1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 178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 178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】 Snack Culture British young people eat more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries. / Savoury snacks, especially crisps, are the favourite snack in the UK / British people are mad for crisps / and
5、they like them in a large variety of flavours / including cheese and onion, roast chicken, tomato ketchup and so on. / While these snacks can be delicious, / the Food Standards Agency issued a warning recently / that many childrens snacks contained dangerously high levels of salt. / Vendors selling
6、snack foods high in sugar, salt or fat have been banned in some schools. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Independence Day The Fourth of July marks the anniversary of Americas Declaration of Independence from Britain. / During the summer of 1776, most American colonists were increasingly angry / about what they
7、 considered unfair treatment by the British government. / By June, fighting had already taken place between colonial forces and Britain. / The idea of independence was spreading. / Delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered. / The Continental Congress decided that a document declaring separation
8、from Britain should be declared. / On July fourth, the Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence. / It says that people have the right to change their government / if it denies them their rights. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Air Pollution Air pollution consists of chemicals or pa
9、rticles in the air / that can harm the health of humans, animals, and plants. / Pollutants in the air take many forms. / They can be gases, solid particles, or liquid drops. / Pollution enters the Earths atmosphere in many different ways. / Most air pollution is created by people, taking the form of
10、 emissions from factories, cars, or planes. / Second-hand cigarette smoke is also considered air pollution. / These are all man-made sources of pollution. / Some types of air pollution, such as smoke from wildfires or ash from volcanoes, occur naturally. / They are called natural sources. / 【知识模块】 听
11、写 4 【正确答案】 Alcohol on Campus In the United States, the legal age to drink alcohol is 21. / Americans debate whether it should be lowered, / or whether young drinkers would only drink more. / In parts of Europe, the legal drinking age for beer, and sometimes hard liquor, is 16. / Yet France may raise
12、 the age limit for beer and wine sales to 18. / Rules on alcohol differ from college to college in the United States. / Many schools require all first-year students to take an alcohol prevention and education program. / Some have a “zero tolerance“ policy / where alcohol is banned from all buildings
13、 / Parents are informed of violations and students may be suspended. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Glass Container Recycling Glass is most often used for food and beverage containers, / although aluminum and plastic manufacturers also compete for this market. / Glass recycling offers many benefits to the co
14、nsumer, the environment and the glass industry itself. / Unlike many other recyclables, glass can be recycled an unlimited number of times. / And recycled glass goes into many products, including new glass containers. / At the recycling center, processors crush glass into a material. / Then manufacturers mix it with sand, soda ash and limestone to form new glass. / This material not only costs less than glass made from new materials / but it also melts at a lower temperature. / 【知识模块】 听写
