1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 127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 What is the conversation mainly about? （ A） Volleyball and the Olympics. （ B） The rules of volleyball. （ C） Volleyball as a hobby. （ D） The Olympic Games. 3 When did volleyball become an official game in the Olympics? （ A） 1910. （ B） 1924. （ C） 1949 （ D） 1
5、964 4 How many players are there in a volleyball team in the Olympics? （ A） 2. （ B） 6. （ C） 9 （ D） 16 5 How big is the circulation of the paper the man work for? （ A） Only 2,000. （ B） Less than 2,000. （ C） About 28,000. （ D） Eight million. 6 Which of the following is NOT a quality newspaper? （ A） Th
6、e Times. （ B） The Daily Mirror. （ C） The Guardian. （ D） The Daily Telegraph. 7 What is true of a quality newspaper? （ A） It must be a national newspaper. （ B） It must have a circulation over one million. （ C） It should print long new stories. （ D） It should give a different angle to the news. 8 How
7、does the Telephone Reassurance Service offer help to people in need? （ A） The volunteers go to see them. （ B） The volunteers help them clean up the house. （ C） The volunteers call and check their condition. （ D） The volunteers help them cook. 9 Who does the Telephone Reassurance Service offer help t
8、o? （ A） The elderly and disabled living alone. （ B） Senior citizen. （ C） The elderly who live alone. （ D） The handicapped who live alone. 10 To what extent has the Telephone Reassurance Service publicized? （ A） It is now in daily touch with nine hundred people. （ B） The volunteers have completed one
9、 million calls. （ C） Its now starting to include newcomers who want to meet new friends. （ D） All the callers are neighbors. 11 How does the Telephone Reassurance Service raise its funds? （ A） It raises funds by itself. （ B） It is supported by the donation of volunteers. （ C） It is supported by fede
10、ral funds and donations. （ D） It raises funds from the donation of rich businessmen. 12 What was John Lennons profession? （ A） Murderer. （ B） Musician. （ C） Lawyer. （ D） Dancer. 13 Where had he been living when he was shot? （ A） London. （ B） Hawaii （ C） Los Angeles. （ D） New York. 14 What did Chapla
11、in do immediately after he shot Lennon? （ A） Reported to the police. （ B） Drove off. （ C） Threw his gun. （ D） Walked away. 15 In the past, American families tended to be （ A） quite large. （ B） quite small. （ C） small. （ D） medium-sized. 16 To parents the cost of living increases because （ A） childre
12、n attend school for more years. （ B） children are better dressed. （ C） children spend more money on entertainment. （ D） all of the above. 17 According to the speaker, the situation of American families in the future may （ A） keep unchanged. （ B） get better. （ C） remain the same. （ D） become worse. 1
13、8 What is the passage mainly talking about? （ A） American children. （ B） American mother. （ C） American families. （ D） American parents. 19 According to the passage, （ A） the distance between people can be fixed. （ B） the distance kept between people is a visible wall. （ C） the distance between peop
14、le varies from culture to culture. （ D） the distance between people is somewhat fixed. 20 Which of the following is NOT me factor mat determines the distance between people? （ A） Nationalities. （ B） Personality. （ C） Cultural styles. （ D） Nature of peoples relationship. 21 According to me passage, w
15、hich of the following statements is true? （ A） The Americans are cold and distant. （ B） The Americans like saying “Excuse me“ if they are touched. （ C） The Americans feel comfortable when touching each other. （ D） The Americans keep a usual distance when talking to each other. 22 The film based on t
16、he book, The Da Vinci Code, is due for release on （ A） May 19. （ B） May 18. （ C） May 16. （ D） May 20. 23 Who consider the books thesis false and heretical? （ A） Novelist Dan Brown. （ B） Theologians. （ C） The publisher Random House. （ D） British authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh. 24 What has
17、happened to Jose Bono? （ A） He was honored at a march. （ B） He was killed at a march. （ C） He was injured at a march. （ D） He has been shoved and mocked at a march. 25 Who has Mr. Abbas been holding talks with? （ A） Representatives of Israel, Islamic Jihad and other groups. （ B） Representatives of H
18、amas, Islamic Jihad and other groups. （ C） Representatives of Palestine, Islamic Jihad and other groups. （ D） Representatives of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the United States. 26 Which of the following details is INCORRECT? （ A） Reports from the Israeli government said that a ceasefire deal had already
19、 been reached. （ B） Palestinian militants have said they are prepared to announce a ceasefire under no circumstances. （ C） There has been no ceasefire announced but the atmosphere is increasingly positive. （ D） Mr. Abbas says he has made significant progress towards persuading militant groups to agr
20、ee to a ceasefire. 27 We can infer from the report that （ A） UNICEF is satisfied with the progress made in protecting children. （ B） the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Children is firmly observed worldwide. （ C） more than 2 billion children worldwide are mired in poverty, war and the threat of
21、 AIDS. （ D） human rights abuses and failure in economic reforms are the main causes of the severe hardships of children. 28 Which of the following details is INCORRECT? （ A） More than two million people head inland because of the coming hurricane. （ B） The northern United States is again being batte
22、red by a tropical storm three weeks after Hurricane Kat-rina. （ C） Following the devastation in New Orleans, the authorities were criticized for not doing enough. （ D） For millions of people on Americas gulf coast its been another miserable weekend. 29 Which hurricane attacked the United States thre
23、e weeks after Hurricane Katrina? （ A） Hurricane Pascagoula. （ B） Hurricane Biloxi. （ C） Hurricane Rita. （ D） Hurricane Hiroshima. 30 What does the news item mainly report? （ A） Working for the Internal Revenue Service. （ B） A special service. （ C） The daily life of the disabled. （ D） Technology brin
24、gs jobs to the disabled. 31 Ed McCann is one of more than _ disabled order entry clerks in 42 states who are working for the Internal Revenue Service. （ A） 303 （ B） 300 （ C） 305 （ D） 42 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 127答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage wi
25、ll 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 be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at
26、normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Water Pollution Water is very important to us. / Factories and plants need water for industrial uses and large pieces of farmland need it for irrigation. / Without water to drink, people die in a short time. / Today most wa
27、ter sources are so dirty that people must purify water before drinking. / Water becomes dirty in many ways: / industrial pollution is one of them. / With the development of industry, plants and factories pour tons of industrial wastes into rivers every day. / The rivers have become seriously pollute
28、d, / and the water is becoming unfit for drinking or irrigation. / The same thing has also happened to our seas and oceans. / So, the problem of water pollution is almost worldwide. / Scientists of many countries have done a lot of work to stop pollution. / The polluted water in some places has beco
29、me clean and drinkable again. / Perhaps one day the people in all towns and cities will be drinking clean water. / That day, we believe, is not very far off. / 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions will be
30、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 thirty secon
31、ds to preview the questions. 2 【听力原文】 W: Do you like sports? M: Yes, especially volleyball. W: Really? Do you know when volleyball was introduced to China? M: Well, it was introduced to China as early as 1910. Do you know when volleyball became an official game in the Olympics? W: I am not sure. Can
32、 you tell me? M: I think volleyball made its first demonstration in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris. And the International Olympic Committee made the game a non-Olympic sport in 1949. It was not until 1964 that the first Olympic volleyball tournaments were played in Tokyo. W: So it took four deca
33、des to have volleyball to become one of the official games in the Olympics. Can you tell me how many players are there in a team? M: Volleyball was invented to be played by a number of players. However, the rules were modified many times. In earlier days, teams were made up of 16 players, and later
34、the number of players on the court a-gain became variable being anything from 2 to 6 for each team. W: Did all the rules of the game finally become unified? How about the Olympic Teams? M: Yes, the rules were unified. The number of the players on each team was set at 6. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。对话内容涉
35、及排球何时成为奥运会的正式项目，排球统一规则的演变，在奥运会中排球队的人数要求，所以选择 A项。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。对话谈到直到 1964年东京奥运会上才有第 1次正式的排球比赛，所以选择 D项。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。文章最后谈到在奥运会中排球球队的队员数为 6人。 A、B、 D的数字在原文中均有出现，因此听录音时适当做笔记有助于快速准 确答题。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 W: Whats the biggest difference between local and national pa
36、pers? M: A local paper circulates only in a particular area. They always have small circulations, sometimes only 2,000. W: Now, you work for a local paper, dont you? How big is its circulation? M: Its about 28,000. W: Oh, not bad. What about the national papers? M: They can have huge circulations, f
37、our million, even eight million. W: But The Times and The Guardian, they have much smaller circulations. M: Yes, but they are what we call “quality paper“. Theyre different. W: How are they different? M: Well, first of all, theres a big difference in the sort of readers the two papers get. Theyll gi
38、ve you a different angle to the news. W: How will they treat it differently? M: I remember an example. Last year an examiner refused to give a girl a driving test, because he thought her skirt was too short. W: Yes? M: In one of the popular papers, The Daily Mirror in fact, this was on the front pag
39、e, eight paragraphs, with a picture of the girl. But in one quality paper, The Daily Telegraph, the same story was on a back page and only two paragraphs and a photo about it. W: Thats really different. 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 数字细节题。本题可以从原文直接听到答案，不必进行运算。关键在于听录音的同时做好笔记。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节判断题。题目
40、问哪一项不是严肃报纸。根据对话，可以排除选项 A、 C和 D，它们都是严肃报纸，只有 The Daily Mirror是大众报纸 “popular paper”，所以选择 B项。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 事实推理题。在对话中男士把大众报纸 The Daily Mirror和严肃报纸 The Daily Telegraph两份报纸对同一个事件的新闻报道做了比较，说明严肃报纸应该给读者不同的视角，所以选择 D项。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【听力原文】 W: Just a few years ago this city established what is call
41、ed the Telephone Reassurance Service. It was set up by a volunteer group of people to ring up elderly or handicapped persons who live alone, to see whether they are all right and to help cheer them up. M: That sounds like a good idea. Has the service been going for a few years? W: I think its five,
42、but it might even be ten years, and now it has about one thousand volunteers and they keep in daily touch with more than twelve hundred people, mostly senior citizens. M: It must be frightening to be old and alone and have no one who has any interest in you. W: The service made its millionth call re
43、cently. The volunteer calls once a day and if no one answers, another call is made in about an hour. If there is still no answer, a call is placed to a neighbor or to someone who can go to see if the person is all right. The project is supported twenty percent by federal funds and the rest by donati
44、ons. The volunteers now go through an instruction course before beginning the calls. 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。通过电话慰藉服务，自愿者给独居的老年人和残疾人打电话，看他们是否安然无恙，并使他们开心，所以选择 C项。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。电话慰藉服务的服务对象是独居的老年人 和残疾人，所以选择 A项，其他选项都不完整。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。最近电话慰藉服务的服务电话超过了 100万次。选项 A在文中也有提
45、及，不过每日接洽的不是 900人次，而是 1200人次，可以排除。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。这个项目的基金 20由政府基金资助，剩下的来自于各界捐款。 C项概括完整。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【听力原文】 John Lennon was one of Britains most famous musicians and he belonged to one of the worlds most famous pop groups, the Beatles. Although he was born in Liverpool in the north
46、of England, he moved to live in New York in America, not only because he preferred the life there, but also because he wanted to spend less tax on his enormous income. One evening, in the Christmas of 1980, he was returning from the recording studios where he had been making a new record. He was dri
47、ven to his apartment in a large house in New York. He got out of his car, but just as he was walking to the entrance, a voice called: “Mr. Lennon! “ John Lennon turned about and was shot 5 times. The killer threw his gun down and stood there smiling; Lennon was rushed to hospital in a police car. Bu
48、t it was too late. The killer was 25-year-old Mark Chaplin from Hawaii. The world was shocked to hear the news of Lennons death, for he had produced the music to which many people had danced, worked and talked during their teenage days. 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文一开始就说明 John Lennon是英国最著名的音乐家之一，世界顶级流行音
49、乐组合甲壳虫乐队的成员。不难得出 B为正确答案， Lennon是被谋杀的人，而不是凶手，因此排除 A。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到 John Lennon出生于英国的 Liverpool，但后来搬迁到美国的 New York居住，遭枪击时是在 New York自己的公寓附近，故 D为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。凶手 Chaplain在杀害 John Lennon后并没有马上驱车逃跑、溜走或报案，因此 A、 B、 D都不正确。凶手当时把枪扔掉，站在原地发笑，因此 C为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【听力原文】 In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were common. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. On the a
