1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 57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 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several con
3、versations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 When did Carolyn call Bob? （ A） Last Saturday morning. （ B） Last Saturday evening （ C） Last Sunday morning （ D） Last Sunday evening. 2 Why was Bob not able to go to the dinnerparty? （ A） He went on a trip.
4、 （ B） He went out shopping and missed the phone. （ C） He went to visit Tom and his wife. （ D） Both A and b. 3 What can we infer from the conversation? （ A） He was happy that he had come to thedinner. （ B） He had to come to the dinner. （ C） He would try to come to the dinner. （ D） He felt sorry that
5、he didnt come to the dinner. 4 Why did the man call the woman? （ A） He was unable to attend her class. （ B） He wanted to deliver something to her office. （ C） He wanted to hand in a late assignment. （ D） He wanted to drop her course. 5 What did the man almost forget to do? （ A） Find out about a cour
6、se. （ B） See an adviser. （ C） Drop off a paper. （ D） Go to a meeting. 6 What will the students be required to do in the course the woman described? （ A） Paint a landscape. （ B） Give an oral report. （ C） Take a final exam. （ D） Buy several books. 7 Why is Laura at the bicycle shop? （ A） Shes waiting
7、for her father. （ B） Shes having her bicycle repaired. （ C） She wants to surprise John. （ D） She works there. 8 Why does John want to buy a bicycle? （ A） To replace his stolen bicycle. （ B） To begin bicycling to work. （ C） To join a bicycle club. （ D） To train for a bicycle race. 9 What does Laura s
8、uggest John do? （ A） Buy a racing bicycle. （ B） Buy a used bicycle. （ C） Replace the tires on his bicycle. （ D） Sell his old bicycle to the shop. 10 What does Laura say is most important about a bike? （ A） It must be the right height. （ B） It must have several gears. （ C） It must have good tires. （
9、D） It must be the right weight. SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 11 What is talked about in the beginning of the passage? （ A） The utilization of alternative energy in America.
10、（ B） The costs of wind generated power. （ C） The comparison between wind power in the US and Europe. （ D） The benefits of wind power. 12 Many of the projects in Europe are not successful because （ A） they occupy too much space. （ B） their windmills are too small. （ C） they involve too many computers
11、. （ D） they are of large scales. 13 What can lower the price of wind-generated electricity? （ A） Greater winds. （ B） Slightly larger windmills. （ C） Computerized controllers of less cost. （ D） Stronger competition. 14 What is the speaker mainly talking about? （ A） The problem of global warming. （ B）
12、 The difficulty of controlling the temperature at home. （ C） Growing plants indoor. （ D） Dying plants. 15 What is the function of the modern windows? （ A） Allow fresh air to blow in. （ B） Keep out the worms. （ C） Admit sunlight and maintain heat. （ D） Control the indoor temperature. 16 Why cant the
13、large trees be popularly found indoors? （ A） The temperature is not suitable. （ B） They cannot be transplanted. （ C） They cannot be handled. （ D） There is not enough room. 17 What is the speaker mainly talking about? （ A） Requirements for me homework. （ B） Preparations for a paper. （ C） Proper resea
14、rch skills. （ D） Writing of bibliography. 18 When should the students finish the bibliographies? （ A） By next Wednesday. （ B） Three weeks later. （ C） By next Friday. （ D） The whole month. 19 What is the most important tiling for writing the research papers? （ A） Selecting a good topic. （ B） Using re
15、quired forms. （ C） Referring to the style manual. （ D） Handing in time. 20 What will the professor value most when grading the assignment? （ A） Focusing on the topic. （ B） Proper writing of annotations. （ C） Use of required format. （ D） Quality of research material. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Directio
16、ns: In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 21 Which of the following details is INCORRECT? （ A） The international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have gained a third emblem. （ B） The new emblem opened the way for Isr
17、ael to join the global relief network. （ C） A two-thirds majority adopted a diamond-shaped white crystal on a red background as the new symbol. （ D） A U.S. governor advisor at the talks says he was pleased with the outcome. 22 Where was the drug trafficker most likely to be arrested? （ A） In Austral
18、ia. （ B） In Singapore. （ C） In Cambodia. （ D） In Austria. 23 When did the Jordanian king meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the Red Sea port of Aqaba? （ A） A day after the king met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. （ B） A week after the king met with Palestinian Author
19、ity President Mahmoud Abbas. （ C） A month after the king met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. （ D） A year after the king met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 24 Who urged Israel to avoid “unilateral actions“ that could block progress toward peace? （ A） Israeli p
20、rime minister. （ B） Jordans King. （ C） Ehud Olmert. （ D） A spokesman. 25 What was Steve Vaughts purpose of his epic journey at first? （ A） Touring. （ B） Weight loss. （ C） Book writing. （ D） Developing an eating disorder. 26 How long was his journey? （ A） 4,800 kilometers. （ B） 45 kilometers. （ C） 40
21、 kilometers. （ D） 5,800 kilometers. 27 Which country was most seriously affected by the virus of H5N1 bird flu in the world? （ A） Indonesia. （ B） Thailand. （ C） Vietnam. （ D） Sumatra. 28 What was the reason for the latest cluster of deaths in Indonesia? （ A） Because they looked after other sick peop
22、le. （ B） Because they combated the disease. （ C） Because they didnt take medicine. （ D） Because they once touched sick poultry. 29 How much was Britney Spears claiming for misappropriating her name and image? （ A） $20 million. （ B） $20 billion. （ C） $10 million. （ D） $10 billion. 30 When did celebri
23、ty magazine Us Weekly publish the article about Britney Spears? （ A） On September 30th. （ B） On September 17th. （ C） On October 30th. （ D） On October 17th. 专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 57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
24、 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 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and
25、 during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minute 0 【听力原文】 Bell In ancient times all over the world,/it was believed that evil spirits could put up with/just about any thing except the clanging of the bell./Over time, the bell itself, even when not ringing,/came to be reg
26、ard ed as a powerful lucky symbol./Because it is suspended in a hanging position,/it takes on the representation of all life suspended between heaven and earth./Its vault-like shape has become a symbol of heaven./Bells are used in Christian churches as well as Hindu/and Buddhist temples as a means o
27、f keeping evils away./The bell tolled at funerals is now explained as a signal to the living/that a soul is passing to the other side/and should be accompanied by prayers./But originally the tolling was intended to prevent/evil forces from interfering with the souls heavenward journey./ 【知识模块】 听力 SE
28、CTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 W:Bob, you werent at home last Saturday, were you? I tried to call you. M:Oh, thats right, Carolya I suppose you phoned me
29、in the morning, didnt you? W:Yes, it was late in the morning when I phoned. M:Oh, I was out shopping. Why did you phone me? W:I wanted to ask if youd like to come to dinner on Sunday. M:Oh, what a pity!I wish I had come but actually, I went on a river trip practically the whole daySunday. W:How was
30、the trip? M:Very worthwhile. By the way, how did the dinner party go? W:Well, we had a wonderful time. er.I thought you might have enjoyed it too if you had come. Tom Welsh and his wife were with us. Youve met them before, havent you? M:Tom Welsh, yes, I rather liked him. W:And we had a lovely dinne
31、r with green cabbage, cucumber soup and fresh salad. M:Very nice. W:And they asked about you. M:And howre they getting on? W:Oh, very well. They enjoyed the party very much. M:Ah, good. 1 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。对话中提到 Carolyn问 Bob上周六是不是不在家，因为她打电话过去没人接。 Bob说他是不在家，并猜测 Carolyn是那天早上打的电话，得到了 Carolyn的确认。因此， C
32、arolyn是在上周六的早上给 Bob打的电话。A项为正确答案。 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节判断题。对话开始讨论的是 Bob上周六不在家，没有接到Carolyn的电话，而 Carolyn打电话的原因是想邀请 Bob周日来一起吃饭。由此可知， Bob没能去赴这次晚宴的直接原因就是因外出购物而没能接到邀请电话，尽管客观上他接到邀请也未必能前去，但是这是我们的猜测，根据对话本身，我们只 能选择 B项而不能选 D。 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推断题。 Bob说的 I wish I had come but 是虚拟语气，表示一种与现实相反的
33、假设和愿望。如果了解这点。再加上听到后面对话中出现了 but一词，我们便可判定答案应该是 D项，而后半段的对话则可以帮我们进一步地证实选择。 【知识模块】 听力 4 【听力原文】 W:Elizabeth Martin speaking. M:Dr. Martin, my name is Mark Johnson. My roommate, Benjamin Jones, is in your art history class. Uh-m, Art History 502? W:Yes. M:Well, he is sick and wont be in your class today. H
34、e asked me to bring his term paper to your office. W:Ok. The paper is due by 3 oclock. M:I have a class from 1 to 2. Ill bring it to your office after my class. W:Well, I have a meeting this afternoon. So you can drop it off with the secretary of the art history department. Shell see that I get it.
35、M:Ok. Oh I almost forgot. Im biology major.But my advisor told me that I need one more humanities course to graduate. Ive noticed that you are teaching a course on landscape painters next semester. Could you tell me a little bit about it? W:Sure. Well, its a course for non-art majors. Well be lookin
36、g at several different painters and examining their works. Well also look at the history and politics of the era in which they lived. M:That sounds interesting. What else is required? W:There is no final exam. And there is only one required book. But each student has to give a major pre sentation ab
37、out the individual painter at the end of the course. M:Hmm. It sounds good. Thanks. Ill do that. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节归纳题。 Johnson在对话一开始做了自我介绍，并讲明了打电话的原因，因为室友生病不能亲自前去交 Manin教授布置的论文，因此他要替室友递交这份论文。 B项中用 deliver替代了对话中的 bring，用不定代词 something替换了 term paper，尽管这样的替换使得意思不如原来具体，但却与原意不违背，和其他选项比较起来，无疑是最佳的答案。其余
38、3个选项表面看起来与对话相关，但实际都不是 Johnson打电话的目的，只是利用原文中的个别单词进行干扰。 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。 Johnson在与教授商量好同学委托的事之后，话题转到自己所关心的点上。对话中出现了与题干类似的话 I almost forgot，有利于我们确定答案的大致范围。他说： “导师告诉我在毕业前还 要选修一门人文科学的课程 您能告诉我一些情况吗 ?”于是，我们对比选项就应该很快确定 A项是正确答案了。 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。 Martin教授告诉 Johnson： “该课程没有期末考试
39、，而且只有一本必备的书，但是每个同学在课程结束时要就某个画家给予总体的介绍。 ”B项中依旧使用了同义替换的方式来进行设置，即用 oral report替换presentation，意思不发生变化，所以 B是正确选项。其余选项是利用原词进行干扰，实际意思和对话不符，故不能选。 【知识模块】 听力 7 【听力原文】 W:Hi, John. M:Oh! Laura, what are you doing here? W:Uh.Im usually here on weekends. Its my dads shop. So you are looking for a bike? M:Yeah. No
40、w that the weather is warming up,I thought I should get some exercise instead of taking the bus all the time. W:Well, you come to the right place. Do you know what you would like? M:Well, I dont want a racer or a touring bike or anything.Mostly Ill just be using it to get me back and forth from work
41、. W:How far is that? M:About four miles. W:Are there a lot of hills on the way? M:Some I guess. But maybe I should tell you that I only got 150 dollars. Can I get anything decent for that? W:Well, you are not going to get anything top of the line.But we do have a few trade-ins in the back that are i
42、n good condition. M:That sounds good. W:And you are right. For the kind of ride you are going to be doing,the most important thing is comfort. You want to make sure its the right height for you. Follow me and Ill show you what weve got. 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节判断题。对话在开始相互打招呼的时候就透露出了相关的信息，例如， Laura回答 Joh
43、n的问题时说： “我通常周末都在这儿，这是我父亲的店铺。 ”根据这句回答，我们就可以毫不犹豫地选择 D项。其他选项干扰的成分相对较小。 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。这道题可以根据 John的两句话来判断。首先，他说： “我想我应该锻炼一下，而不是总是乘公共汽车了。 ”然后他又说： “主要地，我用它来带我上下班。 ”这两句话很鲜明地显示出 John买自行车的目的，所以答 案非 B项莫属。 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节判断题。当 John解释说自己钱不多，仅有的 150美元能否卖到像样的车的时候， Laura说道： “在后面我们有
44、一些折价旧车，他们的车况还不错。 ”选项中的后两项内容根本没有出现过，所以很容易排除。 A项明显与 John初衷相反 (I dont want a racer)，因此 Laura不可能会建议他买 racing bicycle。正确选项应该是 B项。 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 态 度判断题。 Laura在对话的结尾表述了自己认为买车时应该关注的地方，首先她说一定要注意车的舒适性，要 John来试一下是否合适他自己的高度。这就说明，她认为适合的高度是至关重要的，因此 A项便是我们应该选择的。尽管其他选项所列的内容也是我们日常买车时关注的点，但是对话中并没提及，所以不
45、选。 【知识模块】 听力 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 11 【听力原文】 Although European countries have been spending more money on wind generating electrical facilities than we have been here
46、 in the U.S., there are combinations of factors which make the outlook quite promising for domestic wind farms. Many of the projects which have been attempted in Europe have not been commercially successful because they have been centered around massive projects some as tall as twenty-story building
47、s with propellers a hundred meters across that they have developed structural and other technical problems. Here in America, by contrast, we typically rely on smaller propeller units distributed across large land area, such as the five thousand acre installation near Palm Springs. Although these sma
48、ll installations are technically less efficient, in practical terms they have turned out to be much more reliable. The other factor which has helped to make the domestic wind power projects more successful has been the introduction of computers to regulate the interactions between the propellers and
49、 the electrical generators.Because of the reduced cost of computerized controllers and the greater efficiency they bring, the cost of wind generated power has dropped from 30 cents per kilowatt hour to 7-9 cents less than the cost of conventional coal or oil burning power plants. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节判断题。通过听前读题，就会发现应该对文章开头信息格外注意。文章开头说欧洲国家比美国在风力发电的设施上花费了更多钱，也就是进行了比较，故 C项内容符合题意。 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。文中指出欧洲国家的许多风力发电项目在 商业上并不成功，主要因为其设施极其庞大，由此引发了很多结构和技术问题。故应该选答案D， large scale是原文中 massive的同义替换。 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解
