1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 51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 51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】 Must One Lose a Job over Infidelity? Its “Zippergate“ all over again. When will Americans realize that an active libido has no effect on how s
5、omeone runs a government agency? How many leaders in the past whether its in politics, business or other settings have done a fine job in spite of having an extramarital affair? We need to cease being the morality police and accept the fact that were all human beings. Whats more, in the Uniform Code
6、 of Military Justice, adultery can be deemed a crime. As long as such archaic laws are part of any justice system, it makes it impossible to move out of the dark ages. We are living in a society where over half of all marriages end in divorce. Why should it surprise anyone that adultery is commonpla
7、ce? The best thing the arbiters of decency and good taste can do is to stay out of other peoples lives. The greatest right that any nation can afford its people is the right to be left alone. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Facing the Enemies Within We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear
8、. 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. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two oclock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you wont need to live in fear of
9、 it. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your coura
10、ge to fight whats holding you back, whats keeping you from your goals and dreams. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Separation Separation sounds temporary and final at the same time. Sometimes, you are only separated from people or things for a short period of time. Other times you are separated from them forever.
11、 It is inevitable in life that every human being will experience a separation at some time or another. When you hear the word “separation“, you immediately think of marriage. Living with a person, experiencing good times and bad times with them, it consumes you. All of his flaws are adorable. All of
12、 her imperfections are cute. However, even when you two argue, you cannot imagine going to bed without this person next to you. In a world where it is easy to get a divorce, you know at least half of a dozen couples who have separated. On a personal level, that separation is painful. Whether you ini
13、tiate the separation or you have it thrown at you, it is a life-changing event. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Wedding Weddings seem stressful, riddled with anxiety. There are so many minuscule components to a wedding that many people need to hire a wedding planner to help take care of them. That, in itself, se
14、ems a bit ostentatious. A wedding should not be the climax of a marriage; it is only the beginning of one. Even as a child, I never dreamt of a huge wedding or marrying the worlds most perfect man. Maybe I was too much of a realist, but I doubt that. Im sure that even then pretension eluded me. I di
15、d however, dream of love and that there are people who can remain true to each other until the end of time. For that, I am sure I am not a realist. I still believe in a bond between two people that is so strong it may be impossible to break. Posh weddings do not create that bond, however. An extrava
16、gant wedding seems a premise for failure. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Were Living the Dream! Americans enjoy longer, healthier lives in more stable families and communities than we did 20 years ago. But other than the crime trends, these facts are rarely reported or shared via word-of-mouth channels. Many Am
17、ericans, for instance, are convinced that “half of all marriages end in divorce,“ though that hasnt been the case since the early 1980s, when divorce rates peaked at just over 50%. Since then, they have declined by almost a third. This is not merely a story of success in advanced industrial countrie
18、s. The quality-of-life and civic health trends in the developing world are even more dramatic. Even though the worlds population has doubled over the past 50 years, the percentage living in poverty has declined by 50% over that period. Infant mortality and life expectancy have improved by more than 40% in Latin America since the early 1990s. No country in history has improved its average standard of living faster than China has over the past two decades. 【知识模块】 听写
