1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 154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 154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】 Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science which aims to create it. /Textbooks define it as the study and design of intelligent agents, /where an intelli
5、gent agent is a system that perceives its environment/and takes actions which maximize its chances of success. /The discipline of Artificial Intelligence was born in the summer of 1956. / Half a century has passed, /and Artificial Intelligence has come a long way since its beginning . /It has turned
6、 into an important field, /whose influence on our daily lives can hardly be underestimated. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Idioms An idiom is defined as a group of words/whose meaning must be known as a whole, /because it cannot be learned from the meaning of the same words used separately. /In everyday English
7、, idioms are in common use. /In fact, idioms are so common/that most native speakers do not even realize that they are using idioms. / When you are able to use them comfortably in your own speech and writing, /then you have achieved a higher level of mastery/and fluency in the language. 【知识模块】 听写 3
8、【正确答案】 Childrens Health It seems we have developed such a fast-paced society of convenience/that kids today dont play outside much anymore. /They spend too much time inside on the sofa/ and neglect any kind of physical activity, /which causes a state of being inactive and unhealthy. /Inactive kids h
9、ave a higher risk of becoming obese, /having high blood pressure and a higher risk of heart disease. /To avoid these situations, parents should encourage their kids to spend more time out of the house, /such as playing basketball in a community basketball team. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Customer Service Go
10、od customer service is the lifeblood of any business. /You can offer promotions and slash prices to bring in as many new customers as you want. /But unless you can get some of those customers to come back, /your business wont be profitable for long. /Good customer service is all about bringing custo
11、mers back/and about sending them away happy / happy enough to pass positive feedback about your business along to others, /who may then try the product or service you offer for themselves/and in their turn become repeat customers. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 AIDS When AIDS first emerged, /no one could have p
12、redicted how the epidemic would spread across the world /and how many millions of lives it would change. /There was no real idea what caused it/ and consequently no real idea how to protect against it. /Now we know from bitter experience/that AIDS is caused by the virus HIV, /and that it can destroy families, communities and continents. /However, experience has also shown us that the right approaches can and do result in lower national HIV infection rates/ and less suffering for those affected by the epidemic. 【知识模块】 听写
