1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 223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 223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. / As many employees and schools have both Thanksgiving and the day after off, followed by a weekend, / potential shoppers will largely increase. / So, Black Friday has been the busiest shopping day of the year. / It was common for retailers to open
7、at 6:00 am. / But recent years have seen retailers extend beyond normal hours / in order to maintain an edge or to keep up with the competition. / 【试题解析】 黑色星期五 黑色星期五是美国圣诞购物季的开始。它是在感恩庆祝日的后一天，并已成为一个打折购物节，在那个时候数百万的美国购物者会被大量折扣节省下来的金额所诱惑。关于这个节日的名称有两个解释。有些人声称这个词创造出来是为了表明零售商从这个时间点开始盈利或者进人盈余状态。其他人认为这个词首先是由费
8、城的警察部门创造出来用以描述在感恩节之后那个礼拜五出现的人行道拥挤和交通拥堵的情况。 【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 might cos
9、t more than other used cars, / but they are more likely to work well. / Also, many dealers can promise that the car will work for a period of time. / 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 le
10、ss to buy a car from the owner, / but it can also be a bigger risk. / Before you decide to buy any used car, / you should take the car for a test drive. / Also, you should get a professional car mechanic to inspect the car. / And you should make sure that the car has all of the required legal docume
11、nts. / 【试题解析】 买二手车 买二手车有几种方式。卖新车的地方通常也在卖二手车。汽车经销商想通过以旧换新的方式，从买新车的人那里拿到二手车。这些二手车也许比其他二手车价格更高，但其性能可能更好。有些人会直接向车主购买二手车。车主常在报纸或网络上刊登广告，出售自己的车。和车主直接交易虽然比较便宜，但风险也更大。 【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. / It is designed to help them get a
12、new start. / It is also designed to help their creditors get paid / at least some of what they are owed. / In America, two kinds of bankruptcy are most common for individuals. / These are called chapter seven and chapter thirteen. / They are named after the parts of the United States Code that defin
13、e them. / Chapter thirteen bankruptcy requires people to have a plan to repay 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 cred
14、itors. / But the people are able to keep the money they earn / after they bring their bankruptcy case. / Under chapter seven they are also able to keep most of the property they buy after that time. / 【试题解析】 破产 破产是为负债人和负债公司制定的一个法律程序。美国有两种最常见的个人破产方式 被称为第七章和第十三章。第十三章规定，债务人必须制定在三至五年内还清债务的计划。根据第七章的要求，债务
15、人必须将其部分财产卖掉，以清偿债权人。但是，债务人可以在破产案之后保有所赚得的收入。 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 English New Words New words enter the English language all the time. / In fact, English has always been in a state of evolution. / In recent years more and more words and phrases have entered the language. / Its partly due to the increase
16、d willingness of editors to include them in the dictionaries. / But where do all these words come from? / Words come out of the culture they represent and describe. / So 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
17、 military conflict, / that may well bring all sorts of new words to the fore. / Going back in time the First and Second World Wars were times of great creativity of language / because people from different countries met each other and exchanged their words / and words developed from there. / So real
18、ly words come from the playground, politics and any area of life / because every area of life is changing from day to day. / 【试题解析】 英语新词 英语一直有新的词汇加入。但这些词由何而来 ?新词的出现一般用于代表和描述某种文化现象。如果在医学领域有什么新的情况，比如禽流感，那就会涌现出像这样的一些新词汇。如果发生军事冲突，那也许还会出现各种新词汇。所以，词汇确实来自生活中日新月异的各个领域，比如运动场、政界以及生活的方方面面。 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 W
19、hales 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 noise / which disrupts their communication with each other. / This
20、 in turn is affecting their ability to find food and mates. / Besides, the ships also collide with whales. / 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 inf
21、ormation on the location of whales / so that ships can avoid the large gatherings of them. / Many container ships come in and out of Bostons port monthly. / Thousands of jobs depend on the commerce here, / yet many companies are willing to use the new application and the route change. / They have realised for a little inconvenience they can do a lot for whales. / 【试题解析】 饱受船运折磨的鲸鱼 科学家们正致力减少北大西洋运输噪音对鲸鱼们的影响。新英格兰水域是多种鲸鱼的家园。现在它们正苦于噪音的影响，这种噪音扰乱了它们彼此间的沟通联系，进而影响它们觅食、寻找伴侣的能力。于是人们制定出一条新路线来减少鲸鱼与船只的碰撞，增加船只的运输时间，还研发了一个新的运用程序，该程序能提供鲸鱼所在位置的即时信息，以便船只避开它们的大规模聚集处。 【知识模块】 听写
