1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 1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 pas
2、sage 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 1 Choosing a College in America 2 A Popular Pastime of the English People 3
3、Sleep 4 Drama 5 Cartoon Artist 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 1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 seco
4、nd 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 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】 Choosing a College in America During
5、the last school year / more than 671, 000 foreign students attended an American college. / Many international students choose large schools. / The Institute of International Education explains the reason. / First of all, many big schools are widely recognized . / And in some cases / that might lead
6、to more job interviews than a degree from a lesser known college. / Larger schools also have more money. / This can mean more resources for education, recreation and research. / In addition to size, considering the following issues, / foreign students usually find that / larger schools offer them a
7、better opportunity to bring out the best. /For example, large schools have stronger programs in the sciences or in the liberal arts. / Also, their top students do have better job prospects. / Large schools offer various activities to enrich the educational experience, / and they offer comprehensive
8、services for international students. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 A Popular Pastime of the English People One of the best means of understanding the people of any nation / is watching what they do with their non-working time. / Most English men, women and children love growing things, / especially flowers. /
9、Visitors to England in spring, summer or autumn / are likely to see gardens all the way along the railway lines. / There are flowers at the airports and flowers in factory grounds, /as well as in gardens along the roads. / Each English town has at least one park with beautifully kept flower beds. /
10、Public buildings of every kind have brilliant0 window boxes / and sometimes baskets of flowers are hanging on them. / But what the English enjoy most is growing things themselves. / If it is impossible to have a garden, / then a window box or something growing in a pot will do. / Looking at each oth
11、ers gardens is a popular pastime with the English. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Sleep Why is it so difficult to fall asleep when you are overtired ? / There is no one answer that applies to every individual. / It is possible to feel “ tired“ physically / and still be unable to fall asleep, / because while you
12、r body is exhausted , / you do not feel sleepy. / It is not so easy to simply “ turn off“./ Lack of sleep complicates matters even more. / Experts say adults need at least seven to eight hours of sleep a night / to function properly. / When you get less sleep than that on consecutive three nights, /
13、 you begin to owe four “ sleep debt“. /As sleep debt increases your body experiences a stress response. / Now a vicious cycle has been created: / You experience the feeling of being more and more tired, / but your body is increasingly stimulated. / “ Power sleeping“ for more hours on weekends is onl
14、y a temporary solution. / There is no substitute for getting a good nights sleep on a regular basis. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Drama There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. / The one most widely accepted today is based on the assumption / that drama evolved from ritual. / Th
15、e argument for this view goes as follows. / In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world / even the seasonal changes as unpredictable, / and they sought through various means to control these unknown and feared powers. / Those measures which appeared to bring the desired res
16、ults were then retained and repeated / until they were hardened into fixed rituals. / As time passed some rituals were abandoned, / but the stories, later called myths , / persisted and provided material for art and drama. / Some people argue that those rites contained the seed of theater / because
17、music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost always used. / Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances / and when the entire community did not participate, / a clear division was usually made between the acting area and the auditorium . 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Cartoon Artist In a g
18、ood cartoon,/ the artist can tell in a few lines / as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. / The cartoon artist not only tells a story / but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. / He has great influence on public opinion. / In a political campaign, he plays a
19、n important part. / Controversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the United Nations/ may keep the cartoon artist well-supplied with current materials. / A clever cartoon artist may cause laughter/ because he often uses humor in his drawings. / If he is sketching a famous person, / he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it. / Cartoon artists, for instance,/ like to lengthen an already long nose and to widen an already broad grin. / The artist uses such exaggeration to put his message across. 【知识模块】 听写
