1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 22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 pa
2、ssage 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 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 22答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to
3、 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 passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals
4、 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】 Operations on the Brain It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives only three to
5、 five minutes. Dr. White thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain. Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs.
6、Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys blood go through a machine, which cooled the blood, and then sent the blood back to the monkeys brains. When the brain temperature was 50 degrees, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain.After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood
7、again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Depression The dictionary describes depression as the state of feeling very sad, anxious and hopeless. The question here
8、is why one gets depressed. Is it the inability to deal with the situation or the high stress levels that come with success or failure? Life is full of twists and turns. Some are pleasant and some are not so pleasant, and sometimes even terrible. Seasonal changes are the main reason for depression in
9、 nature. Change is unavoidable. It may happen in nature or in life. But the way the change makes us feel is subjective. They differ from person to person, along with the ways we deal with them. Feeling depression is a normal phenomenon, but letting it overtake us completely is not the best thing. Th
10、ere are no specific rules or concepts in dealing with it. A person should adopt whatever way he or she feels is the best, but be sure it will not hurt another person. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 White Noise There are different kinds of noise with distinct frequencies that are classified by color, namely: whi
11、te noise, pink noise, brown noise, blue noise, and gray noise. Below is an overview of white noise. Generally speaking, white noise is a part of the full scale of sound frequencies a human ear can recognize. White noise is a mixture of sound frequencies in equal levels. It is a very quiet sound that
12、 is relaxing and pleasant to the ears of anyone. A number of people say that it is similar to the sound of the rain or the ocean waves. White noise offers countless benefits. The noise comes in different forms that serve different purposes. Some white noise works better than others for particular us
13、es. Some people may find some white noise sounds more pleasing than others.Moreover, white noise is said to have a more calming effect than music does. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Cell Phones Nowadays, with the rapid development of IT and information industry, cell phones play a dominant role in peoples life
14、. On the one hand, the mobile phone is portable and convenient. Being wireless, you can carry them everywhere with great ease. You can reach a person wherever and however far away he is. On the other hand, it is a friend indeed. Whenever you come across trouble, you can call for help immediately. Ho
15、wever, just as every coin has two sides, the cell phone also has its many disadvantages. Some people complain that mobile phones give unpleasant noise on some important occasions when the owner forgets to turn them off. And it also cuts into peoples spare time, because, with the mobile phone, the bo
16、ss can easily reach them and call them to duty during their spare time. Worst of all, the electromagnetic wave emitted from the phone is said to be harmful to peoples health and does often cause headaches to the owner. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Facing the Enemies Within We are not born with courage, but ne
17、ither are we born with fear. Maybe some of your fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what youve read in the papers. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy your ambitions, fortunes, relationships, and even life. Another enemy we face is indecisi
18、on. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure you cant believe everything. But dont let doubt take over you. It will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Also, there are indifference, worry and overcaution that you should do battle with. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become. 【知识模块】 听写
