1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 170及答案与解析 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation , five questions 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
2、. 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 seconds to preview the questions. （ A） It is not allowed to dress casually. （ B） Most people wear suits and ties. （ C） It is not proper to wear a tie
3、to work. （ D） Few people are dressed formally. （ A） She dresses more formally than most people. （ B） She is the only woman who is wearing a suit. （ C） She prefers to wear comfortable clothes. （ D） She wears different clothes every day. （ A） Nice clothes tend to win others respect. （ B） Good clothes
4、make a person more impressive. （ C） Beautiful clothes give people confidence. （ D） Formal clothes make people brilliant. （ A） Students wearing the white lab coats. （ B） A police officer or firefighter wearing his uniform. （ C） Doctors and nurses wearing the white gowns. （ D） A judge wearing the heav
5、y black robe. （ A） It reminds himself of his job. （ B） He feels happy about his clothes. （ C） His brain works more furiously. （ D） He remembers what to do. （ A） He had bad working performance. （ B） His employer was downsizing. （ C） He didnt handle the relationship well. （ D） He didnt finish work on
6、time. （ A） To express her sadness and depression. （ B） To emphasize it is easy to find another job. （ C） To show it is a common thing to lose a job. （ D） To comfort and encourage the man. （ A） She had great difficulty finishing her work. （ B） She had a lower position than she had expected. （ C） She
7、thought little about her future development. （ D） She was too busy with her work all day. （ A） She started her own business. （ B） She went to another company. （ C） She started learning about gardening. （ D） She waited for opportunities. （ A） To seek for another job as soon as possible. （ B） To think
8、 about what he wants to do. （ C） To join in the business run by the woman. （ D） To open his own company in a short time. （ A） He is still smoking recently. （ B） He was a smoker 20 years ago. （ C） He has never smoked before. （ D） He doesnt mind the smoke. （ A） Smokers havent realized the harm of smok
9、ing. （ B） Smoking hasnt been banned in public places. （ C） It is difficult for smokers to drop a bad habit. （ D） Smokers are rich enough to afford smoking. （ A） It is very effective. （ B） It is enforced strictly. （ C） It is too strict to obey. （ D） It has many loopholes. （ A） The higher costs of smo
10、king. （ B） A much stricter smoking ban. （ C） Severer punishment for smoking. （ D） More emphasis on the harm of smoking. （ A） To push education efforts for current smokers. （ B） To prevent young people from starting the habit. （ C） To raise the prices as well as taxes of cigarettes. （ D） To make new
11、rules or regulations for smoking. （ A） Happy and released. （ B） Nervous and confused. （ C） Relaxed and sleepy. （ D） Tired and upset. （ A） People are high up in the sky. （ B） It is not a natural way of transport. （ C） The flying speed is very fast. （ D） People have to stay in a limited space. （ A） Pe
12、ople can survive if lucky enough. （ B） The chance is very little. （ C） They can be prevented. （ D） The possibility can be ignored. （ A） It is much too time-consuming. （ B） It is too difficult for the man. （ C） It includes a lot of traveling. （ D） It is not well-paid for the hard work. （ A） To preten
13、d to be on a bus during a flight. （ B） To take a seat next to an emergency exit. （ C） To sit at a more stable place on a plane. （ D） To take some anti-anxiety medication. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 170答案与解析 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each conversation
14、, five questions 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 T
15、WO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Adam, nice tie. M: Thanks. W: By the way, can I ask you a personal question? M: Ask away! W:(1)How come youre the only one at the office who wears a tie to work every day? Im not criticizing your fashion choices, and you dont have
16、 to answer if you dont want to. M: No. Im happy to answer that question!(2)I assume youre like most people: you prefer to wear comfortable clothing whenever possible, right? W: Absolutely! If its a special event or a business meeting or something, then sure, Ill put on a suit or a nice business dres
17、s. But I much prefer to dress more casually. M: I understand that logic. But of course youve heard about “power-dressing“ , no? W: Yeah.(3)If you wear nicer looking clothes, people take you more seriously, right? M: Thats the idea. I think everybody knows that the clothing we wear affects how others
18、 perceive us. But Ive also discovered that what I wear affects how I think. W: Really? Thats an interesting idea. What exactly do you mean? M: Well, theres a lot of research out there that says the position of our bodies affects our thoughts. W: Ive heard about that. I read an article that said if y
19、ou sit up straight your thoughts become sharper than if you were slouching. M: Exactly! But there are some new studies that show what you are wearing can also affect your thoughts. W: Give me an example. M:(4 - 1)Scientists found that students who were wearing white lab coats performed better on tes
20、ts than students who were wearing their own clothes. W: Ah! So because the white lab coat has an association with intelligence, the students brains actually got more intelligent? M: Have you ever heard the saying “clothes make the man“? It might be truer than we imagine. W:(4 -2)When a police office
21、r or firefighter puts on his uniform it must affect his psychology. It probably gives him a sense of responsibility and authority. M: Absolutely.(4-3)When a judge puts on that heavy black robe it transmits an image of power, but it also serves as a reminder to the judge of the responsibility of his
22、position. W: I know when Im wearing a nice suit I feel a lot more confident. If Im going out for a night on the town and Im all dressed up, I feel a lot better about myself than if I was wearing jeans and a T-shirt. M: Yes. I think putting on a shirt and tie actually affects the way my brain works.
23、W: Thats a very interesting concept! M:(5)My eyes look down and see what Im wearing and my brain gets a reminder that Im a businessman., and I think the brain responds to expectations. W: Interesting. Maybe I should start wearing a suit. 1. What do we know about the mans office? 2. What does the man
24、 think is the womans dressing habit? 3. What is the CORRECT explanation for “power-dressing“? 4. Which is NOT mentioned as an example for “what I wear affects how I think“? 5. According to the man, what happens when he looks down and sees his clothes? 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查事物特征。由句 (1)可知，女士询问男士为何他是办公
25、室里唯一一个每天上班都打领带的人，可以推测他们所在的办公室里很少有人穿着正式。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 对话 2 【正确答案】 C 【 试题解析】 本题考查人物特征。由句 (2)可知，男士认为女士同大部分人一样，喜欢尽可能地穿舒适的衣服。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。由句 (3)可知，如果你穿更好看的衣服，人们就会更认真地对待你，也就是得到尊重的意思。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 对话 4 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。由句 (4一 1)可知，科学家发现穿着白色实验服做实验的学生会比穿普通衣服的学生表现得更好，故
26、排除 A。由句 (4 2)可知，警察和 消防员的制服可以给他们一种责任感和权威感，故排除 B。由句 (4 3)可知，当法官穿上黑色长袍时传递出一种有权力的形象，并且也提醒法官他们的职责，故排除 D。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查行为特征。由句 (5)可知，当男士低头看到自己的着装时，他的大脑会提醒他自己是个商人。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【听力原文】 W: Mickey! Good to see you! Its been too long! M: Hi, Suzanne! Youre right: it has been t
27、oo long. W: Hey, is everything okay? You seem kind of down. M: I got laid off last Friday. W: Oh.Im so sorry to hear that. M:(6)They said it had nothing to do with my performance. They just need to try and save on costs. So theyre axing a bunch of jobs. W: Ouch! Losing a job is such a nasty experien
28、ce. M: Yep, it sure is. I guess I have been a bit depressed. W:(7)I remember when I got fired from my job as a senior manager with a Web design company. I felt awful for weeks. But you know something? Getting fired turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me. M: And why was that? W: It
29、gave me a jolt that I really needed.(8)I was just coasting along in my position day in and day out, never really thinking about my life or my career. M: So getting fired helped you reflect on these things? W: Absolutely! I started asking myself what I really wanted to do. M: That makes sense. Our da
30、ily routines can turn into habits. Ive been working at this company for almost 8 years and I have kind of been running on autopilot. W: Back at my old job there were some days where I barely used my brain at all! I just did the same thing over and over again. M: So what happened after you got fired?
31、 Did a new opportunity come your way? W: Not exactly.(9)It took me about a year to figure out that opportunities werent going to come my way. I learnt that you have to create your own opportunities. M: So thats when you started your company. W: Yeah! I always had an interest in gardening, so I thoug
32、ht to myself: There must be a lot of people who also have this interest and would like to have a garden but dont have the time to set one up. M: So now you go around making custom-designed gardens for homes and offices, right? W: Yes! I never wouldve thought in a million years that my interest in ga
33、rdening would turn into a career! If I hadnt gotten fired, I wouldve never found my calling! M: Thats cool, and it does offer me some hope. I guess I need to do some thinking about what I really want to do. W: I feel so happy to hear that. Believe yourself. Im sure you will make a big success! M: Th
34、anks a lot! I really appreciate your great help! 6. Why did the man get fired? 7. Why does the woman mention her experience of getting fired? 8. What do we know about the womans working status before she got fired? 9. What did the woman do during the first year after she got fired? 10. What does the
35、 man decide to do after talking with the woman? 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查原因。由句 (6)可知，男士的公司为了节省成本大量裁员，所以他才被解雇。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 对话 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查原因。由句 (7)可知，女士之前被解雇时也难过了好几个星期，但现在看来，被解雇是最好不过的事了。根据女士的话可以看出她正在安慰和鼓励男士，因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 对话 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查行为特征。由句 (8)可知，女士在之前的岗位上每天都是得过且过， 从未考虑过自己的生活
36、和职业。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 对话 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查行为。由句 (9)可知，女士用了一年的时间才弄明白机会不会主动降临，也就是这一年她一直在等待机会来临。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 对话 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查行为。由句 (10)可知，和女士谈过之后，男士重新有了希望，并认为自己要思考一下他真正想做的事情。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 对话 11 【听力原文】 W: I hate walking into our building in the morning! All the smokers stand around the
37、 buildings entrance puffing away. I cant take it! M: Thats okay. I understand. A lot of people really hate smoke. W: Im glad they banned smoking inside the office, but I wish I didnt have to smell it while walking on the street. I simply cant understand why a person would want to smoke. M: Well, I u
38、sed to smoke. I quit about 20 years ago. W: Yeah.I would assume at this point in history especially given what we know about the dangers of smoking most people would have quit already! M: You know the saying, “old habits die hard. “ I think I would add that bad habits die even harder. You know, you
39、could always move to Bhutan. W: Bhutan? I dont think Ive ever heard of it. M: Its a small kingdom located in the Himalayan Mountains, near Nepal. In 2004, Bhutan banned tobacco altogether. W: Cool! Did it work? If I go to Bhutan will I never smell cigarette smoke? M: Actually, no.(3)I read a recent
40、report that said there are a lot of loopholes in the law, and if you go to restaurants and bars youll still see lots of people lighting up. W: So I guess I just have to learn to put up with it. M: Things are changing, however. Smoking rates are dropping all around the world. Just the other day there
41、 was a newspaper report that said New Zealand is raising prices on a pack of cigarettes to $ 15 by the year 2016! W: $ 15? Wow! Thats really expensive. But is there any proof that high prices work? M:(4)There have been quite a few studies that show that every time a country raises cigarette taxes an
42、d prices, a certain percentage of smokers quit. W: I see. The high prices act as “the straw that broke the camels back“. Smokers that have been meaning to quit see the price increase and it gives them a little push. M: Yeah. But on the other hand, prices are already quite high in many places. A pack
43、 of cigarettes in London costs about $ 10, in New York a pack costs roughly $ 8 , and in Norway its already around $ 14. But I was in London not that long ago and I saw plenty of smokers! W: Yeah. The last time I was in New York there also seem to be plenty of smokers. I guess there are some people
44、who are wealthy enough to afford whatever price. M: Definitely.(5)I think the best way forward is to push education efforts for young people. If we can convince the next generation that smoking isnt “cool“ , eventually we might be able to eradicate smoking. 1. What do we know about the man? 2. What
45、does the man think is the reason why its hard to quit smoking? 3. What do we know about Bhutans smoking ban? 4. According to studies, what may make smokers quit smoking? 5. What is the mans suggestion about stopping smoking? 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查人物特征。由句 (1)可知，男士曾经吸烟， 20年前戒掉了。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 对话 12
46、【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (2)可知，男士认为旧习难改，但恶习更加难改。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 对话 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查事物特征。由句 (3)可知，男士从最新的报告中得知，不丹颁布的禁烟法令有很多漏洞，到餐馆和酒吧里依然会看到很多人点燃香烟。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 对话 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。由句 (4)可知，有很多研究表明，每当国家提高香烟税和价格时，总会有一部分人戒烟， 也就是说提高吸烟成本可以促使人们戒烟。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 对话 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题
47、考查人物观点。由句 (5)可知，男士认为根除吸烟最好的办法就是教育年轻一代，使他们相信吸烟并不是一件很酷的事情。因此答案为 B。 【知识模块】 对话 16 【听力原文】 M: Oh, man. I am not looking forward to this upcoming trip to Europe. W: But Europe is amazing! Youre going to Frankfurt, right? Ive been there twice, and its a delightful city! Youll love it! M: Oh, Im sure Ill lik
48、e it when I get there, that is, if I get there. W: Im not following you. M: Im terrified of flying! Every time I get on a plane my heart starts beating faster, I sweat and the sound from the airplane makes me sure we are going to crash.(5)Its so exhausting that I arrive at my destination completely
49、unnerved. W: Wow! That doesnt sound like fun. I assume this condition is quite common I know lots of people who dont like to fly. M: Everyone should be afraid of flying!(7)After all, its completely unnatural! We are crammed into a metal tube thats flying through the air at hundreds of kilometers an hour. W: Yeah sure, but in fact,(8)your chances of being in a fatal accident is something like one in 5 million. Those are pretty good odds! M: Yeah, Ive read those statistics, but I guess when Im drivi
