1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 168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 168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】 National Savings and Investments in the UK National Savings and Investments was set up in 1861 as the Post Office Savings Bank. / The bank was backed by the government / And the money paid in by the public / provided a fu
5、nd for the then chancellor to borrow to put towards public spending. / During the First World War / the scheme was expended to pull in more funds to finance the war effort, / and savings certificates were introduced. / In 1969, the Post Office Savings Bank became a separate government department / I
6、ts name was changed to National Savings at the same year. / The word “investments“ was not added to the title until 2002. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Culture The cultural values of a community give it an identity of its own. / A community gains a character and a personality of its own, / because of the cul
7、ture of its people. / Culture is a bond that ties the people of a region or community together. / It is that one common bond, / which brings the people of a community together. / The customs and traditions that the people of a community follow, / the festivals they celebrate, the kind of clothing th
8、ey wear, the food they eat, / and most importantly, the cultural values they adhere to, bind them together. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Street Art Street art can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs / and even dustbins from Tokyo to New York City. / This special kind of art can take the form of /
9、 paintings, sculptures, cloth or even stickers. / It has become part of a global visual culture. / Although it is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement, / many experts say the movement began in New York City in the 1960s. / Young adults would use paint to spray their tag /
10、on walls and train cars around the city. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Vegetarians in the US Americans define a vegetarian diet in several ways. / Some vegetarians do not eat any meat products or any food made from animal labor, / including milk products, eggs and honey. / But most vegetarians include dairy
11、products in their diet / and many vegetarians eat eggs. / Some people consider themselves partial vegetarians, / because they do not eat meat or farm birds, but they do eat fish / There are many reasons people choose to be vegetarian / Some religions observe vegetarianism as part of an effort of non
12、violence towards animals. / Many other people have non-religious moral reasons for not eating meat. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Biking to Work More Americans than ever are riding their bicycles to work instead of driving. / They are doing this because of gas prices, / a slowing economy and concerns about t
13、he environment. / Riding a bicycle to work does not burn fossil fuel / or create dangerous pollutants. / Members of Congress have supported bicycling as environmentally friendly transportation. / Cities, counties, state governments and state highway transportation agencies / are planning the roadways of the future. / They are creating roads and paths / for bicycles in cities and between communities. / 【知识模块】 听写
