1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 343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 The English Renaissance I . Introdu
4、ction The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England. the 【 T1】 of the English Renaissance: the Elizabethan era 【 T1】 _ II. Literature 1. English literature increased as the 【 T2】 became common 【 T2】 _ 2. English theatre scene performed for the court and nobility in private
5、and 【 T3】 in 【 T3】 _ the theatres a host of playwrights and giant figures III. 【 T4】 【 T4】 _ 1. the artists of the Tudor court were mainly 【 T5】 【 T5】 _ 2. medieval 【 T6】 art were almost destroyed 【 T6】 _ 3. the skill of painting in England was all but ended IV. Architecture 1. the Elizabeth archite
6、cture influenced more by Northern Europe 2. large show houses 【 T7】 by the lavish use of glass 【 T7】 _ 3. 【 T8】 architecture continued in a late Gothic style 【 T8】 _ V. Criticism of the idea of the English Renaissance “renaissance“ implies “ 【 T9】 “ 【 T9】 _ “early modern“ is now preferred highlights
7、 the period as a 【 T10】 one 【 T10】 _ 2 【 T1】 3 【 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 a
8、nd 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 TWO. You have thirty seconds to preview the questions. （ A） Supportive. （ B）
9、 Neutral. （ C） Doubtful. （ D） Negative. （ A） It is convenient. （ B） It is dangerous. （ C） It is annoying. （ D） It is interesting. （ A） She always forgets to turn it off. （ B） She has to make business calls at night. （ C） She doesnt want to miss any phone calls. （ D） She always receives evening calls
10、. （ A） It makes people unhealthy. （ B） It makes people depressed. （ C） It brings people more work. （ D） It makes the work complicated. （ A） To encourage people to think more about nature. （ B） To explain how the great theory came out. （ C） To show the necessity of sitting silently. （ D） To emphasize
11、 the importance of being alone. （ A） To become more artistic. （ B） To benefit from the culture. （ C） To brighten up the office. （ D） To lift peoples morale. （ A） It will take a long time to do it. （ B） Everyone has his own sense of beauty. （ C） It will cost too much to buy the artwork. （ D） There is
12、 no enough space to display art. （ A） Landscape paintings. （ B） Traditional art. （ C） Photos of nature. （ D） Abstract modern art. （ A） They are easy to interpret. （ B） They can be found everywhere. （ C） They look very genuine. （ D） They are a little boring. （ A） Renting artworks and renewing them re
13、gularly. （ B） Buying some artworks and leasing them. （ C） Hanging different artworks in various hallways. （ D） Making a large piece of art by themselves. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 343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. Du
14、ring 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 sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during th
15、is time you should check your work. 1 【正确答案】 Americans Personality Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. / Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more casual / than friendships among people from other cultures. / Besides, Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence
16、 during a conversation. / They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, / for example, than deal with silence. / On the other hand, dont expect Americans to be knowledgeable / about international geography or world affairs, / unless those subjects directly involve the United
17、States. / Because some Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world. 【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 NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure the word (s) you fill i
18、n 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】 The English Renaissance Good morning, everybody. Today we are going to talk about the so-called English Renaissance. The English R
19、enaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th to the early 17th century. The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken as 1485, when the Battle of Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. But Renaissance styles and
20、 ideas were slow in penetrating England, (1) and the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually regarded as the height of the English Renaissance. Firstly, we will talk about literature. (2) England had a long strong tradition of literature in the English vernacular, which gra
21、dually increased as the printing press became common by the mid-16th century. (3) The English theatre scene, which performed both for the court and nobility in private performances, and a very wide public in the theatres, was the most crowded in Europe, with a host of other playwrights as well as th
22、e giant figures of Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Elizabeth herself was a product of Renaissance humanism trained by Roger Ascham, and wrote occasional poems at critical moments of her life. (4) The second we turn to is visual arts. (5) England was very slow to produce visual arts
23、in Renaissance styles, and the artists of the Tudor court were mainly imported foreigners until after the end of the Renaissance. (6) The English Reformation produced a huge programme of iconoclasm that destroyed almost all medieval religious art, and all but ended the skill of painting in England.
24、English art was to be dominated by portraiture, and then later landscape art, for centuries to come. Architecture is also prosperous during the Renaissance. Despite some buildings in a partly Renaissance style from the reign of Henry VIII, it was not until the Elizabethan architecture of the end of
25、the century that a true Renaissance style emerged, influenced far more by Northern Europe than Italy. (7) The most famous buildings are large show houses constructed for courtiers, and characterized by the lavish use of glass. (8) Church architecture essentially continued in a late Gothic style unti
26、l the Reformation, and then stopped almost completely. (9) Historians have begun to consider the word “renaissance“ as an unnecessarily loaded word that implies an unambiguously positive “rebirth“ from the supposedly more primitive Middle Ages. (10) Many historians and cultural historians now prefer
27、 to use the term “early modern“ for this period, a term that highlights the period as a transitional one that led to the modern world, but attempts to avoid positive or negative connotations. Thats all for todays lecture. 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 height 【试题解析】 讲座提到了英国文艺复兴的起始时间。由句 (1)可知， 16世纪后半叶的伊丽莎白时代通常被认
28、为是英国文艺复兴的高潮时期。因此填入 height。 【 知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 printing press 【试题解析】 此处讲到第一个要点：文艺复兴时期英国文学的发展。由句 (2)可知，英国具有悠久稳固的文学传统，而且随着 16世纪中期印刷机的普遍使用，英国文学逐渐有了进一步的发展。因此填入 printing press。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 the public 【试题解析】 此处讲到了文艺复兴时期英国剧场的兴盛。由句 (3)可知，英国的剧场是欧洲最拥挤的剧场，它不仅为宫廷和贵族私下演出，也在戏院为广大民众演 出。因此填入 the public。 【知识模
29、块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 Visual arts 【试题解析】 由句 (4)可知，第二个关于英国文艺复兴的要点是视觉艺术。因此填入 Visual arts，一级提纲，注意第一个单词的首字母大写。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 imported foreigners 【试题解析】 由句 (5)可知，英国文艺复兴风格的视觉艺术发展缓慢，都铎王朝的艺术家主要来自于国外，直到文艺复兴结束。因此填入 imported foreigners。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 religious 【试题解析】 由句 (6)可知，英国宗教改革引发了大规模的反传统运动，几乎摧毁了所有中世纪的宗
30、教艺术，也几乎终结了英国的绘画技术。因此填入religious。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 characterized 【试题解析】 由句 (7)可知，最著名的建筑是为朝臣建造的大型样板房，其特点是玻璃的大量使用。因此填入 characterized。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 church 【试题解析】 由句 (8)可知，直到宗教改革时期，英国的教堂建筑一直延续的是后哥特式风格。因此填入 church。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 rebirth 【试题解析】 由句 (9)可知，历史学家认为 “renaissance(文艺复兴 )”这个词具有多余的含义，暗
31、含了一种从更远古的中世纪 “重生 ”的明确的积极含义。因此填入rebirth。 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 transitional 【试题解析】 由句 (10)可知，许多历史学家和文化史学家现在更 愿意使用 “现代早期 ”这一术语表示这一时期，这一术语突出这个时期是通向现代的过渡阶段。因此填入 transitional。 【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
32、 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 TWO. You have thi
33、rty seconds to preview the questions. 12 【听力原文】 W: Hey George, take a look at this article. It says several major airlines are considering allowing people to use their cell phones while in the air. M: (1) Oh no, really? Thats one of the worst ideas Ive ever heard. W: Oh? Why do you feel that way? M:
34、 Well, I fly for business quite frequently, and a plane is now one of the last places where I dont have to hear people chatting on cell phones. I really enjoy the peace and quiet. W: (2) But it would be so convenient if we were able to make calls during long flights. Just think of how much work we c
35、ould get done! M: I think perhaps people are taking the idea of multitasking a little bit too far. I get calls from people on my cell phone and they say things like “ Where were you? Ive been trying to reach you all afternoon. “ Well, I was on the golf course and I turned off my cell phone. Is that
36、a crime? W: I see what you mean. We are so connected these days that there is hardly any time for peace and quiet. Ill tell you a secret thats a little embarrassing: (3)I leave my cell phone on all night long, just in case a call comes in. M: I know lots of people who do that. They say, “What if the
37、re is an emergency?“ I guess I can understand why someone would feel that way, but I think sometimes we need to turn off our cell phones and tune out all the noises. W: I can see your point. I get really frustrated by businesspeople that seem to never put down their cell phones. I have to listen to
38、their long, boring conversations and there is really no way I can tune it out. M: So people take calls every two or three minutes! Most of the time I think business conversations can probably wait until you get back to the office. W: Thats true. (4) We might actually be making more work for ourselve
39、s by this constant need to stay in touch. M: If they allow cell phones on airplanes, were going to have to hear even more hours of endless chatter. W: We really dont get a lot of quiet time these days. M: Yeah. (5) We sometimes need to be alone in order to think. Many famous people discovered import
40、ant things when they were just sitting silently by themselves. You know the story about Isaac Newton, right? W: Yep. He came up with the theory of gravity while sitting in a field and watching an apple fall from a tree. M: He probably wouldnt have had time to think about gravity if he was talking on
41、 his cell phone. W: Thats right. 1. What is the mans attitude towards the idea of using cell phones on planes? 2. What does the woman think about using cell phones on planes? 3. Why does the woman leave her cell phone on all night? 4. What does the woman say about the constant contact by phones? 5.
42、Why does the man mention the story of Newton? 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由句 (1)可知，当男士听到几个主要的航空公司在考虑允许乘客在飞机上使用手机的消息后，他表示难以置信，并说这是他听过最坏的消息之一。可见，他的态度是反对的。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 由句 (2)可知，女士认为如果能在长途飞行中打电话将非常方便。因此答案为 A。 【知识模块】 听 力 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由句 (3)可知，女士一整晚都不关手机，是为了防止错过来电。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力
43、15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 由句 (4)可知，女士认为我们对沟通的这种不断需求，实际上可能会给自己带来更多的工作。因此答案为 C。 【知识模块】 听力 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 由句 (5)可知，男士在提及牛顿的事例之前指出，我们有时候为了思考需要独处，很多名人都是在他们独自静处时发现了重要的事情。由此可见，男士提及 牛顿的事例是在强调独处的重要性。因此答案为 D。 【知识模块】 听力 17 【听力原文】 M: Hey, Felicia. Do you have time for a quick conversation? W: Sure, boss. Whats up?
44、 M: I was walking through the hallways of our office yesterday, and it struck me that we could use a little beautification around here. W: Are you thinking about repainting the hallways? M: Well, (6-1) actually I was considering buying some art to display around the office and factory grounds. I thi
45、nk we could all benefit from a little touch of culture, dont you think? W: Yes, thats a great idea. I think looking at beautiful things helps lift morale. M: Yeah, thats what I was thinking. (6-2) It might brighten up the office and lift peoples spirits a bit as well. Im not really sure about what k
46、ind of art to buy though. W: (7) That is a tricky issue. Everyone has different tastes. You know the old expression: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. “ M: What about you, Felicia? What kind of art do you like? W: Well, (8-1) actually I like abstract modern art. I feel modern art is open to int
47、erpretation. Each person looks at the painting with a different understanding and gets a different message from it. (8-2) Sometimes I find landscape paintings or more traditional art to be a bit boring. M: Yes, I would agree with that. I dont want any pictures of fruit in bowls hanging on our walls.
48、 It needs to be something inspirational! W: How about you, boss? What kind of art inspires you? M: (9) Im a big fan of photography. I like real images captured by a camera. Theyre so genuine, and I find that I dont get tired of looking at them over and over again. W: I often go to photography exhibi
49、tions at the local museum. Sometimes the pictures are of nature, you know, wild animals or sunsets, and that kind of thing. M: Yes, I like to hang out at the museum as well. Im also a big fan of sculpture. Last time I was in Italy, I made a special trip to go to see Michelangelos “David“. Its really a very impressive work of art. W: Id love to see that! I was in Paris two years ago, and I spent half my time there walking aro
