1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 174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 174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】 Black Friday Black Friday is the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in America. / It falls the day after Thanksgiving celebration / and has become a discount shopping day / when millions of US shoppers are tempted
5、 by massive savings. / There are two explanations for the days name. / Some claim it was coined to illustrate the point / at which retailers start to make a profit, or go “into the black“. / Others believe it was first coined by the Philadelphia police department / to describe the crowded pavements
6、and traffic jams on the Friday after Thanksgiving. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Buying a Used Car There are several ways to buy used cars. / Places that sell new cars usually have used cars for sale as well. / The car dealerships get these used cars from people / who trade them in for new cars. / These cars
7、 might cost more than other used cars, / but they are more likely to work well. / Some people buy a used car directly from the owner. / Car owners advertise these cars for sale over the Internet or in the newspaper. / It may cost less to buy a car from the owner, / but it can also be a bigger risk.
8、/ 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process for people and businesses that are in debt. / In America, two kinds of bankruptcy are most common for individuals. / These are called chapter seven and chapter thirteen. /Chapter thirteen bankruptcy requires people to have a plan to repay
9、 their creditors. / They make payments for three to five years / until most of their debt is paid off. / In chapter seven bankruptcy, people must give up some of their property. / The property is then sold to pay their creditors. / But the people are able to keep the money they earn / after they bri
10、ng their bankruptcy case. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 English New Words New words enter the English language all the time. / In recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language. / But where do all these words come from? / Words come out of the culture they represent and describe. / So
11、 if youve got a new development in medicine, for example, bird flu, / then youll get the new word coming out of that. / If theres a military conflict, / that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore. / So really words come from the playground, politics and any area of life / because every a
12、rea of life is changing from day to day. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Whales Suffering from Shipping Scientists are working to reduce the noise levels / experienced by whales from North Atlantic shipping. / The waters off New England are a home to many species of whale. / Many are now suffering from the noi
13、se / which disrupts their communication with each other. / This in turn is affecting their ability to find food and mates. / So a new route has been worked out to reduce the collisions between whales and ships / and increase the transit time of ships. / And a new application has been developed to give real-time information on the location of whales / so that ships can avoid the large gatherings of them. / 【知识模块】 听写
