1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 124及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will
2、 be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five quest
3、ions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have
4、 thirty seconds to preview the questions. 2 Whats the advantage of a partnership? （ A） It wont run risks. （ B） All partners are responsible for the business. （ C） It can attract more customers. （ D） All partners can share profits equally. 3 How did Barbara and Jean invest the capital? （ A） Both of t
5、hem invested fifty percent. （ B） Barbara invested less capital, but more important skills. （ C） They combined and made good use of their resources. （ D） Jean invested reputation. 4 How will Barbara and Jean distribute the profits and losses? （ A） Each one gets the same. （ B） In proportion to their i
6、nvestments. （ C） In proportion to their reputations. （ D） In proportion to their skills. 5 The conversation is mainly about （ A） the plan for the night. （ B） a famous woman photographer. （ C） a technique used in photography. （ D） an exhibition. 6 Which of the followings is NOT the characteristic of
7、Margaret Cameron? （ A） She was good at portraits. （ B） She made a factual record of details. （ C） She was interested in capturing her subjects personality. （ D） She used soft focus on the subject. 7 What will be the subject of the pictures at the exhibit? （ A） Noblemen. （ B） Art historians. （ C） Not
8、able people. （ D） Students of photography. 8 What is the conversation mainly about? （ A） A guests complaint about room service. （ B） How to repair the air conditioner. （ C） How to do laundry. （ D） A guests asking for room service. 9 Which service needs a deposit? （ A） Laundry. （ B） Borrowing an iron
9、. （ C） Package delivery. （ D） Air conditioner maintenance. 10 Whats particularly wrong with the air conditioner? （ A） It doesnt work at all. （ B） It heats the room. （ C） It bothers the guest. （ D） It doesnt cool the room very much. 11 Which of the following statement is NOT true about the man? （ A）
10、He can get a foreign newspaper at the desk. （ B） He can take back the deposit. （ C） He stays in Room 214. （ D） He wants to borrow an iron. 12 According to the passage, which of the following is true? （ A） The best medical care is key to good health. （ B） Good health depends on your own responsibilit
11、y. （ C） You can get good health by seeing a doctor after illness. （ D） You are able to get good health at a drugstore. 13 What is health specialists idea of wellness for everyone? （ A） One can avoid chronic diseases. （ B） One is able to do a lot of very tiring exercise. （ C） One needs many more calo
12、ries each day. （ D） One can get the best possible health within the limits of his body. 14 Which is NOT mentioned as a cause of bad health? （ A） Poor diet. （ B） Stress. （ C） Inactive jobs. （ D） A bad working environment. 15 Why do people leave home to travel according to the passage? （ A） For educat
13、ion. （ B） For adventure. （ C） To enjoy memselves. （ D） To look for a different lifestyle. 16 What do we learn from the passage about Paris? （ A） It has a dense population. （ B） It has many towering buildings. （ C） There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer of roadway. （ D） There are many museums and
14、 palaces. 17 What impression will a tourist get of Hong Kong? （ A） It has many big and beautiful parks. （ B） It possesses many historical sites. （ C） It is a city of contrasts. （ D） It is an important industrial center. 18 What does the passage tell us about traveling? （ A） It makes our life more in
15、teresting. （ B） It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge. （ C） It helps develop our personalities. （ D） It brings about changes in our lifestyle. 19 According to the passage, what was life like in a small community? （ A） Private. （ B） Exciting. （ C） Personal. （ D） Happy. 20 How did people in sm
16、all communities entertain themselves in the past? （ A） They traveled around the country. （ B） They visited art galleries. （ C） They went to concert. （ D） They went to church or movie theaters. 21 What are contemporary Americans accustomed to? （ A） Visiting their neighbors. （ B） Leaving their old fri
17、ends and making new friends. （ C） Living all their lives in one community. （ D） Saying hello to people they meet on the streets. 22 How many schools offices of officials have been padlocked by the students? （ A） 8,500. （ B） 160. （ C） 4000 （ D） 500 23 Which is NOT the students request according to th
18、e news? （ A） To standardize the curriculum. （ B） To reduce the tuition fees. （ C） To set aside room for poor boarding students. （ D） To make the students allowance higher. 24 What is the main task for aid workers now? （ A） To recover more bodies. （ B） To reconstruct the city. （ C） To provide survivo
19、r more helps. （ D） To predict the next earthquake. 25 Why is most Palestinians economic situation worsening? （ A） Because domestic conflicts are more intensive. （ B） Because the wars with Israel are increasing. （ C） Because aid from western countries are suspended. （ D） Because Hamas rejects foreign
20、 countries help. 26 Which aspect is not involved in the plan agreed by the major mediating powers? （ A） To provide support for local health services. （ B） To refuse to recognize the Hamas government. （ C） To guarantee fuel supplies. （ D） To give poor people basic needs. 27 What is the main purpose f
21、or holding such a special contest? （ A） To encourage hackers to attack big companies. （ B） To knock some unsecured websites offline. （ C） To get some analysis data for preventing attacks. （ D） To prove hackers professional skills on computer. 28 Which team is the first rival for Ghana in the footbal
22、l World Cup? （ A） Angola. （ B） Czech. （ C） Italy. （ D） The United States. 29 When did Ghana get its first score in the game with Czech Republic? （ A） At the first second minute. （ B） At the first eight minute. （ C） At the last second minute. （ D） At the last eight minute. 30 What is NOT the real fun
23、ction of Microsofts leading product Windows? （ A） To provide e-mail and the Internet service. （ B） To work as a basic program for PC. （ C） To dominate the world market. （ D） To run some specific applications. 31 What can be inferred from the news item? （ A） Most personal computers install Windows. （
24、 B） Windows forces users to get its programs. （ C） Microsoft is pursuing a predatory conduct. （ D） RealNetwork uses the law to protect its market share. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 124答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. Dur
25、ing the first reading, which will be done 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 of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during thi
26、s time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Doctors Orders Youre going to have to change your diet quite considerably. / In particular, youre going to have to avoid all these fast foods youve been eating. / And youre going to have to try not to eat too much bread. / But if you do eat bread, you must
27、 have it with unsalted butter on / and definitely no margarine. / And you can eat 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 pu
28、t any salt in the water you use. / Now, theres no harm in eating potato chips / or 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】 听力 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. A
29、t the end of each conversation , five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to
30、each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. 2 【听力原文】 M: Barbara, what have you been doing? W: I went into business with my friend, Jean. M: Hows it going? W: Pretty well. We get along quite well and the shop is beginning to attract more customers. M: Good. Ar
31、e you two a partnership? W: Yes. Im very pleased about it. M: I guess its not too risky for a business. W: We havent had any problems, although I suppose all business can be risky. Being partners, were both liable. M: Did you both put the same amount of money into the business? Or do you mind my ask
32、ing? W: To tell you the truth, we didnt invest the same amount of capital. But weve combined our resources very well, I think. M: It sounds like it. That is one advantage of a general partnership. One partner can invest less capital than the other in fact, no money at all but a partner can contribut
33、e important services or skills, sometimes just a name or reputation. W: Exactly. M: What kind of arrangement do you have for distribution of profits and losses? W: They are equally shared. We hope to be in business for a long time. M: Good for you. 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中谈到 “作为合作伙伴，我们都负有责任。 ”B中的re
34、sponsible对应文中的 liable“有责任的，负有义务的 ”，所以选择 B。其他选项均与对话不符。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中女士提到她们的投资金额并不相等，但她们非常好地组合了两人的资源，可排除选项 A。选项 C是最佳答案。此外，对话中并没有提到她们的具体投资情况，故可排除选项 B、 D。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中问及利润和损失的分配问题，女士谈到 “它们 (即利润与损失 )都被平分 ”，即她们共同分享利润、共同分担损失，也就是选项 A。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Hi, go
35、t any plans for tonight? M: Hi, not yet. Any suggestions? W: I just got two tickets to the opening of an exhibit of reprints by Julia Margaret Cameron. M: An exhibit? I like such things. But I dont know who Julia. W: Margaret Cameron! She was a photographer in the 1800s. She is interesting to art hi
36、storians in general and students of photography in particular because she changes the aesthetics for photography. M: What do you mean? W: Well, her specialty was portraits and instead of just making a factual record of details like most photographers did, you know, just capturing what a person looks
37、 like in a dispassionate thought of way, she, like a portrait painter, was interested in capturing her subjects personality. M: Interesting! How did she do that? W: She invented a number of techniques that affect the picture. Like one of those things she did was to blur images slightly by using a so
38、ft focus on the subject. Thats pretty common now. M: Yeah, Ive seen that. Who did she photograph? W: Famous people of her day, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Darwin. Well see at the exhibition. M: You really pick my curiosity. I am going to enjoy this. 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主旨
39、大意题。通过男士的提问 (多数都是询问有关 Margaret Cameron的情况及对话中多次出现的 she， her)可以判断出谈话者谈论的是Margaret Cameron，一位著名的女摄影家，所以选择 B。答案 A是干扰选项，尽管对话始于谈论晚上的安排，确定去看展览，但是接着进入对话主题，谈论作品的作者，即 MargaretCameron通过男士的提问 (多数都是询问有关 Margaret Cameron的情况及对话中多次出现的 she， her)可以判断出谈话者谈论的是Margaret Cameron，一位著名的女摄影家，所以选择 B。答案 A是干扰选项，尽管对话始于谈论晚上的安排，确
40、定去看展览，但是接着进入对话主题，谈论作品的作者，即 Margaret Cameron。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。通过问题可知，此题要求考生对谈话的细节进行是非筛选。对于此类题，考生应边听边在选项旁做适当的记录。对话谈到 Margaret Cameron擅长人像摄影，能够抓住人物性格特点，并发明了柔焦技术。而选 项 B不是她的特点。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。对话最后谈到参展的照片是 Margaret Cameron所拍的那个时代的名人，所以选项 C正确。 Notable意为 “著名的 ”，是 famous的同义表达
41、。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Reception. May I help you? M: Yes, Im in Room 214. I wonder if I can borrow an iron. W: Certainly. Ill ask the housekeeping to bring one to your room. There will be a deposit of ten dollars, which is refundable, of course. M: Thank you. And what do I do about laundry? W: Just
42、 use one of the laundry bags in your closet. If you put it out before ten in the morning, you will get it back by five. M: Thanks. I have one problem that I hate to bother you with, but the air conditioner in my room doesnt seem to work right. W: Is there anything in particular wrong with it? M: Yes
43、, it seems to be making a funny noise and it isnt really cooling the room much. W: Im sorry about that and Ill call the maintenance people to check it right away. M: Thank you very much. By the way, where can I get a newspaper? W: We have the local newspaper here at the desk, and if youd like a nati
44、onal or foreign paper, we have those in the gift shop. Thats in the lobby. M: Thank you. W: Youre welcome. 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。男士身份是宾馆客人，女士是客服人员。男士提出一系列服务要求，如借熨斗，并询问了一些服务信息，如洗衣等。所以选项 D为最佳答案。男士抱怨的是空调有问题，而不是客房服务，因此 A错误。 B、 C虽有提及，但都只是对话中的某个细节，故也错误。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。男士提到要借熨斗，女士说要交 10美
45、元押金，所以选择B。对于此类细节题，可边听边在选项旁做记录或标记。当对话中提到了某个选项的内容时，则应细听其是否 与问题有关。本题则是要细听谈及下列哪个选项时提到了 deposit。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。空调的特殊问题是发出奇怪的声响，制冷效果不好。所以选择 D。选项 C利用原文中的 bother进行干扰。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。本题问的是哪个说法不正确。男士借熨斗要交押金，押金可退回 (refundable意为 “可退回的，可偿还的 ”)，所以 B的说法正确。男士的确住在 214房间，所以 C的说法也是
46、正确的。在对话 开始，男士就提到想借熨斗，所以选项 D的说法也是正确的。而国外报纸可以在礼品店买到，礼品店位于大厅。所以 A说法错误，为本题的正确选项。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 Good health is not something you are able to buy at the drugstore, and you cant depend on getting it back with a quick visit to a doctor when youre sick, either. Keeping yourself healthy is your own resp
47、onsibility. Mistreating your system by keeping bad habits, neglecting symptoms of illness, and ignoring common health rules can diminish the effect of the best medical care. Nowadays, health specialists promote the idea of wellness for everybody. Wellness means achieving the best possible health wit
48、hin the limits of your body. One person may need fewer calories than another. Some people might prefer a lot of easier exercise to more exhausting exercise. While one person enjoys playing seventy-two holes of golf a week, another would rather play three sweaty, competitive games of tennis. Understa
49、nding the needs of your own body is the key. Everyone runs the risk of accidents, and no one can be sure of avoiding chronic diseases. Nevertheless, poor diet, stress, a bad working environment, and carelessness or abuse can ruin good health. By changing your habits or the conditions surrounding you, you can lower the risk or reduce the damage of disease. 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文开头部分明确提到，保持身体健康是我们自己的责任。因而可知 B为正确答案。其他选项与原文不符，均为干扰项。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中说到了健康专家提出的 wellness的理念，即在身体的范围内尽可能保持身体的最佳状
