1、专业英语四级（听力）模拟试卷 5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 passa
2、ge 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 5答案与解析 一、 PART I DICTATION (15 MIN) Directions: Listen to the f
3、ollowing 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 15
4、 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】 Changing Rate of Employment West Germany had one of the lowest rates of unemployment back in 1980. / It stood at just three percent. / But then over
5、 the next three years it rose quite sharply and steadily. / In 1982 it was nearly six percent, / and in 1983 it was the same as France. / 1984 saw a slight increase, and 1985 a slight fall. / The 1985 figure was eight percent, / in between France and the United States. / The United States has had up
6、s 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 France and Great Britain, / slightly higher than France, actually, at abo
7、ut seven percent. / This rose to 7.5 percent in 1981, and then peaked the following year at over nine percent. / 【知识模块】 听写 2 【正确答案】 Travel Books There are three kinds of travel books. / The first are those that give a personal, subjective account of travels / which the author has actually made himse
8、lf. / If these books are informative / and have a good index, / they can be very useful to you / when you are planning your travels. / The second can be classified as selective guidebooks / whose purpose is to give a purely objective description of things to be done and seen. / The third are those b
9、ooks which are called “a guide“ to some place or other. / They will give an analysis or an interpretation. / They can be as inspiring and entertaining as the first kind, / but their primary function is to assist the reader / who wishes to plan his tour / in the most practical way. / 【知识模块】 听写 3 【正确答
10、案】 Movement of the Earth If you are traveling forwards in a train, the things around you outside seem to be moving backwards. / The sun seems to rise in the east, / move across the sky, / and set in the west. / In other words, the sun seems to travel round the earth. / However, this is not really tr
11、ue. / It is the earth that is turning on its own axis. / The earth also travels round the sun on an unchanging path, / known as an orbit. / There are seven other planets of different sizes, / which all turn round on their own axes / and which all travel round the sun. / These are known as the solar
12、system. / The planet nearest the sun is Mercury, and the planet farthest from the sun is Neptune. / The orbits of the earth and the other planets are not perfect circles. They are ovals. / 【知识模块】 听写 4 【正确答案】 A Difficult Calculation A study shows that a group of second year high school students last
13、spring / had the same scores on the same maths test that first year students had six years ago. / In the opinion of the researchers / the main factor influencing this decline is / the pupils inability to do mental arithmetic / as a result of the emphasis on calculators. / But the government gave its
14、 blessing to me use of calculators in schools / in a report published five years ago. / The report suggested mat “properly used in the classroom, / calculators can help and encourage children to improve their skills“. / Inspectors thought mat it was essential to make sure that / youngsters knew how
15、to use them correctly and sensibly. / The report suggests that not only should calculators be allowed in schools / but they should be introduced as a compulsory piece of equipment / for every secondary school pupil. / 【知识模块】 听写 5 【正确答案】 Natural and Synthetic Rubber People get natural rubber from rub
16、ber trees / as a white, milky liquid, which is called latex. / They mix it with acid, and dry it, / and then they send it to countries all over the world. / They started rubber plantations in countries / with hot, wet weather conditions, / but these still could not give enough raw rubber / to meet t
17、he needs of growing industry. / It was always possible that wars or shipping trouble could stop supplies. / In the end, they found a way of making artificial, man-made rubber / which is in many ways better than / and in some ways not as good as natural rubber. / It is usually cheaper than natural rubber. / Today, the world needs so much rubber that / we use both natural and artificial rubber in large amounts. / 【知识模块】 听写
