1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 39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 39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】 Why Americans Dont Really Want to Break up? Independence movements are on the march in many Western countries, but the secessionists who have
5、been making news in the US since last months election are not, realistically, going anywhere. Americans are, in fact, unusually keen to stick together. Why is this? The USA is a divided country, were often told, polarised in a cultural civil war between the blue and red bits on its map. Unlike almos
6、t all of their Western counterparts, however, Americans appear remarkably happy to stay together despite their differences. While the states and the federal government may have come into conflict from time to time most notably during the civil war and the civil rights reforms of the 1960s the consti
7、tution has helped to prevent friction between parts of the nation with different governing philosophies. While separatist parties are thriving in Canada and Europe, recent bids to take individual states out of the union have only served to demonstrate just how little appetite there for this kind of
8、politics in the US. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 The Happy Door Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Steven has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. Th
9、e key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy. Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a dut
10、y to ourselves and others. Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you dont feel happy, pretend to be! 【知识模块】
11、 听写 3 【正确答案】 The Love of Beauty The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. It is a moral quality. The absence of it is not an assured ground of condemnation, but the presence of it is an invariable sign of goodness of heart. In proportion to the degree in which it is felt w
12、ill probably be the degree in which nobleness and beauty of character will be attained. Natural beauty is an ail-pervading presence. The universe is its temple. It unfolds into the numberless flowers of spring. It waves in the branches of trees and the green blades of grass. This beauty is so precio
13、us that it is painful to think of the multitude of people living in the midst of it and yet remaining almost blind to it. All people should seek to become acquainted with the beauty in nature. The beauty of the world helps us to seek and find the beauty of goodness. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Giving Life Me
14、aning Have you thought about what you want people to say about you after youre gone? One of the strangest phenomena of life is to engage in a work that will last long after death. Isnt that a lot like investing all your money so that future generations can bare interest on it? Perhaps, yet if you lo
15、ok deep in your own heart, youll find something drives you to make this kind of contribution something drives every human being to find a purpose that lives on after death. A child alive today will die tomorrow. We are not all meant to live life through to old age. Weve grown to perceive life as a f
16、ull cycle with a certain number of years in between. If all of those years arent lived out, it is a tragedy. Because a humans potential was never realized. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Meaning of Life What meaning stands behind the dramatic unfolding of life? What single truth can we grasp and hang onto for d
17、ear life when all other truths around us seem to fade with time? These moments are strung together in a series we call events. These events are strung together in a series we call life. When we seize the moment and bend it according to our will, a will driven by the spirit deep inside us, then we ha
18、ve discovered the meaning of life, a meaning for us that shall go on long after we depart the Earth. We are alive, let us live. We have the ability to experience, let us experience. We have the ability to learn, let us learn. The meaning of life can be grasped in a moment. A moment so brief it often evades our perception. 【知识模块】 听写
