1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 79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 79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】 Online Consultations Online consultations refer to an exchange between government and citizens using the Internet. / It consists in using elec
5、tronic technologies / to ask a group of people their opinions on one or more specific topics, / allowing for exchanges between participants. / Generally speaking, an agency consults a group of people to get their thoughts on an issue / when a project or a policy is being developed or implemented. /
6、For instance, to identify or access options or to evaluate ongoing activities. / This enables the government to draft more citizen-centered policies. / As the Internet gains in popularity with the public for voicing opinion, / citizen participation in policy making through cyberspace is changing the
7、 face of democracy. / Through online engagement, / the government is enabled to hold interactive dialogues with the public, / as it has a more direct route to citizen opinion through the Internet. / Many countries are integrating online consultations / using various methods and for a range of purpos
8、es. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Social Networking Service A social networking service is an online service / that focuses on building and reflecting social networks or social relations among people. / A social networking service essentially consists of three things. / First, a representation of each user. /
9、Second, his or her social links. / And third, a variety of additional services. / Most social networking services are Web-based. / They provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as email and instant messaging. / Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network
10、ing service in a broader sense. / However, social networking service usually means an individual-centered service / whereas online community services are group-centered. / Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks. / The ma
11、in types of social networking services are ones / containing category places, means to connect with friends and a recommendation system linked to trust. / Many networks focus on providing services to both community and individuals with shared interests. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Sight Sight is very effecti
12、ve at giving exact information over considerable distances. / If the viewed object is moving, / it can tell us much about the speed and direction of this movement / as well as allow us to identify it. / For all this to happen we need to see it. / This means our eyes have to be looking in the correct
13、 direction. / Light waves do not go around objects very well, / so we cannot see an object if it is hidden behind another object. / This does put limits on what sight can achieve. / Sight is an easy sense to use, / because during the day we are surrounded by light supplied by the sun. / This light b
14、ounces off things and brings us information about them. / However, when the sun sets on a cloudy night, / the light is mostly gone, / and then vision shall become less useful as a sense. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Why Are Some People Left-handed? Why is a mere 4% of the population left-handed? / To the reli
15、ef of many a mother of a left-handed child, / most authorities agree that if the child prefers using the left hand, and functions well with it, / there is no need to correct this condition. / One theory centers on the two halves of the brain, each of which functions differently. / Medical science be
16、lieves that the body are supplied by the opposite sides of the brain. / The predominant left half of the brain, / which controls the right half of the body, / makes it more skillful in reading, writing, and speaking, / and makes most people right-handed. / However, lefties are the product of an inve
17、rsion. / They also work best with the left side of their bodies. / There is no doubt that all exist in a right-handed society, / which manufactures most basics for the 96%. / But dont forget many of the greatest geniuses are left-handed. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Celebrity Worshipers Are you a celebrity wo
18、rshiper? / If so, that might say something about the kind of person you are. / Psychologists have found that people who believe in a just world / are more likely to worship celebrities, / whereas people more critical of society are less likely to obsess over a celebrity. / People who strongly believ
19、e in a just world believe that life is fair, / that good things happen to good people and bad things to bad people. / People who believe in a just world are expressing acceptance of society and its institutions. / Since the celebrity system is one of these institutions, / researchers suggest that it
20、 makes sense that / those believing in a just world would be satisfied with how celebrities are made / and thus more likely to admire and even obsess over them. / Vice versa, people who do not believe in a fair world might resist worshipping celebrities, / and in fact question or criticize the system that produces them / and decides who gets to be a celebrity. 【知识模块】 听写
