1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 152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. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 152答案与解析 一 、 PART I DICTATION Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will
3、 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 no
4、rmal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Cartoon Artist In a good cartoon, /the artist can tell in a few lines/ as much as a writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs . / He not only tells a story/but also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. /A cle
5、ver cartoon artist may cause laughter/because he often uses humor in his drawings. /If he is sketching a famous person, /he takes a prominent feature and exaggerates it, /for instance, lengthening an already long nose and widening an already broad grin. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Drink to Your Health Since
6、all living things need it, and it makes up two-thirds of our bodies, /it seems obvious that water is vital to our health. /A minor water deficiency can lead to headaches, sleepiness, and moodiness , /while losing a large amount of water for a long time can cause high blood pressure and other serious
7、 problems. /Drinking water helps us get rid of toxic substance, /which helps our kidneys to do a better job, /and it helps prevent bladder infections. /Finally, water can give our skin a healthy glow. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Happy Fourth of July! There are some of the traditions associated with Independe
8、nce Day in the United States. /July 4th is, of course, a holiday from work, /and the occasion for all-day picnics in most communities. /Having eaten their fill of hot dogs, burgers, and potato salad, /everyone eagerly throws themselves into a program of often strange activities/like three-legged rac
9、es and pie-eating contests. /The highlight of the days celebrations is a local orchestra playing a melody/as one hundred and fifty thousand spectators/watch fireworks burst over Boston. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is a legal holiday/observed annually in the United States on
10、the fourth Thursday of November. /Today Thanksgiving is mainly a celebration of domestic life, /centered on the home and family. /In keeping with the idea of celebrating a plentiful harvest, / preparing and eating a large meal is a central part of most Thanksgiving celebrations. /The meal usually in
11、cludes the pumpkin pie, cornbread, roasted turkey, etc. /These simple foods recall the old virtues of the Pilgrims, / emphasizing the natural gifts that greeted early settlers in their adopted homeland. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Cell Phone Disturbance Nowadays, more people want to use their cell phone whil
12、e traveling by plane. /However, they cannot. /In 1998, an Englishman was sent to prison for one year/ because he refused to turn off the cell phone. /Last month, a plane suddenly became alarmed and was forced to land. /Investigators found a cell phone in a piece of luggage that had been left on. /Although there is no factual evidence to prove this, /cell phone disturbance can affect the plane in some circumstances. 【知识模块】 听写
