1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 299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 Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
4、 1. Practice in a【 T1】 environment【 T1】 _ Receive feedback about their【 T2】【 T2】 _ Practice in an international organization holding【 T3】【 T3】 _ Members obtain advice about speeches and【 T4】【 T4】 _ 2. Simplify and break it down Make complex, sophisticated activity more【 T5】【 T5】 _ Divided into three
5、 parts Physical message:【 T6】【 T6】 _ 【 T7】 message: make full use of PowerPoint【 T7】 _ Story message:【 T8】 of presentation【 T8】 _ 3. Videotaping Study how you【 T9】 your audience【 T9】 _ Watch models of good speeches online and【 T10】【 T10】 _ 2 【 T1】 3 【 T2】 4 【 T3】 5 【 T4】 6 【 T5】 7 【 T6】 8 【 T7】 9 【
6、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. After each question there will be a ten-second pause.
7、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） To see her new electronic devices. （ B） To show his entertainment center. （ C） To bring some textbooks to her. （
8、D） To get back his textbooks from her. （ A） By her student credit card. （ B） By using her dads credit card. （ C） By her own allowance. （ D） By borrowing money from parents. （ A） Because she needs to fly home over the school break. （ B） Because her roommate will fly to Hawaii to buy new clothes. （ C）
9、 Because she and her roommate need to attend a conference. （ D） Because shell travel with her roommate over the school break. （ A） A wireless TV. （ B） A DVD player. （ C） An iPhone. （ D） An iPad. （ A） Offer solutions to the womans issue. （ B） Criticise the womans spending habits. （ C） Cancel the plan
10、e tickets. （ D） Pay off the womans credit card bill. （ A） Two. （ B） Three. （ C） Four. （ D） Five. （ A） Media Studies. （ B） Communication Studies. （ C） Telecommunication. （ D） Modem Arts. （ A） Because he is not so keen on history. （ B） Because hes already done a lot on history. （ C） Because he thinks
11、the lecturers are not good. （ D） Because he thinks the option is quite boring. （ A） Historical issues. （ B） Womens issues. （ C） Current issues. （ D） Mens issues. （ A） It is very difficult. （ B） It is quite useless. （ C） It may be less helpful. （ D） It made many things clear. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 299答案与解析
12、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 be read sentence by sent
13、ence, 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】 Changing Rate of Employment West Germany had one of the lowest rates of unemployment back in 1980. / But then over the next three yea
14、rs it rose quite sharply and steadily. / The United States has had ups and downs, / or rather, its the only country to show a significant drop in the number of unemployed. / This is due to high interest rates, / which havent helped the rest of the world. / In 1980 the rate was about the same as Fran
15、ce and Great Britain, at about seven percent. / This rose to 7.5 percent in 1981, / and then peaked the following year at over nine percent. / 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION A TALK In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at ANSWER SHEET ONE and write
16、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 【听力原文】 Improve Your Public Speaking Skills Students in American s
17、chools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about objects they bring in to school called “show and tell“; this training is a basis for later public speaking. Even so, many native Englis
18、h-speaking adults are afraid to speak or give presentations in front of a large group. There is a large industry of consultants who train professionals in public speaking. Today, well cover this topic and help you conquer the fear of public speaking. 1First of all, the best way to improve is to prac
19、tice public speaking in a friendly environment. 2Learners need to receive feedback about what they are doing well and about their mistakes. One group that gives members the chance to practice is Toastmasters. 3Toastmasters is an international organization that holds weekly meetings. 4At the meetings
20、, members each give a speech and give others advice about their speeches and speaking style. Second, simplify and break it down. The central thing to remember about public speaking or presentation is that its a very complex, sophisticated communicative activity. For non-native speakers its a really
21、scary activity. 5 So to make that more simplistic and easy for them, and to keep it from being so overwhelming, because therere so many things going on, the approach that Ive taken is to divide public speaking into three parts: the physical message, the visual message, and the story message, and foc
22、us on one thing each time. 6If we observe a presentation, theres what I call the physical message. Its basically body language. Its the way that my body, as a speaker, is talking to the audience: how I move my lips, my head, my hands, how I stand, how I make eye contacts with my audience. My body co
23、mmunicates how I feel and how I want my audience to feel to them. 7Then theres also the visual message. The visual message (s) are the slides that we now make and show the audience: what we call as a PowerPoint. Make full use your slides, especially when you have photos, graphics, data, and so on, w
24、hich speak to the audience in a more direct, vivid manner. The third message is the story message. 8The story message is the content of our presentation. So another way we can think of the story message is that its the verbal message, its what we say to the audience. The story message also includes
25、how we organize our ideas to present to the audience. Another trick is videotaping. Many of you now have a phone or device that can take videos. Ask a friend to videotape your speech or presentation. 9Using these videos, you can watch yourself and see how you appeared to your audience. 10You can als
26、o watch models of good speeches on the Internet and learn from watching videos of public speaking experts. Speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. And the second is death. Anyway, overwhelming as public speaking is, it still could be managed and improved
27、 through practice. 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 friendly 【试题解析】 本题考查对要点的把握。录音在阐述第一个主观点时提到：练习公众演讲应该在一个友好的环境里进行 (in a friendly environment)，故应填入friendly一词。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 strengths and mistakes advantages and mistakes 【试题解析】 本题考查细节及对信息的理解和整理。录音指出：练习者应该得到两方面的反馈：做的好的方面及所犯 错误的方面 (what they are doing well and a
28、bout their mistakes)，因此考生应把信息提炼出来并用简单的词汇进行总结，如strengths and mistakes或 advantages and mistakes；其他能表达 what they are doing well的词也正确。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 weekly meetings 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。录音指出： Toastmasters给会员机会练习公共演讲，它是一个每 周举行例会的国际组织 (that holds weekly meetings) 。故填入weekly meetings。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 spea
29、king style 【试题解析】 本题考查对信息的提炼。录音提到，参加 Toastmasters的人做演讲，并为他人的演讲提供演讲本身及演讲风格的建议 (advice about their speeches and speaking style)。故填入 speaking style。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答 案】 simplistic and easy 【试题解析】 本题考查对大意的理解及细节的捕捉。录音提到，公共演讲是一项极其复杂的交际活动，因此我们应该尽量把它简化、使其更容易 (more simplistic and easy)。故填入 simplistic and eas
30、y。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 body language 【试题解析】 本题考查对分论点的把握。录音提到，观察一个演讲的行为可以称之为物理信息 (physical message)，也就是身体语言 (body language)，故填入 body language。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 Visual 【试题解析】 本题考查对分论点的把握。录音指出：公共演讲的第二部分是visual message(视觉信息 )，故填入 Visual。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 content 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。录音提到，故事信息 (story message
31、)是演讲的内容(the content of our presentation)，因此此处应填 content。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 appealed to 【试题解析】 本题考查细节。录音提到，通过观看自己演讲的录像，演讲者可以观察自己是如何感染观众的 (appealed to your audience)。注意的是录像是记录已经发生了的演讲，因此填入过去式 appealed to。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 learn from experts 【试题解析】 本文考查对细节的理解和概括。录音提出，演讲者可以在网上观看演讲专家优秀的演讲示范来学习 (lear
32、n from watching videos of public speaking experts)，即向这些演讲专家学习，因此本空填入 learn from experts。 【知识模块】 听力 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
33、 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. 12 【听力原文】 M: Hi, Sis. 1I just came over to
34、 drop off the textbooks you wanted, and. Hey, wow! Where did you get all of this stuff? W: I bought it. So, what do you think of my new entertainment center? And the widescreen TV. M: Bought it? W: . and my new DVD player. Here, let me show you my stereo. You can really rock the house with this one.
35、 M: But where did you get the money to buy all this? You didnt borrow money from mom and dad again, did you? W: Of course not. I got it with this! M: This? Let me see that. Have you been using Dads credit card again? W: No, silly. 2Its mine. Its student credit card. M: A student credit card? How in
36、the world did you get one of these? W: I got an application in the mail. M: Well, why did you get one in the first place? W: Listen. Times are changing, and having a credit card helps you build a credit rating, control spending, and even buy things that you cant pay with cash. like the plane ticket
37、I got recently. M: What plane ticket? W: Oh yeah, 3my roommate and I are going to Hawaii over the school break, and I needed some new clothes for that so. M: I dont want to hear it. How does having a student credit card control spending? It sounds youve spent yourself in a hole. Anyway, student cred
38、it cards just lead to impulse spending. as I can see here. And the interest rates of student credit cards are usually sky-high, and if you miss a payment, the rates just jump! W: Ah. The credit card has a credit limit. M: How much? . of $20,000? W: No, not quite that high. About $2,000. So you see I
39、 wont spend too much. M: Ive heard enough. W: Did I tell you that the TV is a wireless one? We can connect it to the computer without an Ethernet cable. 4Oh, and heres your birthday present. A new iPad. Surprise! M: Yeah. Oh, dont tell me. Charged on the credit card. Listen. Hey, I dont think having
40、 a student credit card is a bad idea, but this is ridiculous. And how in the world are you going to pay off your credit card bill? W: Well, with my birthday money? Its coming up in a week. M: 5Hey, lets sit down and talk about how youre going to pay things back, and maybe we can come up with a budge
41、t that will help you get out of this mess. Wed better stop making things worse. 1 Why does the man visit the woman? 2 How did the woman get the money to buy all the stuff? 3 Why does the woman buy the plane tickets? 4 What birthday present does the woman give to the man? 5 What will the man and woma
42、n probably do next? 12 【正 确答案】 C 【试题解析】 四个选项都是不定式短语，可预测本题问原因或目的。 对话开头，男士说我只是过来拿几本你需要的课本给你，由此可得出，男士拜访女士的主要目的是拿课本给女士，因此 C项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 选项都以 By开头，可预测本题问做某事的方式。 对话中男士询问女士哪里有钱买这么多新设备。质疑她是否又向父母借钱或者又使用父亲的信用卡买单，对此女士的回答是 “用的是自己的学生信用卡 ”，因此 A项为正确答案。 B项 “使用他爸爸的信用卡 ”、 C项 “她自己的零用钱 ”以及 D项 “借
43、父母的钱 ”都不符合原文的对话内容，可以排除。 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 选项都以 Because开头，可预测做某事的原因。 对话中女士谈及使用信用卡的好处，并以 “买飞机票 ”作为例子说明。此时，男士询问她 “买什么飞机票 ”，女士的回答是她和室友在学校放假的时候会去夏威夷。而且她还需要买一些新衣服。由此可以推断，女士和室友去夏威夷应该是去度假，因此 D项内容与对话内容最符合，为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确 答案】 D 【试题解析】 对话中，女士介绍完她买的电视机的新功能之后，送给男士一台新的 iPad作为生日礼物。因此 D项为正确答案。 【知
44、识模块】 听力 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 在对话中，男士对于女士使用信用卡透支消费的方式一直表示不认同，认为女士可能没办法还清透支的钱，因此在对话结束之际，他提议和女士坐下来一起好好谈谈如何还款，解决问题，因此 A项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【听力原文】 W: Come in. Oh hello Jack. Have a seat. Right. you said you wanted to see me to talk about your options next semester? M: Thats right. We have to decide by the
45、 end of next week. 6Really, Id like to do all five options but we have to choose two, dont we? W: Yes, thats right, and the choice depends on your major to some extent. 7Youre majoring in Communication Studies, arent you? M: 7Thats right. W: So, for example, the Media Studies Option will cover quite
46、 a lot of the same area you did in the core module on mass communications this semester the development of the media through the last two centuries, in relation to political and social issues. M: Mmm. Well, that was interesting, but Ive decided Id rather do something completely new. Theres a Womens
47、Studies option, isnt there? W: Yes, “Women and Power“ again it has a historical focus, it aims to contextualise womens studies by looking at the legal and social situation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. M: So it would be useful if I intended to specialise in womens studies. but Im
48、not sure I do actually. W: Well, it might still be useful to give you an idea of the issues involved. Its taught by Dr. White. M: Oh, really? Ill sign up for that, then. What about the option on Culture and Society? W: That addresses the historical debate on the place of culture since the Industrial
49、 Revolution in Britain. M: So a historical focus again. W: Do I get the message youre not so keen on history? M: 8I like history; its just we seem to have done quite a lot this semester. Anyway, Ill think about that one. W: 9If youre interested in a course focusing on current issues theres the option on Identity and Popular Culture. That approaches the subject through things like contemporary film,
