1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 Who bought Buckingham House? （ A） John Sheffield. （ B） George HI. （ C） Queen Victoria. （ D） George IV. 2 There are col
2、lections including the following items EXCEPT （ A） jewellery. （ B） paintings. （ C） stamps. （ D） furniture. 3 Which of the following it NOT true? （ A） Buckingham Palace is opposite to St. James park. （ B） The house of Buckingham was bought at the price of 28,000 pounds. （ C） The building became known
3、 as Buckingham Palace because of George III. （ D） Buckingham Palace has been open to the public only in summer months. 4 Why is green living encouraged in local councils in Britain? （ A） Because they want to reduce landfill sites. （ B） Because there isnt enough space to dump rubbish. （ C） Because th
4、ey hope that people form a good habit. （ D） Because they want people to live in a green world. 5 Which of the following is NOT environmentally friendly? （ A） Reusable products. （ B） Washable nappies. （ C） Plastic carrier bags. （ D） Strong shopping boxes. 6 Which of the following can NOT reduce the c
5、arbon footprint? （ A） Catching a bus. （ B） Going cycling. （ C） Driving electric car. （ D） Going on holiday by air. 7 The speaker compares the Internet to （ A） a map. （ B） cities. （ C） towns. （ D） roads. 8 Tripod is （ A） a city. （ B） a server. （ C） a search engine. （ D） a network. 9 Which of the foll
6、owing is INCORRECT? （ A） The Internet can be connected by light waves. （ B） You can pay many different kinds of bill online. （ C） Most of universities offer classes on the Internet. （ D） You can even buy groceries online at online stores. 10 In what respect is the United States very fortunate? （ A）
7、Territory and population. （ B） Location and physical feature. （ C） Climate and temperatures. （ D） Natural resources and environment. 11 Which of the following is INCORRECT? （ A） The U.S. has wide plains of lakes and rivers of different sizes. （ B） The U.S. has thousands of lakes and rivers of differ
8、ent sizes. （ C） The U.S. has hot deserts and cool forests. （ D） The U.S. has a coastline several hundred miles long. 12 Which of the following is CORRECT? （ A） The climate in the south and north is very terrible. （ B） Southern Americans suffer a lot when it is very hot. （ C） Many lakes and rivers ma
9、ke the transportation chaotic. （ D） Transportation by water is less important than before. 13 Where are the Olympic Games held? （ A） Each time in a different city. （ B） Mostly in Europe. （ C） In different cities of Greece. （ D） In the capitals of different countries. 14 What athletic events were hel
10、d in the thirteenth ancient Olympics? （ A） A great variety of events. （ B） A field event only. （ C） A track event only. （ D） Some track and field events. 15 Which of the following is discussed in the passage? （ A） The events of the modern Olympics. （ B） The significant meaning of the Olympic Games.
11、（ C） The awards of the Olympic Games. （ D） Commercial development after Olympic Games. 16 Which of the following details about the Olympics is CORRECT? （ A） The Olympic Games are only held in summer. （ B） The first Olympic competition was held in 776 B.C. （ C） The Games had been once discontinued fo
12、r a long time. （ D） The first Olympics of modern times were held in 1900s. 17 How long did Ethbell teach minority students? （ A） 8 years. （ B） 16 years. （ C） 20 years. （ D） 30 years. 18 What did Ethbell do when she was 68? （ A） She sat back and relaxed. （ B） She decided to retire. （ C） She entered u
13、niversity. （ D） She joined in an English program. 19 What do elderly people do to the university? （ A） Bring a great deal of useful experience to the university. （ B） Improve human relationships in the university. （ C） Bring a fear of aging among young students on the campus. （ D） Improve the reputa
14、tion of the university. 20 Whats the most important lesson Ethbell is learning? （ A） She is learning English and Drama. （ B） She is learning how to make sound judgments. （ C） She is learning how to teach minority students. （ D） She is learning to perceive instead of judge. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 12答案与解析 SEC
15、TION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 Buckingham Palace is the monarchs present London home, facing St. James park. It was built for the Duke of Buckingham and Normandy John Sh
16、effield in 1703. Buckingham House was bought by George III for his wife at the price of 28,000 pounds in 1761 and the royal family moved there from St. James Palace. It was enlarged in the Palladian style by John Nash in the reign of George IV and then the building became known as Buckingham Palace.
17、 When Victoria came to the throne, she made it the royal palace. In the palace can be found the Marble Hall, Sculpture Gallery, the Picture Gallery, the Throne Room, the Drawing Room, the Library, the Royal Stamp-Collecting Room, the Grand Staircase and Vestibule, over 600 rooms and halls in all. Th
18、e grounds cover 40 acres and there are collections of famous paintings and of furniture, most of which are works dating from George IVs time. Since 1993, Buckingham Palace has been open to the public during the summer months only. But at all times tourists will gather in front of the Palace to see t
19、he guards. Thousands of visitors to London come to see the Changing of the Guard and the Trooping of the Color. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，白金汉屋是 1703年为白金汉及诺曼底公爵 John Sheffield所建的，在 1761年被乔治三世买来送给他妻子，在乔治四世就位期间加以扩建，在维多利亚时期成为了皇宫。 B项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到皇宫内有皇家集邮室，可见有邮票的收集。接下来又提到在占
20、地 40公顷的庭院里收藏着很多著名的绘画及家具，短文没有提及珠宝的收藏，所以选 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，在乔治四世统治期间，白金汉屋以帕拉弟奥式风格得到扩建，然后就成为了举世闻名的白金汉宫了， C项说是因为乔治三世才得名是明显错误的。 【知识模块】 短文听力 4 【听力原文】 We all know that humans are damaging the environment, but what can we do about it? Some people are trying to do their bit to try to
21、be more environmentally friendly. Local councils in Britain encourage certain aspects of green living, such as recycling paper, tin, plastic and glass. They want to reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill sites, because they are running out of places to dump rubbish. In some areas rubbish f
22、or recycling is collected from your doorstep, but in other areas, you have to take it to a special recycling place, such as a bottle bank. Another way of reducing the amount of rubbish you create is to use reusable products instead of disposable ones. For example, some people use strong shopping bag
23、s or boxes for their groceries instead of plastic carrier bags, or use washable nappies instead of disposables. More people are becoming interested in reducing their carbon footprint-the amount of carbon they use up. They try to reduce their carbon emissions by cycling, using public transport or an
24、electric car, rather than driving gas-guzzling vehicles. Some people choose not to fly to go on holiday because aeroplanes are the biggest producers of carbon emissions. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到英国的地方委员会鼓励其公民在某些方面践行绿色生活，他们想减少垃圾量，因为快没有地方倒垃圾了，所以 B项正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文章提到，为减少垃圾量，有些人
25、使用可重复使用的产品，而不是一次性产品，比如说使用硬质的购物袋和箱子来替代塑料袋使用可水洗的尿布来替代一次性的。 C项的塑料 袋明显不是环境友好型的东西，为正确选项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文最后写到，很多人开始对减少碳足迹很感兴趣，他们试图通过骑自行车、坐公共交通工具或电动车来代替高耗油的机动车。而有些人选择不坐飞机旅行，因为飞机是最大的碳排放制造者。显然坐飞机旅行不能减碳，即 D项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 7 【听力原文】 The Internet is a global web of computers connected to
26、 each other by wires, cables, satellites, radio waves, and waves of light. If you look at a map of big cities, smaller towns, and scattered houses, each is connected by roads, railways, rivers and other things. The “big cities“ of the Internet are the server computers of Yahoo, Tripod, AOL, and othe
27、r networks. They often have search engines, e-mail services, shopping, entertainment, and other services that draw millions of people from all around the world just like the post offices, stores, movie theaters, and other places do in the communities where we live. Other computers on the Internet ar
28、e also part of these online towns. Local banks often provide access to account information with their computers. Businesses like Wal-Mart, Lowes, and many others have computers that provide online stores where people can purchase different items. Many colleges and universities offer online classes t
29、hat allow people to get their degrees on the Internet. You can often pay your cable bill, credit card payment, electric bill and other payments online. You can even buy groceries online at places like Net-Grocer. You can do just about anything online that you can offline. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文开头说
30、到，因特网就是以各种各样的 形式如电线、电缆等相互连接起来的全球网络，正如大城市、小城镇及零散的房子的地图，它们是由马路，铁路，河流及其他事物把各部分连接在一起，可以看出作者将因特网比喻成地图，即选 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文讲到，因特网里面的 “大城市 ”就是像 Yahoo、Tripod、 AOL和其他网络这样的服务器计算机，可见 Tripod也是一个网络，即选D。 【知识模块】 短文听力 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文最后提到，在因特网上的其 他电脑也是网上城镇的一部分，接着列举了网上银行、网上购物、网上课程。提到网上课
31、程时说，有 “很多 ”高校在网上提供在线课程， C项的 “大多数 ”与原文不符，为正确选项。 【知识模块】 短文听力 10 【听力原文】 The geographical location of a country and its physical characteristics are very important to its development and progress. The United States is very fortune in this respect. First of all, it has a good climate. In almost all secti
32、ons of the country, it is possible to live comfortably during the whole year. It is true that in the south it sometimes gets very hot and in the north very cold, but the people who live in these regions become accustomed to the climate and never suffer very much when the weather is either very hot o
33、r very cold. In a large country, there is usually a great variety of different physical characteristics. In the United States, there are wide plains and high mountains, thousands of lakes and rivers of all sizes, cool forests and hot deserts, and a coastline several thousands miles long. The many la
34、kes and rivers as well as the long coastline have been of great importance to the development of the country. Since they make it possible the easy transportation of people and all the things people need. Transportation by water is still necessary and important. In modern times, however, trains, auto
35、mobiles, trucks and airplanes are doing much of the work which was formerly done by ships and boats. 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。短文一开始就指出一个国家的地理位置及自然环境状况对一个国家的发展和进步有着重大的作用，而美国在这方面运气不错，即 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文章提到，美国有广阔的平原、高大的山脉及数以千计的大小不一的江河湖泊、凉爽的森林、炎热的沙 漠及长达数千里 (而不是数百里 )的海岸线， D项与之不符，
36、为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节推断题。短文最后写到，在现代，火车、汽车、卡车、飞机承担着以前汽船和轮船做的大部分运输任务，可见水路运输没有以前那么重要了，故 D项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力 13 【听力原文】 The Olympic Games are held every four years in a different city in the world. Athletes from many countries compete in a variety of sports which are divided into wint
37、er and summer games. The Olympic Games began in Greece more than 2,700 years ago. The games were originally part of a religious festival in honor of the Greek Gods. Eventually the games became the most important festival in all of Greece. The first recorded Olympic competition was held in 776 B.C. I
38、t was held in an outdoor stadium which was about 200 meters long and 30 meters wide. The stadium was in a valley, and about forty thousand people watched the event. The first thirteen Olympics consisted of only one race running. Since 776 B.C. the games had been held regularly for abort 1,200 years.
39、 In the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by the Roman Emperor. It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From then on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the worlds most important athletic events and a symbol of the sp
40、orting friendship of all the people of the world. 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说奥运会每 4年在世界不同的城市举行一次，即 A项为正确选项。奥运会并不是只在希腊举行，也不是仅仅只在各国的首都举行。 【知识模块】 短文听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。短文提到，在前十三届奥运会里，比赛只有一个项目 赛跑，赛跑属于田径项目，具体来说，它是属于径赛的，即 track event，即选C。 【知识模块】 短文听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节判断题。短文最后提到举办奥运会的意义：奥运会已经成为全世界
41、最重要的体育赛事，也是全世界人民在运动中体现友谊的象征。文章没有提到现代奥运会的比赛项目有哪些，也没有提到奥运会的奖项及奥运会之后的商业发展，只有 B项正确。 【知识模块】 短文听力 16 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节判断题。短文提到奥运会在 397年的时候被罗马皇帝废止了，直到 1896年首届现代奥运会才在希腊雅典举行，可见奥运会曾中断过很长一段时间，即选 C项。奥运会分夏季和冬季运动会的并不只是在夏天 进行， A项错误。第一次有历史记录的古代奥运会是在公元前 776年举行的，而真正第一次举行奥运会的时间可能更早，所以 B项错误。首届现代奥运会是在 1896年举行，而不是 1900S
42、， D项也错误。 【知识模块】 短文听力 17 【听力原文】 After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethbell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethbell Pepper. “I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to participate in life,
43、 do it. Dont just sit down and look out the window.“ She says. At 68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participation in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relationships and Divers
44、e Society. “I taught minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didnt know then. One of the more important lessons that Im learning is to perceive, not to judge.“ Older adults can add to the educati
45、onal resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some long believes about aging. Young students may have fears of growing older. But that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy, and continu
46、e to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living. 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。文中提到了两个时间，一个是教学 30年，即当老师当了30年；一个是教少数民族学生英语与戏剧课教了 20年，只要听时注意两个时间的区别，就可以判断此题答案为 C。 【知识模块】 短文听力 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。在 68岁的时候， Ethbell Pepper决定作为先锋参加加州大学的一个项目，她报名参加了 “人际关系与多元社会
47、”的课程。她重新进入大学学习了，故选 C。 【知识模块】 短文听力 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。短文说，老年人能给大学的教育资源带来许多宝贵的经验。他们在大学里的存在，破除了一些关于衰老的老观念。当看到老年人虽然年老、但依旧健康积极地生活，继续对社会作贡献，年轻人就不会那么害怕变老，而是把变老当作生活中很自然的一部分，所以本题的答案应该 是 A。 【知识模块】 短文听力 20 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。短文中提到， Ethbell Pepper在 “人际关系与多元社会 ”的课程上学到了很多以前都不知道的关于其他文化的东西，而最重要的是她学会了去感知，而不是去评断，所以 D项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 短文听力
