1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 73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 73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】 Harvard University Harvard University was established in 1636. / Harvard is Americas oldest institution of higher learning, / founded 140 year
5、s before the Declaration of Independence was signed. / The University has grown from nine students with a single master / to an enrollment of more than 18,000 degree candidates, / including undergraduates and students in 10 principal academic units. / An additional 13 ,000 students are enrolled in o
6、ne or more courses / in the Harvard Extension School. / Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2 ,000 faculty. / There are also 7 ,000 faculty appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. / Our mission, to advance new ideas and promote enduring knowledge, has kept the University y
7、oung. / We strive to create an academic environment in which outstanding students and scholars from around the world / are continually challenged and inspired to do their best possible work. / It is Harvards collective efforts that make this university such a vibrant place / to live, to learn, to wo
8、rk, and to explore. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Organic Coffee Today many agricultural products are grown using organic methods / and coffee is no exception. / Organic products have a very minimal effect on the environment / because there is no use of pesticides and fertilizers. / All organic produces are ce
9、rtified to ensure / that their products are grown in such a way. / Organic coffee is a multimillion dollar industry / and each year the sales of this coffee are increasing. / Exports of organic coffee are up in most of Europe and North America. / Organic coffee is usually grown in many countries suc
10、h as Africa, Asia and South America. / All over the world people have become organic coffee drinkers, / but Americans consume the majority of it. / All organic coffee products in the USA are certified for quality. / The organic coffee is produced in a very specific way / and all operators are at ran
11、dom inspected to ensure that they meet US Department of Agriculture standards. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 White Pollution White pollution refers to plastic pollution. / It is a new member of pollution family, but it grows fast. / Unrecyclable plastic lunch boxes line along railroads. / Plastic shopping bags
12、 dance in the wind. / When leaders are busy mapping out blueprints for the future, / one color “WHITE“ from white pollution becomes their headache. / Everything in the life circle deserves its place on the earth. / If we continue using plastic lunch boxes, shopping bags and other unrecyclable plasti
13、c products, / what would happen? / One day they might bury us in an ocean of white rubbish. / Then the earth, our common home, would be a dustbin. / To prevent this nightmare from coming true, / governments need to work closely with each other and back up their verbal commitment by actions. / Howeve
14、r, it is not enough only to ask what governments can do to get rid of white pollution. / We must ask ourselves what we as individuals can do to color the earth green instead of white. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Vertical Farms By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earths population will have resided in urban c
15、enters. / An estimated 109 hectares of new land will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, / if traditional farming practices continue as they are practiced today. / So, an entirely new approach to farming must be invented, / employing cutting edge technologies. / The concept of indoor farming
16、 is not new. / What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology / to accommodate a fast growing number of people. / Vertical farming was thus invented. / Rice on the seventh floor, wheat on the twelfth, / and enough food within an eighteen-story tower to feed a small city of 50,000. / Vert
17、ical farms must be cheap to construct and safe to operate. / If successfully implemented, they will offer the promise of urban renewal, / sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply, / and the eventual repair of ecosystems that have been sacrificed for horizontal farming. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确
18、答案】 Overpopulation Overpopulation is the condition / where the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat. / We are facing the effects of overpopulation in our daily lives. / Overpopulation has affected the life of common man / and has proved to be one of the most serious dif
19、ficulties that have to be fought. / Overpopulation implies a shortage of resources and economic inflation. / Living through the negative effects of overpopulation / has made us realize serious problems associated with it. / It is high time we woke up and found the causes of overpopulation and worked
20、 on them. / Generally, the causes of overpopulation include / decline in the death rate, rise in the birth rate, migration and lack of education. / Not every nation is capable of providing its people with the adequate amount of resources. / The ever-increasing population will eventually fail to provide its people with the resources they need to thrive. / When the environment fails to accommodate the living beings that inhabit it, / overpopulation becomes a disaster. 【知识模块】 听写
