. / They do research to find better and safer m
8、ethods of training athletes / and design sports equipment and ways to use it to get the best effects. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Adventure The idea of adventure has always captured the imagination. / The idea that just over the next hill there will be excitement and mystery / is a big part of what makes u
9、s human. / This is just as true of ancient times as it is today. / Famous explorers set out in small boats / or journeyed across immense oceans and deserts. / More importantly, they set out to test themselves against the forces of nature in pursuit of knowledge. / Many explorers today do the same th
10、ing. / They are going to space in pursuit of the last frontier / or seeking in the depths of science for new knowledge. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Halloween Its October the 31st, and across Britain and the USA, / thousands of children are dressing up as monsters, ghosts and witches / and going to their ne
11、ighbors houses to ask for sweets / or to play tricks on them if they refuse. / Many houses have lanterns made from pumpkins in their windows. / These lanterns have frightening faces cut into them. / What is the reason for all of this? Its Halloween! / To an outsider, this may seem a strange festival
12、, / but it is a very popular one and an important part of the culture in Britain and the USA / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Currency in the UK The currency in the UK is pound sterling. / Its the oldest currency in the world still in use. / A pound consists of 100 pence. / The word “pence“ is often shortened t
13、o the letter “p“. / These notes are usually issued in the name of the Bank of England / and the notes and coins are accepted throughout the UK. / You may occasionally find some bank notes / bearing the names of Banks in Scotland or Northern Ireland. / Although these are legal tender throughout the UK, / some traders may refuse to accept them outside of the issuing country. / 【知识模块】 听写
