1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 8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 pas
2、sage 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 1 Sahara Festival 2 Beggar 3 Co-education School 4 Vacation 5 The Library of
3、 Congress 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 8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
4、, the passage 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 1 【正确答案】 The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent pa
5、st. / The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, / but generally takes place in November or December. / It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals. During the opening ceremonies, / after the official greetings from the government leaders, / people who atte
6、nd the festival begin to march smartly / before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. / Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. / One following another, groups of musicians and dancers / from all over Sahara
7、 take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. / Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums / as they dance in different designs. / On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: / their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown bac
8、k and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance. (167 words) 【试题解析】 本文讲述的是游客和当地人如何庆祝撒哈拉节。本文的标点和断句基本没有难度，主要需要考生注意一些单词和短语的拼写，例如： “Sahara”， “ceremonies”， “rhythm”。另外，由于朗读者的吞音和连读，听写的时候很多考生也会在以下这些短语当中出错，例如： “viewing stands”， “their fine horsemanship”等。 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Beggar When a rather dirty,
9、poorly dressed person kneels at your feet /and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, / or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? / What should our attitude to beggars be? / There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stor
10、ies. / It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. / It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars. Certainly, most of the worlds great religions order us to be open-hearted / and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. / But has the world c
11、hanged? / Maybe what was morally right in the old days, / when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, / is no longer the best idea. / Quite a few people will not give to beggars. (166 words) 【试题解析】 本文是一篇关于对待乞丐的态度的问题的文章节选。本文基本没有生僻词汇，需要注意的是个别词汇的拼写，如 “beggar”可能会拼写成
12、 “begger”， “hurriedly”可能会拼成 “hurryedly”， “religions”可能会被部分考生误听成“religious”，这样的 错误在以往的专四真题试卷中也是典型的错误，在听写完成后的 2分钟检查的时间里考生只要利用自己已有的语法知识细心检查就可以发现和避免这样的错误。 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Co-education School Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational or single-sex schools? / A supporter of coeducational schools
13、 would probably say that / schools should be like the societies they belong to. /In Hong Kong, men and women mix socially on a day-to-day basis. / In many fields men are even likely to have female bosses. / It is, therefore, desirable that boys and girls grow up together, / go to school together, an
14、d prepare themselves for a society / that does not value sexual separation. / Some would go on to argue further that growing up with members of the opposite sex / is important for personal development. /Regular contact can remove the strange ideas about the opposite-sex / and lead to more natural re
15、lationships. / Single-sex conditions are seen as leading to more extreme opinions, / and possibly even as encouraging homosexuality, / though there is no proof that this is the case. (152 words) 【试题解析】 这是一篇关于男女同校问题的听写文章。首先要注意本文中需要加连字符的词语的正确拼写，例如 “co-educational”， “single-sex”， “day-today”等。在听写的过程中考生
16、单凭听是听不出明显的合成词的，需要考生在平时学习的过程中多加留意，在听写时争取能够辨别出该加连字符的地方。另外本文中还有一些考生容易拼错的词语，例如 “sexual”， “homosexuality”等。 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Vacation Vacations are a chance to take a break from work, / see the world and enjoy time with family. / But do they make you happier? Researchers from the Netherlands set out to
17、 measure the effect that /vacations have on overall happiness and how long it lasts. / They studied happiness levels among 1,530 Dutch adults, / 974 of whom took a vacation during the 32-week study period. / The study showed that the largest lift in happiness / comes from the simple act of planning
18、a vacation. / In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation lifted happiness for eight weeks. After the vacation, happiness quickly dropped back to baseline levels for most people. / How much stress or relaxation a traveler experienced on the trip appeared / to influence post-vacation happiness.
19、 / There was no post-trip happiness benefit for travelers / who said the vacation was “neutral“ or “stressful“.(140 words) 【试题解析】 这是一篇关于度假的短文。在往年的真题中，也曾经出现过类似主题的听写素材。从以往的阅卷情况来看，有相当数量的考生会把 “vacation”拼写成 “vocation”，类似的 容易拼错的词语还有 “privilege”， “rabbit”， “habit”，“efficient”，这需要考生在平时的练习中多加注意，避免犯错。 【知识模块】
20、听写 5 【正确答案】 The Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States. / It was founded in 1800 to serve the needs of the congressmen. / Today, it contains books, articles and documents on every subject imaginable. / Besides senators, congressmen and other governme
21、nt officials, / it serves libraries, researchers, artists and scientists throughout the country and the world. /The Library is one of the largest libraries in the world. / It has a collection of 74 million items which are housed in three buildings. / The bookshelves stretch for 350 miles. / Of the 1
22、8 million books, more than half are in languages other than English. / The main reading room is a great hall of marble pillars. / It is the center of activities in the library. / There is a computer catalog center with six terminals for quick access to information. / For greater speed and efficiency
23、, / the library has installed an electric book - carrying system / that carries books from one building to another in only a few seconds.(160 words) 【试题解析】 本文介绍了美国的国会图书馆。首先要听清楚数字，文章中好几处出现了数字，要保证数字的准确。其次，专有名词、国家需要大写，例如 “the Library of Congress”， “the United States”。最后，文章中有些单词考生可能不熟悉或会拼错，例如 “imaginable”， “senator”， “congressmen”， “marble”，“pillars”， “terminals”。考生一方面需要提高辨音技能，另一方面需要理解文章的意思。 【知识模块】 听写
