1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 37及答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the pass
2、age will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 37答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the
3、 following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read 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
4、15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute 1 【正确答案】 Superstition 迷信 One person in four in Britain is, apparently, superstitious, / and theyll do everything from hanging horseshoes over their firepla
5、ce to crossing their fingers, / touching wood and absolutely never walking under a ladder. / And theyre careful about cats. / Black cats are supposed to be the familiars of witches, / so if one is following you its definitely bad luck a witch is after you! / On the other hand, if one crosses your pa
6、th and continues / then its good luck because it hasnt noticed you. / However, in some places the beliefs are different / so it pays to know where your black cat comes from! / Old superstitions linger even in todays modern world. / The author Philip Pullman drew on them / in his award winning novel
7、His Dark Materials”. / The novel, which appeals to both children and adults, / has been adapted for radio and also the theatre. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Graduate Student研究生 Graduate students specialize in a particular field of study. / They study to become experts in this field / and to learn new advan
8、ces in their fields while they earn an M.A. or Ph.D. / Sometimes when they get an M. A. in one field they begin studying another field. / They hope that when they earn their graduate degrees / they will succeed in finding important jobs. / They hope to get jobs that are interesting and high paying.
9、/ The life of a graduate student is often difficult. / They are usually too busy studying to make a good living. / Often they have to pay high tuition fees for their education. / Some give up studying before they get their degrees. / But most keep on working at their studies until they graduate. / I
10、n todays world, most graduate students dont regret spending time with their studies. / They are finding that new developments are occurring in all fields. / For many graduate study has become a necessity. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答案】 April Fools Day 愚人节 1st April is a day to be careful, or you could easily
11、get tricked by someone. / Its April Fools Day, a day when people traditionally like to try / to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them. / There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day, / but one explanation is connected with the change in the calendar in the 16th century, / wh
12、ich meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year. / Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools. / So what kind of pranks do people play on April Fools Day? / Well, there are lots of simple tricks / that you can play on your friends. / For example, you coul
13、d wear a black sweater / and pull a piece of white thread through it, / so that people try to pull it off. / You could change the time on someones alarm clock / so that theyre late for work. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 Living Online 网上生活 How do you meet new people, make new friends, or find out about the l
14、atest bands? / Here in the UK young people have traditionally done their socializing in bars, pubs and clubs. / However, there is a new generation growing up / that finds it easier to manage their social lives on the net, / using free websites like MySpace, Bebo or MSN Spaces. / Welcome to the socia
15、l networking website / a place where you can present yourself to the digital community and meet other like-minded people. / The most successful social networking website in the UK is MyS. / As of July 2006, MySpace is the worlds fourth most popular English-language website, / attracting almost 3 mil
16、lion visitors per month. / MySpace claims to have 95 million members / with 500,000 new members joining the community each week. / So how has it become so successful? / Perhaps its secret is in its simplicity. / Each new member can build their own page simply uploading photos, videos and MP3 files.
17、/ 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Mothers Day 母亲节 Does your mother know how much you appreciate her? / Well, Mothers Day is the time to show her. / Its a chance to say thank you, or to tell your mum how much you love her. / In Britain, Mothers Day, or Mothering Sunday, / falls on a different day each year, / bec
18、ause it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter. / But it is always in the early springtime, which seems appropriate, / as the season when new plants emerge, / and baby birds and animals are born. / In the USA, Mothers Day takes place a little later, in May, / and many other countries
19、also celebrate their mothers on different days of the year. / It began many years ago, when children, / especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home / as housemaids and other types of servant. / Mothering Sunday was a day when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town, and visit their mothers. / 【知识模块】 听写
