1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 177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） Because it saves money. （ B） Because it makes them more good-looking. （ C） Because it saves time. （ D） Because
3、it makes them look like students. （ A） They are more creative than adults. （ B） They shouldnt show too much individuality. （ C） They neednt think much about money. （ D） They should make their own decisions. （ A） Read more books. （ B） Get along with people. （ C） Choose food by themselves. （ D） Achiev
4、e better scores. （ A） It gets dirty. （ B） It gets old. （ C） It is too repetitive. （ D） It is mentally tiring. （ A） It was fantastic. （ B） It was acceptable. （ C） It was boring. （ D） It was money-saving. （ A） Her mother is American. （ B） Her father is Japanese. （ C） Her mothers family is in Nagasaki.
5、 （ D） Her fathers family is from the South. （ A） She was fluent in casual Japanese. （ B） She could speak standard Japanese. （ C） She learned Japanese in a language school. （ D） She lived in Japan for many years. （ A） They tend to use difficult words in class. （ B） Different dialects make it more dif
6、ficult. （ C） They seldom do street talks. （ D） People of different ages talk differently. （ A） As soon as she started university. （ B） After she did some research. （ C） After she took a literature course. （ D） When she met a good professor. （ A） Because Shakespearean English is closer to modern Engl
7、ish. （ B） Because Shakespearean English has been read since they were young. （ C） Because Shakespeare is famous worldwide in literature. （ D） Because Shakespearean literature is easier to understand. （ A） More and more parents take care of their children full time. （ B） More parents have more than o
8、ne kid. （ C） Parents are too busy to look after their children. （ D） Parents have a bad relationship with their children. （ A） It hinders children from learning how to socialize. （ B） It makes parents far away from social life. （ C） It brings some mental problems to children. （ D） It influences the
9、life quality of the whole family. （ A） They are not so necessary for children. （ B） They can be gained only at school. （ C） They could be got from different people. （ D） They may bring some potential problems. （ A） They do not love children at all. （ B） They do not give so much love as parents. （ C）
10、 They do not pay attention to children. （ D） They do not care about safety issues. （ A） Parents should spend more time with their children. （ B） Children should be taken care of by both parents. （ C） Not every family could afford one parent staying at home. （ D） Parents should try to make more money
11、 for the family. （ A） It makes him healthy and spirited. （ B） It is the best way to relax himself. （ C） It lets him know more about the world. （ D） It helps him develop different skills. （ A） His teachers. （ B） His schoolmates. （ C） His family. （ D） His friends. （ A） He came back the next weekend. （
12、 B） It took 15 hours to drive all together. （ C） He spent a good night in Mexico. （ D） They had to eat and drink on the way. （ A） It uses lots of gas but has a lot of fun. （ B） It is too expensive to buy. （ C） It is typical for road trips. （ D） It is big enough to carry people. （ A） It is more diffi
13、cult. （ B） It is a little bit strange. （ C） It is more expensive. （ D） It is more popular. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 177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 th
14、e 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 TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. 1 【听力原文】 W: Marion, at the
15、 school you work at, do the children wear uniforms? M: Yes, they do. W: Ah, thats terrible. M: Do you think so? W: Yeah. M: I think its a good thing that they wear uniforms for them and for their parents too. W: Why? M: Well, because when they wake up in the morning, they dont have to think about wh
16、at they wear for that day. So, it saves time: they can have extra time in bed maybe. And for their parents it saves them a lot of money, I think. W: I see, but I disagree. First of all, when children are young, theyre starting to be creative for the first time.(2)So, just by choosing what theyre goi
17、ng to wear every day, they can show their creativity, or their individuality, you know? Also, it helps students learn to make choices and to make decisions for themselves. M: I think they can learn how to choose in other ways, maybe, like books or even food, but basically everybody in the same cloth
18、es is really good, just to make everybody equal. Did you wear a uniform when you were at school? W: No, I didnt. And looking back, Im glad I didnt, because you know, your clothes reflect your personality, and I think that its important for kids to be able to show how they are as a person through the
19、ir clothes. M:(3)But maybe if you can show your personality in getting along with people, then thats a bit better, I think. W: Thats a good point. I guess I just cant imagine wearing a uniform every day.(4)Plus, I mean if you wear a uniform every day it must get really old, really repetitive, you kn
20、ow, wearing the same thing again and again and again. And I think that mentally, that can be tiring. M: I think that it might be tiring, or worrying mentally if you, for example, see other children in your school who have nicer clothes, more expensive clothes, and your parents cant afford those kind
21、s of clothes. Then, it makes you feel left out when youre a child, and thats really, really awful if you feel that way. W: Well, did you wear a uniform? M: Yes.(5)I went to school in Ireland, and almost all schools have uniforms, so for us it was very normal. I thought it was OK, and sometimes you d
22、o get bored, but I think overall it saved us time in the morning, which is good. W: Well, thats reasonable. Sounds like it is not so bad to wear uniforms. I have kind of changed some of my opinions. M: Really? I feel happy to hear that. 1. Why does the man think that wearing uniforms is good for stu
23、dents? 2. What does the woman say about young children? 3. What does the man suggest students do to show their personality? 4. What is NOT the disadvantage the woman says about wearing a uniform every day? 5. How did the man feel about wearing a uniform when he was at school? 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查原
24、因。由句 (1)可知，男士称学生们如果穿校服的话，每天早上起床就不用去思考今天要穿什么，这很节省时间，或许他们会有额外的睡眠时间。因此 C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (2)可知，女士认为学生们每天选择要穿的衣服可以展现他们的创造力和个性，也会帮助他们学习做出选择和决定。故 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查行为。由句 (3)可知， 男士建议如果学生想要彰显个性，可以通过与人相处的方式来实现。因此 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (4
25、)可知，女士认为如果每天都穿校服的话，校服会变得很旧，而且日复一日地穿同样的衣服会太重复，使人精神上感到疲惫，故排除选项 B， C和 D。因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (5)可知，男士在爱尔兰上学时，几乎所有的学校都有校服，所以这对他们来说很正常。他认为穿校服挺好 的，虽然有时会觉得乏味，但是总体而言，这很节省早晨的时间。故 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【听力原文】 M: Miki, where did you go to university? W: I went to university in Californi
26、a, at a school called the University of California at Berkeley. M: And where is that in California? W: Its in the Bay Area, which is in the northern half of California, right across the bay from San Francisco. M: OK, and what did you study? W: I studied many things, but I majored in Japanese. M: Oh,
27、 wow. I remember that you are of Japanese ancestry. W: My mother is. My father is from Kansas. M: Oh, really? W:(6 - 2)His family is from the South. My mother is from Japan. She grew up in Nagasaki and moved to Yokohama when she was young, so most of my families are there, Yokohama and the South. M:
28、 Oh, wow! What a combo! W: Yeah, I guess so. M: Now were you already fluent in Japanese before you started university? W:(7)I was, but it wasnt standard Japanese. It was very familial, and it was Japanese that was spoken within the family, between parents and child, and so it was very casual and con
29、versational. M: OK. Is it difficult for you to comprehend people sometimes in Japan or is it just like at home? W: Oh, its absolutely difficult because, well, first of all, therere dialects and then of course there are different levels of politeness and conversationalist, I guess, and especially onc
30、e I get into a classroom with other professors, and other students, colleagues at my age. Its quite difficult to follow the language, but if its street talk its much easier. M: Oh, really! OK, so at university, did you just learn Japanese as a language or did you study literature? W: To be honest, I
31、 studied to get an easy degree, and frankly it was quite easy, but then I had a very good professor in classical Japanese and thats when my interest in literature and history actually was born and I ended up becoming a researcher in history and literature. M: Wow, that must be really difficult thoug
32、h because thats very old style of language. Its an old text, like Shakespeare is difficult for me. W: Well,(10)thats actually an interesting comparison because Shakespeare is actually just a little bit easier for us modern Americans to comprehend than classical Japanese is for a modern Japanese pers
33、on to comprehend, because the language of Shakespearean English is actually much closer to modem English than classical Japanese is to modem Japanese, but its not spoken. So if one has a dictionary, then one can do research. M: Alright! Well, thanks a lot, Miki. W: Youre welcome. 6. Which is CORRECT
34、 about the womans family? 7. What do we know about the woman before she started university? 8. What does the woman say about communicating with Japanese people? 9. When did the woman become interested in Japanese literature and history? 10. Why does the woman say Shakespeare is easier for modern Ame
35、ricans? 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查事物特征。由句 (6 1)和 (6 2)可知，女士的母亲是日本人，父亲是美国南部人。因此 D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查人物特征。由句 (7)可知，女士在上大学之前就能够流利地说非正式和谈话式的日语。故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题 考查人物观点。由句 (8)可知，女士表示日语很难，因为它有多种方言，也有不同程度的礼貌用语和谈话者。因此 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查时间。由句 (9)可知，女士有一个
36、非常好的古典日语教授，她从那时开始对日本文学和历史产生了兴趣，最终从事历史和文学研究。故D为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查原因。由句 (10)可知，比起莎士比亚英语对现代美国人而言，古典日语对现代日本人来说更难理解，因为莎士比亚 式的英语语言实际上更接近现代英语，而古典日语和现代日语之间的差距更大。故 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 11 【听力原文】 M: Hello, Ruth. Nice to see you again. You seem to be very busy recently, arent you? W: Hey, Mike. Y
37、oure right. I am busy with my essay. M: What are you writing about? Do you mind telling me something about it? W: Sure, of course not.(1-1)I am doing some research about relationship between parents and children. M: Really? Say something in more detail. W: Havent you noticed that there are more and
38、more parents just staying at home, taking care of their children full time, instead of working out? M: Sure, thats more and more common. So what do you think about stay-at-home parents? W: Like one parent staying at home with a child? M: Yeah, one parent staying at home and the other one working. W:
39、 Ah, I think its really bad if a child stays at home with one parent actually. M: Really? Why would you say that? W: I think children who are brought up like that generally dont know how to socialize with other people except for their parents. M: Oh, well, why would you think that? W: Well, theyre r
40、eally not given the opportunity to interact with different people. I mean, they spend pretty much all day, every day, with that one parent, and I think its a real shame. They dont learn how to share or, you know, how to get along with and talk to different people. M: Well, I think that the child wil
41、l actually get more interaction if theres a stay-at-home parent because the parent will be able to take him to different activities and to other houses to have playmates at the same time. Hell be able to spend more time with that parent and have socializing time with family members. W: But I think c
42、hildren could get those same experiences from different people who look after them. It wouldnt necessarily have to be their family members who looked after them surely. M: Well, sure, but I think that its different when a person who is not related takes care of a child. Im sure that they do their be
43、st but the love is not there. The caretaker would not love the child as much as the parent would and if theres one person taking care of ten different children at the same time, I would wonder about the amount of attention that the child would get, and safety issues as well. W: But I think youve got
44、 to look at the practical aspect of this. Its not always practical for people who dont have much money to have one parent staying at home all of the time. M: Thats true. I really agree about that. W: Oh, its good we agree on one thing. 1. What is the womans essay about? 2. What is the womans opinion
45、 about children staying at home with one parent? 3. What does the woman say about childrens social experiences? 4. What does the man think about caretakers taking care of children? 5. What do the speakers agree on? 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查推理。由句 (1 1)和句 (1 2)可知，女士在向男士介绍自己的论文，询问男士难道没有发现越来越多的家长待在家里全职照看孩
46、子，而非外出工作。由此推断，女士的论文主要讲述的是更多的家长全职照看孩子，因此A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (2)可知，女士认为全职家 长培育出来的孩子除了与其父母交流外，普遍不知道如何同他人交往。因此 A为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (3)可知，女士认为孩子们可以从照看他们的不同的人那里得到类似的社交经历，不一定非得从家人那里得到。因此 C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查人物观点。由句 (4)可知，男士认为看护人员不会像父母
47、一样爱孩子。因此 B为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题考查推理。由句 (5 1)可知，女士认为，对并没有太多钱的人来说，留一名家长长期在家是不太现实的；由句 (5 2)可知，男士表示认同。因此C为答案。 【知识模块】 对话 16 【听力原文】 W: Hey, I heard you are just back from a trip. No wonder you look so healthy and spirited. M: Nice to see you here. You are right. I did enjoy it a lot. W: You
48、 like taking trips, dont you? M:(6)Absolutely, thats the best way to relax myself. W: Tell me something about road trips! I bet you know a lot about it! M:(7)Yeah. Ah, me and my friends, when we were in high school we took a lot of road trips to lots of different places. W: OK. M: We would go down t
49、o California, ah, sometimes Mexico. One time when I was living in Wyoming, at one weekend we drove from Wyoming, through Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico and back at the same weekend. W: Wow! Well, actually for people who are not familiar with the United States, how far is that? M: Its a long way. I dont know. It took probably about 15 hours one way. W: Wow! M:(8)So, thirty hours all together. But it was fun. We drove down to Mexico, and had a good night, a good meal, a little bit of drinks and drove back the
