1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 10及答案与解析 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 What is the relationship between the two speakers? （ A） A representative of an insurance company and a b
2、oss. （ B） A representative of an insurance company and a customer. （ C） A representative of an insurance company and a reporter. （ D） A representative of an insurance company and an employee. 2 What caused most of the damage for the insurance companies in 1981? （ A） The bad winter weather. （ B） Hous
3、ehold theft. （ C） Fire and accident business. （ D） Diseases. 3 Compared with 1980, what was the cost of insurance claims in 1981? （ A） It stayed at the same level as 1980. （ B） It increased by 10 percent. （ C） The cost of household theft rose slightly. （ D） It decreased dramatically. 4 What are the
4、speakers discussing? （ A） Changing work schedules. （ B） Looking for work. （ C） Who can replace the man. （ D） Work on their assignments. 5 Why does the woman need to solve this problem? （ A） She needs a new job. （ B） Her professor doesnt want her to work. （ C） She wants to have time to do her assignm
5、ent. （ D） She cannot do her assignment herself. 6 How can the woman solve her problem? （ A） Greg can do replacement work for her. （ B） Another person will switch shift. （ C） The professor will give her an extension. （ D） Greg will get her another job. 7 Whats the most common service in the post serv
6、ice? （ A） The ordinary letter and parcel service. （ B） Registered Letter Post. （ C） Recorded Delivery Service. （ D） Compensation Fee Parcel Service. 8 According to the conversation, what service can you use when you send an article of special value? （ A） The ordinary letter and parcel service. （ B）
7、Registered Letter Post. （ C） Recorded Delivery Service. （ D） Compensation Fee Parcel Service. 9 What can senders do when ordinary letters get lost? （ A） They have no claim on compensation. （ B） They will get some compensation up to a maximum of 60.50 pounds. （ C） If they can produce the certificate
8、of posting, they can have a compensation claim. （ D） They can accuse the post office of it. 10 Where can people find the tallest redwood trees? （ A） Muirwoods National Monument. （ B） The north of California. （ C） The north of San Francisco. （ D） Los Angeles. 11 Why do many tourists visit Muirwoods r
9、ather than other redwoods forests? （ A） It has admission free. （ B） There is a large number of redwood trees. （ C） People may see the tallest redwoods. （ D） Its near San Francisco. 12 Why can redwoods survive so long? （ A） The optimum climate. （ B） Absence of natural enemies. （ C） Coastal isolation.
10、 （ D） Their barks protection against forest fire. 13 What was the womans problem? （ A） Her professor did not like her story. （ B） She had trouble finishing her assignment. （ C） She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper. （ D） She was taking too many courses. 14 Why did the woman go to s
11、ee the professor in the beginning? （ A） She wanted the professor to extend her writing time. （ B） She wanted to ask for advice. （ C） She wanted to borrow some books concerned with her topic. （ D） She wanted to ask for leave. 15 What was the professors suggestion? （ A） Take some extra time. （ B） Do s
12、ome work for another course. （ C） Write the end of the story first. （ D） Do a writing exercise. 16 Why is the woman going to the jewelry store? （ A） To go shopping. （ B） To have a break. （ C） To meet with her professor. （ D） To do research for her story. 17 What is the conversation mainly about? （ A
13、） The relationship between farmers, Ward and Sears. （ B） The development of the catalog sales business. （ C） The relationship between the catalog and textbooks. （ D） The story of a Chicago retailer. 18 Why did Richard Sears start his own business in catalog? （ A） Because he wanted to beat Ward. （ B）
14、 Because he wanted to help his brother Ward. （ C） Because he thought this business was profitable. （ D） Because he enjoyed competition in this business. 19 Who were the main customers of Sears and Wards business? （ A） Farmers. （ B） City people. （ C） Business people. （ D） Students. 20 Why was the cat
15、alog used as textbooks? （ A） It helped students with spelling and adding. （ B） It helped students become familiar with a variety of goods. （ C） Students might order things from the catalog. （ D） Schools were short of textbooks at that time. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 10答案与解析 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions:
16、In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 W: Why do you think 1981 was a bad year for the insurance companies in the UK? M: For a start, the bad winter weather cost them 200 million. This was above t
17、he usual amount paid out for weather damage. W: What kind of damage are we talking about here? M: Mostly damage caused by floods to private houses. W: I see, 1981 was really a bad year for the insurance industry. M: In the UK, the income from motor insurance increased by only 8.5 percent. Here again
18、, competition has forced the companies to keep the rates down and weve had very few rate rises so far this year. W: What about the total number of insurance claims in 1981? M: Well, they stayed at the 1980 level but the average cost of each was 10 percent higher. W: What sort of claims tend to be ma
19、de? You know, the most common claim. M: Things like household theft rose in 1981 by an amazing 40 percent The total paid out was nearly 106 million. Losses on the fire and accident business were huge, too. In 1980 the loss was 7.8 million but this rose to 39.7 million in 1981. W: Thanks for your tim
20、e. M: Youre welcome. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 身份职业题。从对话中可以看出男士是保险业的专业人士，而女士的问话和答话方式暗示她的职业可能是采访者或记者。所以选择 C项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。在对话中可以发现 1981年英国保险公司最大的赔付是冬天恶劣的天气所带来的损失，为两亿 英镑，所以选择 A项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。与 1980年相比，保险索赔项目数量没有变化，但是每一项的索赔金额增长了 10，所以选择 B项。注意问题中问的是 cost而不是number。 【知识
21、模块】 对话听力 4 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Maria, whats up? W: Well, I have a paper due this coming Monday and Im wondering if its possible to switch shifts so I can have the weekend free to finish my paper. I know youve got exams a couple of weeks from now, so I thought I could free up a weekend for you at that time
22、. M: Thats a tough one, Jane. I promised my folks to visit them this weekend and theyre really looking forward to seeing me. Have you checked with Martin? Perhaps he can help you out. W: Yes, I did. He cant do it either since he has an exam next week. M: Thats too bad. Oh, I have an idea. I know Gre
23、g is looking for some part-time job. Maybe you can ask him for help. W: Yeah, I almost forgot about him. He mentioned once he could do replacement work anytime, since hes only taking one course this semester. M: Im sure Greg has lots of free time. W: Great! Thanks. Ill let you know what happens. M:
24、I hope you can get your work done on time. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。在对话开始，女士提出她的一篇论文要到期了，她想和男士换班 (switch shifts)以便周末有时间完成论文。但是男士周末已经有安排，他建议问问其他的人。最后女士决定向 Greg求助，因为 Greg自由时间很多，他曾经说过任何时候都可以顶替别人的工作。所以可以看出对话的主旨大意是女士想改变工作日程表，即 A项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。在对话开始，女士就提到她的一篇论文要到期了，她想和男士换班以便周 末有时间完成论文
25、。所以选择 C项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 6 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 事实推理题。根据对话可以知道女士问题的最终解决方法是向Greg求助， Greg曾经说过任何时候都可以顶替别人的工作。所以可以推理出 A项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 7 【听力原文】 W: Surely the number of letters posted nowadays has dropped because of the telephone? M: Not a bit. Millions of letters and parcels are posted every working day. W: I su
26、ppose most of the items are sent by the ordinary letter and parcel service. M: Yes. Theyre usually fine for everyday needs. But theyre not designed as compensation services. W: What do you mean? M: Well, you cant receive any money from us if the item youve sent gets lost. We do pay some compensation
27、 . up to a maximum of 16.50 in fact, if it can be shown that the letter or a parcel was lost or damaged in the post. W: That could be difficult to prove. M: Thats why its better to ask the counter clerk for a certificate of posting which youll be asked to produce if the article does get lost. W: Do
28、you have other special services? M: Yes, indeed. For sending money, or any other articles of special value you can use Registered Letter Post. or if you want to send a valuable article by parcel post, you can use the Compensation Fee Parcel Post. W: I hadnt realized that all these services were avai
29、lable. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。女士说她认为大多数邮件是通过普 通信件和包裹服务寄送的，男士表示赞同，所以选 A项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中谈到如果寄钱或者有特殊价值的物品可用挂号信投递，即选项 B。 【知识模块】 对话听力 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。如果普通信件丢失，邮局给予赔偿，最高赔偿金额为16 50英镑，所以可以排除选项 A、 B；如果寄信人要求赔偿，需要出示邮件丢失或损坏的证明。所以选 C项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 10 【听力原文】 M: Have you ever visited a
30、 redwood forest? I recently had a chance to go to Muirwoods National Monument north of San Francisco. W: Ive never seen one. I really cant imagine how big they are. M: The coastal redwoods are the tallest living things. Some are more man three hundred and fifty feet high. But none of the trees at Mu
31、irwoods are that high. You have to go farther north in California to see the tallest trees. W: You said that Muirwoods is near San Francisco? I guess it must be quite a tourist attraction. M: Yes, its less than an hours drive away, so its easy to go to. W: Ive heard that many redwood trees are thous
32、ands of years old. M: The oldest documented age for a coastal redwood is more than a thousand years. The trees at Muirwoods are 400 to 800 years old. W: Why have they survived so long? M: They have remarkable resistance to forest fires. Their tough, thick bark protects the trees during a fire. The c
33、oastal redwoods also like a damp, foggy climate. W: Since Muirwoods is near foggy San Francisco, it must be ideal for the trees survival. I cant wait to go and see them. 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。男士说在加利福尼亚州北部才能看到最高的红杉，所以选B项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实推理题。在加利福尼亚州北部才能看到最高的红杉，所以可以排除选项 C。而选项 A、 B文中没
34、有提到。 Muirwoods距离旧金山很近，驱车不到 1小时，去此地很容易，所以选项 D最合适。 【知识模块】 对话听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。对话谈到红杉对森林火灾有很强的防御能力。它的坚硬的、厚厚的树皮在火灾中可以保护它。所以红杉寿命长的原因是它的树皮可以抵御火灾，即选项 D。 【知识模块】 对话听力 13 【听力原文】 M: Hi, hows your writing? W: I havent finished yet. I had trouble getting past the beginning. M: How come? W: Well, I was re
35、ally happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldnt write any more. M: The same thing happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination. Did you ask Prof. Wilson for help? W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the as
36、signment But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled in my writing like that, She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my head even if it doesnt make sense, sort of burble warm up exercise. M: Thats interesting. W: Her methods se
37、em to have worked for me. I should be able to hand it in on time. But first I need to go to the jewelry store. M: You are going shopping? W: Im going there for my story. My detective solves a jewelry store robbery. So I want to take a look at how jewelry cases are arranged, where the security camera
38、s are located, that sort of thing. 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。女士在写一个侦探故事，但是在写了几页之后，她写不下去了，所以她的问题是没法完成写作任务 ，所以选择 B项。 【知识模块】 对话听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。她去见教授的最初目的是请教授延长写作的时间，即选项A。 【知识模块】 对话听力 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。教授的建议是把想到的内容都写下来，无论内容是否有意义，这是一种写作热身练习，所以选择 D项 “做一种写作练习 ”。 【知识模块】 对话听力 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细
39、节题。女士的侦探故事和起珠宝店抢劫案有关，所以她想去珠宝店了解一下情况，做 做研究，即选项 D。 【知识模块】 对话听力 17 【听力原文】 W: What are you doing? M: Im ordering some filing cabinets out of a catalog. W: What do you need them for? M: Theres so much stuff piling up in my dormitory room. If I dont do something soon, I wont be able to move in there. W: D
40、o you usually order from a catalog? M: Sometimes. Why? W: Oh, its just in the history class today we were talking about how the catalog sales business first got started in the US. A Chicago retailer, Montgomery Ward started it in the late 1800s. It was really popular among farmers. It was difficult
41、for them to make it to the big city stores so they ordered from catalogs. M: Was Ward the only one in the business? W: At first, but another person named Richard Sears started his own catalog after he heard how much money Ward was making. M: What made them so popular? W: Farmers trusted Ward and Sea
42、rs for one thing. They delivered the products the farmers paid for and even refunded the price of things the farmers werent satisfied with. The catalogs became so popular that in some countries school teachers even used them as textbooks. M: Textbooks? W: Yeah, students practice spelling the names a
43、nd adding up the prices of things in the catalogs. M: Was everybody that thrilled about it? W: Thats doubtful. Say they drove some small store owners out of business. Sears and Ward sold stuff in such large quantities. They were able to undercut the prices at some small family-owned stores. 17 【正确答案
44、】 B 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。尽管四个选项在对话中都有提及，但 A、 C、 D只是对话的一部分，只有 B可以涵盖对话中的 所有内容。由 order， catalog两个关键词也可推出答案是 B。 【知识模块】 对话听力 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 事实推理题。对话中女士说到： “在得知 Ward赚了多少钱以后，另一个名叫 Richard Sears的人也开展自己的邮购业务。 ”可见 Sears是为了赚大钱，所以选 C。 【知识模块】 对话听力 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。女士说： “邮购业务很受农场主欢迎 ”，并说 “农场主们信赖 Ward和 Sears”。可知该业务的主要客户是农场主。本题较简 单，对话中多次提到 farmers。 【知识模块】 对话听力 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。男士很惊奇地问： “Textbooks?”下文女士给出了解释：“是啊，学生们用邮购表中事物的名称练习拼写，用其中的价格练习加法运算。 ”所以选 A。 【知识模块】 对话听力
