1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 45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 45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】 Is Life a Tragedy or Comedy? Generalizations about life are almost always misleading for the simple reason that life means different things to
5、 different people, and every mans response to its call is determined by his own experience and temperament. According to one writer, human life everywhere is in a state in which much is to be endured and little enjoyed. Another writer finds life an exhilarating experience, a thrilling adventure, a s
6、ource of infinite joy. A man who has suffered few mishaps in life, whose upbringing has been in healthy surroundings, who is fortunate in love and friendship, who has identified himself with some public causes or who cultivates a wide range of interests, is invariably happy. On the other hand, bitte
7、r experience of life, deaths in the family and among friends, economic insecurity, frustration in love, failure to achieve anything substantial in life or excessive and absorption in self induce pessimism. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 When Life Loses Its Smell A trained sniffer dog can find hidden drugs or ea
8、rthquake survivors and even detect cancer. We might not have as good a sense of smell as dogs, but we still follow our noses. Wake up and smell the coffee! Something smells fishy. She has a nose for a bargain. The English language is full of idioms to do with smell, and many of them show how importa
9、nt smell is to our sense of judgment. And thats not surprising, because a sense of smell is very useful in telling when food is off, or clothes need washing, for example. But millions of people cant smell anything at all: to use a medical term, they are “anosmic“. Its not only scents which are missi
10、ng for people with anosmia. Food and drink lose their appeal too, because smell accounts for around 80% of our sense of flavor. Anosmia can also be dangerous. People with anosmia can get food poisoning, because they cant smell when food is bad. They cant smell smoke from a house fire, or leaking gas
11、. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 The Speed of Modern Civilization Modern civilization is totally different from the times of yore in many respects in the mode and manner of living, in the nature and intensity of social and family ties, in the means of earning livelihood, the variety of food and in other matters
12、. But perhaps the most notable and significant distinction is in the speed and pace of all human activities and all devices that are devised and controlled by man, such as the processes of manufacture and the increasing use of more sophisticated machinery. In almost all aspects of life and living, t
13、he craze is for speed and for saving time in every possible way. This craze for speed and fast pace often leads to mishaps, and thwarts the initial aim to get through things as early as possible; haste sometimes delays things. Time is of the essence, so run the modern adage, and anyone who idles awa
14、y precious hours is described as a backward, unprogressive human being who does not know how to march with the times. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Very Superstitious! Most superstitions are linked to something negative, or the thought that something will bring bad luck. One of the most terrifying and long-bel
15、ieved superstitions is that breaking a mirror will bring seven years of bad luck. In ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese cultures, many people held the belief that a mirror reflected a persons soul. If the mirror was broken, the soul would be harmed too, and the person would be frightened out of their
16、wits. Superstitions have been found in a wide range of cultures for thousands of years, but research suggests that many of these beliefs can still be found in modern societies. Dr. Foster, from Harvard University, believes it is an example of humans interpreting and reacting to threats. “Natural sel
17、ection can readily favor making all kinds of associations,“ says Dr. Foster, “including many incorrect ones.“ So, if these threats are likely to be “incorrect“, why are people still so superstitious? Well, it seems many people would prefer to be better safe than sorry. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Monkey Busi
18、ness Do you want to understand your work colleagues better? Go to the zoo and observe monkeys. Thats advice of Dutch business consultant Patrick van Veen, who has biology on his CV. He takes groups of business people around Chester Zoo in Britain and teaches them how primitive behaviour is alive and
19、 well in the workplace. The mainly female audience attending the course nod when Mr. van Veen describes how most offices have a set of dominant males, who slap each others backs, stamp their feet and draw themselves up tall. Watching the monkeys grooming one another, Mr. van Veen emphasizes the impo
20、rtance of this kind of supportive behavior at work. “We spend a lot of time in chit-chat, drinking coffee with each other,“ he told the BBC reporter. “Thats grooming behavior, like primates do.“ Exploring similarities in behavior between man and monkeys might be a new idea for a business, but the theory behind it is well known. Its pointed out that theres only a 1.4% difference in genetic material between humans and chimpanzees. 【知识模块】 听写
