1、专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 9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 专业英语四级（听写听力）模拟试卷 9答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to t
3、he 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 o
4、f 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】 British Humor Jokes that make one country laugh out loud are likely to leave another nation confused and silent. / But humor can also be very re
5、vealing, if not always funny. / After all jokes are often just another way of expressing anxieties, fears and even prejudices. / In Britain, / if you are successful or powerful, you will probably become the subject of a joke in a popular magazine. / This magazine has been poking fun at the great and
6、 the good in British life for the last 35 years, / and its victims admit to reading it and laughing with it. / One of the most enduring types of humor is satire. / This is the art of making fun of people in positions of power politicians, celebrities and even royalty. / Satire is usually done by peo
7、ple who understand what is going on, / who have links to people who are doing things. / That is the whole point of it. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 The Medicine-man Among the Indians of North America, the medicine-man was a very important person. / He played a crucial role in the society. / He could not only
8、cure illnesses but also speak to the spirits. / The spirits were the super-natural forces that controlled the world. / The Indians believed that bad spirits made people ill. / So when people were ill, the medicine-man tried to help them by using magic. / He spoke to the good spirits and asked for th
9、eir help. / Many people were cured because they thought that these spirits were helping them. / But rather, these people cured themselves. / Sometimes your mind is the best doctor for you. / The medicine-men were often successful for another reason, too. / They knew about plants that really can cure
10、 illnesses. / A lot of modern medicines are made from plants that were used by medicine-men hundreds of years ago. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Using the Library You look for a book in one of two ways: /either youll know the author and title of the book, / or else youll want a book on a particular subject.
11、/ Lets start with what to do if you know the authors name and the title of the book. / The first thing is to look up the authors name in the Author Catalogue. / If you can find a card for the book, / you should then write down three things: / the author, the title and the class number. / Now find th
12、e class number on the library shelves. / There are notices on the bookcases called shelf guides. / If you find the book on the shelf, / and you want to borrow it, take it to the Issue Desk. / You should ask the librarian to reserve it for you. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Doctors Orders Youre going to have to
13、 change your diet quite considerably. / In particular, youre going to have to avoid all these fast foods youve been eating. / And youre going have to try not to eat too much bread. / But if you do eat bread, you must have it with unsalted butter on it / and definitely no margarine. / And you can eat
14、 some fish but not canned fish. / The meat you eat mustnt be any of the prepared meats, / as I mentioned before, like hamburgers or sausages. /Fresh fruit and vegetables are very good, / but if you cook them, / dont put any salt in the water you use. / Now, theres no harm in eating potato chips / or
15、 however you like them, / but dont buy packets of potato crisps, will you? / In fact, you must throw out all the salt in the house. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Irish Students Drinking Causing High Dropout Rate Excessive drinking in Irish universities is a major contributor to an alarming dropout rate at some
16、 campuses, / education officials said. / Higher Education Authority chairman told a conference that / data indicated students were spending a significant proportion of their time and money on alcohol, / newspapers reported. / World Health Organization figures showed that Irish per capita consumption
17、 of beer, / the preferred drink of young men, / was 142.5 liters per year, / or almost twice the European Union average. / Some campuses are losing almost a third of their students, / education officials said. /But the dropout rate in Ireland is in line with international trends. / John Denver, a representative of the Union of Students of Ireland, / warned against “scape-goating“ students and said / per capita consumption of alcohol was higher at the bar in the Irish parliament than in student pubs. 【知识模块】 听写
