1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 155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 155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】 Homeschooling More and more parents are feeling/that the schools are not up to a suitable standard required to meet their childrens needs. /Therefore, homeschooling becomes an appealing prospect for parents/who want to remain
5、 in control of their childrens learning. /There are both benefits and drawbacks to homeschooling a child, /but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives in the minds of parents. /Parents increasingly feel excluded from their childrens education, /for schools have turned into examination factories
6、. 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Mail Fraud Mail fraud occurs when someone asks for something of value to be sent through mail, / promising something in return, then fails to deliver. /Fraud can also be committed by wire, phone, or e-mail, /but is only considered mail fraud/when it involves things being sent by
7、 mail. /This fraud can take the form of offering a product or service/which is then not provided or offering employment that turns out to be a scam. /It can also be offering a product or service for a price/that is already provided for free by the government. 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 Online Shopping The w
8、orld of electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce/enables consumers to shop at thousands of online stores and pay for their purchases/without leaving the comfort of home. /For many, the Internet has taken the place of Saturday afternoon window shopping at the mall. /However, the same things can
9、go wrong in cyberspace as in the real world. /Sometimes it is simply a case of a computer bug or poor customer service. /Other times, shoppers are cheated by clever scam artists. 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Aliens For a long time, aliens have often been in the news. /People have claimed to have been abducted
10、 by aliens. / Alien sightings have mostly been accompanied by sightings of lights in the night sky. /Some of them have also believed/that the lights came from the spaceships used by the aliens. /Disk-like objects traveling across the sky/ have often been taken as aliens vehicles. /Researchers say al
11、ien sightings could have probably been a result of human imagination accompanied by fear, /and some of these sightings might have been a result of certain astronomical phenomena. 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Traditional Brazilian Clothing Brazil is known internationally for its stylish and sophisticated cloth
12、ing. /Brazilian clothes are comfortable, vivid, beautifully crafted, and decorated with attractive laces . /Traditional Brazilian clothing is influenced by a combination of different races and immigrants from all over the world. /A true traditional Brazilian clothing can be seen in the countryside, /where mens clothing includes shirt, jeans and dresses made from inexpensive cotton. /In the south of Brazil, the cowboys wear a distinctive dress including loose-fitting trousers, / while in the northeast region they wear coat, hat and leather trousers. 【知识模块】 听写
