1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 241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. SECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look
3、at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 1 5 Ways to Just Enjoy Retirement 1.
4、The purpose of this speech To help retirees find【 T1】 _ in retirement 2. Travel A【 T2】 _ of retired people Reasons why people took fewer trips after retirement 【 T3】 _ Lack of money 3.【 T4】 _ Working for some goal larger than themselves A part-time job 【 T5】 _ 4. Try something new Filling your time
5、Doing【 T6】 _things Providing a sense of【 T7】 _ 5. Find new friends Reason: Easy to get【 T8】 _ in retirement How to make new friends Traveling, volunteering or taking exercise classes Make yourself feel【 T9】 _ with new friends 6. Its OK to do【 T10】 _ The chance to quiet down and enjoy life 2 【 T1】 3
6、【 T2】 4 【 T3】 5 【 T4】 6 【 T5】 7 【 T6】 8 【 T7】 9 【 T8】 10 【 T9】 11 【 T10】 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. Afte
7、r 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. （ A） Borrowing a book from the library. （ B） Opening an account at t
8、he bank. （ C） Applying for the writing classes. （ D） Applying for membership of the library. （ A） Its free. （ B） Its 25 per year. （ C） Its 105 per year. （ D） Its 125 per year. （ A） Only students at North College can join it. （ B） The man can fill out the application form online. （ C） The man can onl
9、y borrow 8 items at a time. （ D） The man needs a credit card to apply for joining it. （ A） He cant borrow from it again. （ B） He will be imposed a fine. （ C） He can get an advance notice. （ D） He will be given a booklet. （ A） Thursday evenings. （ B） Friday evenings. （ C） Wednesday evenings. （ D） Tue
10、sday evenings. （ A） To ask about the job advertised in the newspaper. （ B） To enquire about the new bookcases advertised. （ C） To ask for information on the second-hand bookcases. （ D） To place an advertisement in the local newspaper. （ A） 75cm wide and 180cm high. （ B） 180cm wide and 75cm high. （ C
11、） 75cm wide and 118cm high. （ D） 118cm wide and 75cm high. （ A） Metal. （ B） Wood. （ C） Glass. （ D） Steel. （ A） It was painted white. （ B） It was used by her son. （ C） She bought it 5 years ago. （ D） She charges 60 for it. （ A） It is too expensive. （ B） It is not of good quality. （ C） He doesnt like
12、the color. （ D） It is out of date. 专业英语四级 （听力）模拟试卷 241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 a
13、nd 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 normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Family Holidays People used to spend their summer holidays at British res
14、orts / but nowadays more families prefer to go abroad. / A camping holiday is often the cheapest and easiest kind of holiday / for a family with children and many Britons choose this. / The hotels and travel agents in many resorts abroad / keep themselves busy in the winter by offering cheaper packa
15、ge holidays, / which include a flight and staying in a hotel. / Some offer a specially reduced holiday passage for the elderly people. / It is said that it costs the same amount / to go to Spain for the month of February as it does to stay in Britain. / 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION A TALK In this section you w
16、ill hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIR
17、TY seconds to preview the gap-filling task. 1 【听力原文】 5 Ways to Just Enjoy Retirement Retirement means a lot more than Social Security benefit and how to spend your pension. For example, what are you going to do when you get up in the morning? Youve worked for 30 or 40 years, and now its finally your
18、 turn to decide how to spend your days. What are you going to do with all that time? 1Here are five ways for retirees to find happiness in retirement: 1. Travel. According to a study, 2travel is one of the major goals of people looking forward to retirement. And some 70 percent of retirees say that
19、traveling has helped them enjoy life, improving their mood and lowering their stress levels. However, traveling can be expensive. A third of retirees say they actually took fewer trips after retirement than they did during the five years before retirement. 3Sometimes health issues get in the way, an
20、d many retirees admit they havent saved up enough money to do a lot of vacationing. But remember, travel does not have to include a Mediterranean cruise. It can also involve a weekend at the beach or a trip to visit the grandkids. 42. Use your skills. Many retirees want to be positive, keep busy and
21、 work with others for some goal larger than themselves. 5Sometimes this involves a part-time job, but more often it seems to lead to volunteer work. Retirees use their old skills in new ways. For example, a finance executive now raises money for his church, or a magazine editor teaches in the Englis
22、h department of his community college. 3. Try something new. 6One key to a happy retirement is not just filling your time, but doing things that are meaningful to you. Many people spent a lifetime at a job that provided an income to support themselves and their families, 7but did not provide a sense
23、 of fulfillment and real satisfaction. Retirement is an opportunity to create a life that more closely reflects who you really are, whether its starting a home-based business, learning how to paint, playing in a rock band or writing the history of your family. 4. Find new friends. 8Its easy to get l
24、onely in retirement, especially if youre retired and your partner and friends are still working, or if youve moved away from your longtime hometown. Some people, especially men, have invested more of their lives in the workplace, so they are used to meeting old friends from work and getting together
25、 for lunch or golf. But as time goes on and your work life became the past, its a good idea to make new friends, perhaps by traveling, volunteering or taking an exercise class at the fitness club. 9Make yourself feel more comfortable doing something together with them. 105. Its OK to do nothing. Man
26、y people feel that theyve been doing that for 40 years, and now they just want to quiet down and enjoy life. For some people retirement is their chance, at last, to sit around the kitchen table and read the newspaper, and then lie around in their backyard and watch the clouds drift by. And theres no
27、thing wrong with that. 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 happiness 【试题解析】 本 题考查对文章主要内容的理解。这篇讲座介绍五种如何快乐度过退休生活的方法 (five ways for retirees to find happiness in retirement)，即本讲座的目的是帮助退休人员享受退休生活，故填入 happiness。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 major goal 【试题解析】 本题考查考生对要点细节的把握。录音提到，根据调查，旅行是很多人盼望退休的主要原因之一 (one of the major goals) 。根据题纲
28、要求填入单数，故填入 major goal。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 Health issues 【试题解析】 本题考查退休人员度假减少的原因，录音提到，退休人员有时候是因为身体健康出现问题而没有去，还有些人没有存够钱去旅游。健康问题是原因之一，故填入 Health issues。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 Use your skills 【试题解析】 本题要求补充第二种快乐度过退休生活的建议。录音提到，要使用自己的技能获得快乐，故应填入 Use your skills。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 Volunteer work 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。
29、退休人员使用自己的技能，一般就是做做兼职 (a part-time job)，但更多时候从事志愿者工作 (volunteer work)，故填入 Volunteer work。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 meaningful 【试题解析】 本题考查关于 “尝试新事物 ”这一要点的具体细节。录音提到，快乐的退休生活不只是把时间排满 (not just filling your time)， 而是做对个人有意义的事情 (doing things that are meaningful to you)，此处要求填入修饰 “things”的词语，故填入 meaningful。 【知识模块】
30、 听力 8 【正确答案】 fulfillment and satisfaction 【试题解析】 本题同样考查细节。录音提到，过去人们工作是为了用收人供养自己的家庭，但未必能带来成就感和满足感 (a sense of fulfillment and real satisfaction)，而退休可以提供这样一 个机会。据此分析，退休人员尝试新事物 (try something new)，并可以为他们带来成就感和满足感，所以此处填入 fulfillment and satisfaction。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 lonely 【试题解析】 本题考查对第四个要点细节的把握。录音提到
31、，退休后容易感到寂寞 (easy to get lonely )，故填入 lonely。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 comfortable 【试题解析】 本题考查对第四个要点细节的 把握。讲话者指出通过旅行、做义工或到健身中心参加健身课程等能够结识新朋友，退休人员应该舒适自在地(comfortable)和新朋友们相处，故填入 comfortable。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 nothing 【试题解析】 本题考查对第五个要点的把握，录音提到，退休人员也可以什么都不做 (do nothing)，故填入 nothing。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B CON
32、VERSATIONS 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. During the pause, you should read th
33、e 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. 12 【听力原文】 W: Good morning, North College Library. How can I help you? M: 1I was wondering if it was possible to join the library. W: Are you a student at
34、North College? M: No. Im not, but someone told me it was possible to join, even if I wasnt. W: Thats right, it is. Are you over 18? Thats our minimum joining age. M: Yes, I am. W: Thats no problem then. M: Could you tell me what I have to do to join? W: Well, youll need to come in to the library and
35、 fill out some forms. Youll also need to bring two passport photos with you. We also need two documents for ID, so a driving license would be fine. M: Ive got that and what else? A credit card? W: No, it needs to have your address on it. M: Shall I bring a bank statement, would that do? W: Thatll be
36、 fine. M: Good. Does it cost anything to join? W: Well, 2its free for students here but otherwise its 125 per year or 25 if youve got a current student card from another college. M: 2I was at Westerley College until last year but now Ive got a job at Jeffersons steel factory. Er, its more expensive
37、than I thought. My local library is free. W: But youll find they dont have the range of reference books or facilities which we buy for our students. Thats why you have to pay to be an external member. M: I see. How many books can I borrow? W: 3 We allow twelve items borrowed at one time if youre a s
38、tudent and that includes CDs, DVDs and videos. However, its only eight items for members of the public. M: Fine. And how long can I have them for? W: Well, you can have both fiction and reference books for four weeks which isnt bad really. M: And what happens if I return them late? W: 4Like all libr
39、aries theres a fine system in place. The minimum fine is 1.5 but is can be much higher for some items up to 5 per week. Well give you a booklet with all the details when you join. M: OK Oh, by the way, another thing I was wondering about was if you ran any writing classes through the library? W: We
40、do, but youll have to speak to John Grantingham about that. He runs the creative writing classes. M: Are the classes here at the library? W: Yes, 5hes here on Thursday evenings, oh no sorry, Friday, hes just changed it. M: OK. Right, well thats about all I need to know. Thank you. Ill be along later
41、 this week to join. Thanks. Bye. 1. What is the conversation mainly about? 2. How much will it cost the man to join the library? 3. What do we learn about the library? 4. What if a person returns the borrowed books late? 5. When are creative writing classes given? 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项都是动名词短语，可推测问题很
42、可能跟对话的主题有关。 对话开头男士就讲到想了解关于申请图书馆会员的事项，接着对话中提到申请成为图书馆会员的一些条件和需准备的资料，以及会员借书的相关问题，最后还提到图书馆开设的写作课程。这都与申请图书馆会员这一主题相关，因此本题选D。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中女士介绍到，图书馆对本校学生免费，校外人员费用为每年 125英镑；如果是外校学生，费用则为每年 25英镑。男士提到去年还是Westerley大学的学生，不过现在已经开始工作了，所以男士如今被归为校外人员，需支付每年 125英镑，因此本题选 D。 A“免费 ”和 B“每年 25英镑 ”分别针对本校和
43、外校学生群体的，所以都不正确。 C“每年 105英镑 ”未在对话中提及。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 录音中男士问女士能借几本书，女士回答说学生可以借 12件物品，而社会人员则只能借 8件，所以本题选 C。 男士在录音中问到，听说不是North C0llege的学生也可以加入图书馆，女士给予肯定的回答，那么 A项有误。谈到加入图书馆的要求时，女士告诉男士需要来到图书馆并且填写表格，所以 B项的 online也是错误的。当男士问到是否需要信用卡时，女士回答说不用，所以D也不正确。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 当男士问到如果没能按时还书会
44、怎么样时，女士回答 “跟其他的图书馆一样，会有罚款机制 ”，后面具体讲到罚款的标准，因此 B“他会被处以罚款 ”为正确选项。 A“不能再从这里借书 ”、 C“会提前获得通知 ”都不符合对话 内容。 D项只是利用原文中的 give you a booklet做干扰。 【知识模块】 听力 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 选项都表示时间，而且为复数，可推测题目与某事通常发生的时间有关。 在讲到创意写作课的时间时，女士告知是每周四晚上课，但后来马上改口为每周五晚，因此本题选 B。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【听力原文】 W: Hello. M: Oh, hello. 6Im ringing ab
45、out the advertisement in yesterdays newspaper. the one for the bookcases. Can you tell me if theyre still available? W: Weve sold one, but we still have two available. M: Right. Er. can you tell me a bit about them? W: Sure, er. what do you want to know? M: Well, Im looking for something to fit in m
46、y study, so, well, Im not too worried about the height, but the widths quite important. Can you tell me how wide each of them is? W: Theyre both exactly the same size. Let me see, Ive got the details written down somewhere 7Yes, so theyre both 75 cm wide and 180 cm high. M: OK, fine, that should fit
47、 in OK And I dont want anything that looks too severe. not made of metal, for example. 8I was really looking for something made of wood? W: 8Thats all right, they are, both of them. M: So, are they both the same price as well? W: No, the first bookcase is quite a bit cheaper. 9Its just 15,00. We pai
48、d 60,00 for it just five years ago, so its very good value, its in perfectly good condition. It used to be in my sons room, but it could do with a fresh coat of paint. M: Oh, its painted? W: Yes. Its cream at present, but as I say you could easily change that if you wanted. to fit in with your colou
49、r scheme. M: Yes. Id probably paint it white if I got it. Lets see, what else. how many shelves has it got? W: Six. Two of them are fixed, and the other four are adjustable, so you can shift them up and down according to the sizes of your books. M: Right, fine. Well that certainly sounds like a possibility. W: But the second ones a lovely bookcase too. Thats not pai
