1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 68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 68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】 Homeschooling More and more parents are feeling / that the schools are not up to a suitable standard required to meet their childrens needs. /
5、 Therefore, homeschooling becomes an appealing prospect for parents / who want to remain in control of their childrens learning. / There are both benefits and drawbacks to homeschooling a child, / but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives in the minds of parents. / In the UK homeschooling has
6、 increased in recent years as the gap between the best- and worst-performing schools has grown. / Parents increasingly feel excluded from their childrens education, / for schools have turned into examination factories. / In schools, teaching to the test is the norm, / instead of allowing children to
7、 explore their own creativity. / Schools need to achieve good examination results in order to have their higher status recognized, / which obviously has implications for the level of funding they receive. / Hence, it would almost seem that students are seen as a means to an end, / rather than as the
8、 whole reason for a schools existence. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Mail Fraud Mail fraud occurs when someone asks for something of value to be sent through the mail, / promising something in return, then fails to deliver. / Fraud can also be committed by wire, phone, or e-mail, / but is only considered mail
9、fraud / when it involves things being sent by mail. / This fraud can take the form of offering a product or service / which is then not provided or offering employment that turns out to be a scam. / It can also be offering a product or service for a price / that is already provided for free by the g
10、overnment. / Sometimes, you may receive an advertisement for something designed to look like an invoice. / Some Internet domain registration providers are known for sending mail to owners of domains / registered through competing companies, / urging them to renew their domains. / But in the process
11、of renewing, / the domain registration would be transferred to the provider sending the mail, often at a higher cost. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Online Shopping With just a click of the mouse, / shoppers can buy nearly any product online, / from groceries to cars, / from insurance policies to home loans. /
12、The world of electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, / enables consumers to shop at thousands of online stores and pay for their purchases / without leaving the comfort of home. / For many, the Internet has taken the place of Saturday afternoon window shopping at the mall. / Consumers expect
13、merchants to not only make their products available on the Web, / but to make payments a simple and secure process. / However, the same things can go wrong in cyberspace as in the real world. / Sometimes it is simply a case of a computer bug or poor customer service. / Other times, shoppers are chea
14、ted by clever scam artists. / Therefore, online shoppers need to take sensible precautions / to make their online shopping experiences enjoyable and safe. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Aliens For a long time, aliens have often been in the news. / They have always been surrounded by mystery / and interest of pe
15、ople all around the world. / People have claimed to have been abducted by aliens. / Some have claimed to have actually seen them. / But is there a sound proof that can prove aliens to be real? / Alien sightings have mostly been accompanied by sightings of lights in the night sky. / Some of them have
16、 also believed / that the lights came from the spaceships used by the aliens. / Disk-like objects traveling across the sky / have often been taken as aliens vehicles. / At times, people have found blood or hair at the locations / where aliens were sighted. / Researchers say alien sightings could hav
17、e probably been a result of human imagination accompanied by fear, / and some of these sightings might have been a result of certain astronomical phenomena. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Traditional Brazilian Clothing Brazil is known internationally for its stylish and sophisticated clothing. / Brazilian cloth
18、es are comfortable, vivid, beautifully crafted and decorated with attractive laces. / Traditional Brazilian clothing is influenced by a combination of different races and immigrants from all over the world. / A true traditional Brazilian clothing can be seen in the countryside, / where mens clothing
19、 includes shirt, jeans and dresses made from inexpensive cotton. / In the south of Brazil, the cowboys wear a distinctive dress including loose-fitting trousers, / while in the northeast region they wear coat, hat and leather trousers. / In the urban areas of Brazil, most people prefer modern clothi
20、ng. / Young men wear jeans and T-shirts. / Short skirts and dresses are very popular among women. / Brazilian jeans are very common / and they come in a wide variety of styles and textures. / Jeans made for women are tight-fitting and loose-fitting near the feet. / Due to abundance of beautiful beaches, /beachwear is a very popular clothing in Brazil. 【知识模块】 听写
