1、专业英语四级(听力)模拟试卷 195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. 1 What position does the man apply for? ( A) Laboratory Assistant. ( B) Bank Assistant. ( C) Factory Assistant. ( D)
3、 Shop Assistant. 2 The man preferred all the following subjects at school EXCEPT ( A) Maths. ( B) Science. ( C) History. ( D) Chemistry. 3 The man thinks he deserves to get the job because ( A) he has a lot of part-time experience in doing the job. ( B) his research suggests he would be able to do t
4、he job. ( C) he could handle the job better than others. ( D) he did a lot of such kind of work long before. 4 The man wants to get the following details of the flights EXCEPT ( A) price. ( B) flying times. ( C) arrival times. ( D) return times. 5 According to the conversation, the man is likely to
5、( A) buy the flight leaving at Beijing at 7:30 on Wednesday. ( B) choose the flight leaving from Paris on Thursday. ( C) choose the flight leaving from Berlin on Saturday. ( D) make his decision after being told all connecting flights. 6 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? ( A) The man wou
6、ld like to go to Paris on Thursday. ( B) The woman will send off the details of flights soon. ( C) The woman wont send the details of flights to the man. ( D) The woman wont tell the man all the connecting flights. 7 What are the two speakers mainly talking about? ( A) The assignment of their term p
7、aper. ( B) Their History class on Monday. ( C) The handout of their term paper. ( D) The different choices of topics. 8 Why cant the man copy the assignment from the womans notes? ( A) She has a moral objection. ( B) She didnt write down all of it. ( C) She never likes taking any notes. ( D) She rem
8、embers it well enough. 9 Which of the following topics is NOT a choice for the term paper? ( A) The Early Immigrants Life in America. ( B) The Breakout of World War I. ( C) The Idea of Progress in the 19th Century. ( D) The Breakout of World War II. 10 How does the woman think of the topic chosen by
9、 the man? ( A) Just a piece of cake. ( B) Full of challenge. ( C) Very interesting. ( D) Not mentioned. 11 A good speech is attributed to the following factors EXCEPT ( A) a well-planned outline. ( B) informative facts and figures. ( C) the orderly framework. ( D) the attractive content. 12 When giv
10、ing a speech, you should NOT ( A) organize it in terms of their importance and your purpose. ( B) begin with the most important point and move to the least important. ( C) choose the topic according to your personal habit and purpose. ( D) begin with the least important point and end with the most i
11、mportant. 13 According to the passage, which of the following is more necessary to make a speech? ( A) A proper framework. ( B) Intonation. ( C) Correct use of grammar. ( D) Good pronunciation. 14 The passage is mainly about ( A) how to begin a speech. ( B) how to discuss a speech. ( C) how to prepa
12、re a speech. ( D) how to end a speech. 15 Many Americans dont live in large, two and three story houses because ( A) they cant afford to. ( B) they feel lonely. ( C) big houses are too far. ( D) they prefer apartments. 16 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? ( A) People will decorate the ho
13、use with new style furniture after buying it. ( B) All people are more willing to buy a house than to build a new one. ( C) Many older people will sell their house after their children leave. ( D) Its difficult for people in America to find an old house to buy. 17 What problems will people have afte
14、r they buy a house? ( A) They have to furnish their own houses. ( B) They have to do their 6wn maintenance. ( C) They cant make the rest of the payment. ( D) Theyre not allowed to design their homes. 18 The Chinese government takes the following measures to ensure the food security EXCEPT ( A) contr
15、ol the whole process of food production. ( B) require the concerted efforts of different sectors. ( C) order the local governments to take the responsibility. ( D) punish the manufacturers who produce unsafe food. 19 According to the passage, which of the following is the main means of safety superv
16、ision? ( A) Local supervision. ( B) Sectional supervision. ( C) Supervision of different varieties. ( D) Governmental supervision. 20 Which department supervises food circulation and distribution? ( A) The quality supervision and inspection department. ( B) The department of industry and commerce. (
17、 C) The agriculture department. ( D) The health department. 21 When did the accident take place? ( A) Monday. ( B) Tuesday. ( C) Thursday. ( D) Wednesday. 22 According to the news, Phillips ( A) was in great danger. ( B) escaped aboard a lifeboat. ( C) was released by the pirates. ( D) was a Danish.
18、 23 According to the news item, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( A) made great effort to arrest the Somali pirates. ( B) sent soldiers to fight with the Somali pirates. ( C) negotiated with the pirates to release Phillips. ( D) gave much money to the pirates to exchange Phillips. 24 The project
19、 led by Noriko Arai aims at ( A) seeing how fast artificial intelligence might replace the human brain. ( B) developing a machine to replace human being. ( C) preparing students for the University of Tokyos entrance exam. ( D) clarifying what is missing in the University of Tokyo. 25 Why are the tax
20、i drivers in Jerusalem offered English courses? ( A) To improve customer service. ( B) To allow them to chat freely with foreign drivers. ( C) To instruct them how to ask for tips. ( D) To teach them about foreign cultural heritage. 26 Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? ( A) The courses
21、 will last for 60 hours. ( B) The courses will be held in groups of 17. ( C) The courses will cost 17. ( D) The courses will focus on correcting pronunciation. 27 According to the news, the earthquake in Italy ( A) had caused totally 284 people to die. ( B) made hundreds of people homeless at last.
22、( C) only took place once until now. ( D) was paid much attention by the government. 28 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? ( A) Mexican government goes in for a fierce battle with drug traffickers. ( B) Drug traffickers import illegal drugs to the United States. ( C) Drug traffickers expo
23、rt legal drugs to the United States. ( D) Mexico alone can shut down the flow of drugs into the United States. 29 What is the U.S.s reaction to the illegal drug trade? ( A) No official has been sent to Mexico to handle the trafficking threat. ( B) Obama makes great effort to avoid the flow of illega
24、l drugs into the U.S. ( C) Obama administration doesnt respond to the violence by drug gangs. ( D) The United States has reduced the flowing number of illegal drugs. 30 What is the news item mainly about? ( A) Thousands of people get bitten by snakes for a lack of attention each year. ( B) A shortag
25、e of proper treatment in poor countries endangers peoples life. ( C) Snakes endanger peoples life and how to avoid being bitten by snakes. ( D) People bitten by snakes may die or suffer disability for a shortage of treatment. 专业英语四级(听力)模拟试卷 195答案与解析 SECTION B CONVERSATIONS In this section you will h
26、ear 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. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and
27、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: Good morning Im Miss Jordan. Youve applied for the Laboratory Assistants position, right? M: Yes, Miss Jordan. When I saw it advertised, I thought it would really suit me. W: Do y
28、ou know exactly what you would be doing as a Laboratory Assistant? M: Well, I dont really know for sure, but I think its got something to do with helping out the scientists in the laboratory, hasnt it? W: What were your favorite subjects at school? M: Maths and Science were my favorite subjects at s
29、chool. I also enjoyed doing History. W: What sort of student do you regard yourself as? M: I suppose Im a diligent student. I passed all my tests and enjoyed studying subjects that interested me. W: Do you have any further plans for further study? M: Well, Ive thought about doing the part-time Chemi
30、stry Certificate course at Technical College. I think I would really benefit from doing that. W: Well, we have a lot of other applicants for this position. Why do you think that you deserve to get the job? M: Ive found out a lot about this type of work and my research suggests that I would be quite
31、capable of doing the work involved. I also think I would be able to handle any training course well. W: OK. Thats all. Thank you for coming along to the interview. Ill call you as soon as possible. 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 女面试官问男士是否申请了实验室助理 (Laboratory Assistant)一职,男士回答是。故答案为 A。预读选项发现都是关于 Assistant的,故听音时要集
32、中精力听其前面的那个单词。对话开头很重要,常设考点。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士提到, Maths和 Science是他最喜欢的科目;此外,他也喜欢History。 D中的 preferred对应对话中的 favorite、 enjoyed。只有 Chemistry未提及,故选 D。解答 EXCEPT题型,常采用排除法。 A、 B、 C在对话中均有提及,将它们排除后答案显然是 D。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士提到,他的研究表明他完全有能力做好相关的工作。故 B正确。 A、 C利用个别原词制造语音干扰; D貌似与录音原文非常匹配
33、,但其含义“很久以前做过一些此类工作 ”与对话中的 “关于这类工作我查找到一些信息 ”相去甚远。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W: Good morning, Atlantic Travel in Beijing. Can I help you? M: Good morning. This is Eric Brown from the OS Corp. Id like some information on flights to London. W: London? M: Yes. Could you please give me details of frequency of fl
34、ights, fares and departure and arrival times? W: Oh, well, Im afraid there seems to be only one direct flight a week. Thats on Wednesday, leaving Beijing at 7:30, arriving Gatwick Airport at 17:30 local time the next day. M: Only one in a week. Mm, I wonder if you could check on flights through othe
35、r European capitals Paris, Brussels, for example. W: Yes, if youll just hold on a moment, Ill check it for you. Ah. theres a flight from Paris on Thursdays and from Berlin every Saturday and Monday. Would you like me to work out all the connecting flights? M: Yes, please. You can also check on fligh
36、ts from Hong Kong. W: Actually, Id better just check up on this. Do you think you could possibly ring back in say, half an hour? We dont get many inquiries for London and I may have overlooked something. or I could put the information in the post if you wish. M: Yes, Id prefer that, and will you als
37、o enclose details of fares, flying times and return flights? If you could let us have it as soon as possible, Id be grateful. W: Ill send it off today. 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 男士提到,他想知道飞行频率、价格、起飞与抵达的时间。 A项price对应对话中的 fares, B项 flying times对应 departure times, C有直接提及,只有 D未提及,故选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析
38、】 尽管 A、 B、 C中的航班信息在对话中均有提及,但男士并未做出明确的选择,而且他还想从女士那里知道更多相关的航班信息。因此,选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题 解析】 对话末尾,女士说 “我今天就会把它 (即关于 all the connecting flights方面的信息 )寄给你 (即男士 )”。由此可知, B正确。 B、 C含义相反,答案往往来自其中之一; C、 D含义相近,可考虑同时排除;据此可初步判断, B正确。男士要去 London而非 Paris,且时间尚未确定,故 A错。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Maggie. Do
39、you know what the assignment is for our term paper in History? W: Sure. Well, Jack, werent you in class on Monday? Thats when it was given out. M: No. I missed that class. Was there a handout? W: No, the instructor just wrote the assignment on the board. M: Could I copy the assignment from your note
40、s? W: You could, if I had copied it all down; but I just wrote down the part that I wanted. M: Oh, no. W: You see, there were three choices of topics for a term paper; but I knew which one I wanted, so I didnt copy the others down. Mine was “The Early Immigrants Life in America.“ M: Can you remember
41、 the other two? W: There was one about the Breakout of World War I, something about it, but I dont remember what, and another called “The Idea of Progress in the 19th Century.“ M: Anyway, those are certainly broad topics. W: Yes, but you can focus on a special area within them. Which one would you t
42、ake? M: I think Id take “The Idea of Progress.“ W: That is very abstract. M: Yes, but its one of my interests and Ive read a lot on the subject. Ive never written a term paper on it though. W: Me neither. I havent even read about it. Its a very challenging topic. M: Yes, but Ill go all out to do it
43、well. Could you give me some suggestions after I finish it? W: OK, Id love to. Then we can exchange our ideas. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 对话开头,男士就问女士是否知道历史老师布置学期论文写什么。由此可知,整个对话将围绕学期论文的布置情况而展开,故选 A。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说,如果她已经记下所有内容,他就可以摘抄;但事实上她只记下了她想要的内容。故答案为 B。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题可采用排除法
44、解答。 A、 B、 C在对话中均有提及,只有 D未提及,故答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 女士说,这个主题 (指代 The Idea of Progress)非常具有挑战性。 B项 Full of challenge为对话中 challenging的同义表达,故 B正确。 A与对话含义相反; C是男士的看法;对话中已明确提及女士的观点,故 D不对。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【听力原文】 When you are preparing a speech either to be delivered to a small group of people or
45、 in public to a large audience, you must think how to begin and end it. A nice and attractive speech depends on a series of factors. Among them a well-planned outline or a set of subtopics seem necessary to build up a logic clue. To comb your thoughts, informative facts and figures which support you
46、r points, you should know something about the orderly framework of a speech. A very common way to organize the ideas in a speech is to arrange them in order of their importance. There are two ways to do this: you can discuss the most important point first and work down to the least important point,
47、or you can begin with the least important and end with the most important. The way you choose depends on your topic and purpose; both ways can be effective. Besides, do remember that good pronunciation, intonation and correct use of grammar alone do not necessarily make a speech. You also need a pro
48、per framework to ensure the success of your speech thoughts. 11 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 在谈到一个好的演讲包含哪些因素时, a well-planned outline(即A), informative facts and figures (即 B)以及 the orderly framework(即 C)均有提及,只有 D未提及。故选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文中提到,演讲的方式取决于不同的话题和目的 (topic and purpose)。 C中的 personal habit
49、在原文中并未提及,故答案为 C。本题也可采用排除法, A、 B、 D在原文中均有提及,均不符合题意,故可排除。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 短文末尾提到,仅仅有 good pronunciation(即 D), correct use of grammar(即 C)和 intonation(即 B)并不意味着能做好演讲,还需要一个适当的框架 (a proper framework)才能确保演讲的成功,故 A正确。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 短文开头提到,在准备演讲 (preparing a speech) 时,必须考虑如何开始以及如何结束 (how to begin and end it)。由此可知,本文是关于如何准备演讲的,故答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【听力原文】 In the United States, many people once lived in large, two- and three-story homes. Today, many people would like to live in such houses but most