1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 212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 212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. / The cold weather just means people stay inside more. / People tend to congregate and be together, / and the way the common cold virus is transm
5、itted from one person to another is through handshakes, / through sneezing, or coughing on one another. / Adults generally get two to three colds a year. / Children are likely to catch four or five. / There are about two hundred different viruses that cause the common cold. / People mistakenly think
6、 that once they get infected one time they wont catch colds. / 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
7、 days / that you will be suffering with these symptoms. / 【试题解析】 感冒 人们在冬天更容易患感冒，但这并非是天气冷的缘故。人们聚在一起，感冒病毒通过握手、喷嚏或咳嗽传播。虽然现在还没有治愈感冒的药，但是有几种方法可以缓解感冒的症状：如从感冒第一天开始每天服用两克维生素 C，有证据表明，这样可以缩短感冒症状持续的天数。 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Sports Medicine Sports medicine is the part of the medical profession / that provides heal
8、th care for people who take part in physical training or sports. / The purpose is to reduce the chance of injury / and to effectively treat injuries that do happen. / Modern sports medicine combines different kinds of knowledge / to help train and care for people who take part in sports. / Sports me
9、dicine 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 methods of training athletes / a
10、nd design sports equipment and ways to use it to get the best effects. / Athletes and sports medicine experts all know there will be some danger of physical damage when playing a sport. / However, as more is understood about the human body, / changes in training and medicine are expected to continue
11、 reducing this risk. / 【试题解析】 运动医学 运动医学是医疗行业的一部分，它为参加体能训练或运动的人提供医疗保健服务。其目的是减少受伤的几率以及对确实发生的损伤进行有效的治疗。运动医学医生必须懂得一般内科知识。他们还必须懂得运动训练以及运动员在相应训练中的想法和感受。 【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
12、and mystery / is a big part of what makes us 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. / Early explorers like Christopher Columbus or Zheng He / traveled to foreign places for the glory o
13、f their nations. / More importantly, they set out to test themselves against the forces of nature in pursuit of knowledge. / Many explorers today do the same thing. / They are going to space in pursuit of the last frontier / or seeking in the depths of science for new knowledge. / Most people, in th
14、eir daily lives, / do not have the opportunity to truly test themselves in these ways. / Modern living has given them the opportunity, however, with adventuring events. / 【试题解析】 探险 探险总会激起无限的想象。下一座山上将会有激动人心、不可思议的风景 就是这种想法在很大程度上成就了我们人类。古今皆然。著名的探险家曾乘着小船越过无垠大海、穿越广袤的沙漠。更重要的是，他们为了追求知识而不惜让自己接受各种自然力量的考验。如今许
15、多探险家也做着同样的事情。他们到太空里去寻找可开发的最后疆土，他们不断发掘科学领域的深处以获得新知。 【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 neighbors houses to ask for sweets / or to play tricks on them if they re
16、fuse. / 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, / but it is a very popular one and an important part of the culture i
17、n Britain and the USA. / The holiday once had a religious significance. / November the 1st is All Saints Day, / and October the 31st was believed to be a day / when all the spirits came back to the world of the living. / In modern times, this has changed to be a day 7 when children dress up as monst
18、ers, ghosts and witches. / 【试题解析】 万圣节前夕 今天是 10月 31日，在英美各地，成千上万的儿童打扮成鬼怪或巫婆前去邻居那里讨要糖果，如果邻居拒绝的话，孩子们就会捉弄他们。许多家庭都会在窗口那里摆放由南瓜做成的灯笼。这些灯笼上都刻着吓人的面孔。万圣节在英国和美国是一个十分受欢迎的节日，是英美文化的一个重要部分。 【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 i
19、n use. / A pound consists of 100 pence. / The word “pence“ is often shortened to the letter “p“. / The coins in circulation include 1 p, 2 p, 5 p, 10 p, 20 p, 50 p as well as 1 pound and 2 pound coins. / And the notes now in use are 5 pounds, 10 pounds, 20 pounds and 50 pounds. / These notes are usu
20、ally 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 who are unfamiliar wit
21、h them, / may refuse to accept them outside of the issuing country. / If you do have any difficulties, / any bank will replace them without charge. / 【试题解析】 英国的货币 英国的货币是英镑。这是世界上仍在使用的最古老的货币。一英镑由一百便士构成。 “便士 ”一词经常缩写为字母 P。这些纸币常以英格兰银行的名义发行，整个英国都接受纸币和硬币。你也许偶尔会发现一些钞票印有苏格兰或者北爱尔兰银行的名字。尽管这些在英国也是法定货币，一些商人可能会拒绝在发行国以外的地方接收 它们。 【知识模块】 听写
