1、专业英语四级（对话听力）模拟试卷 32及答案与解析 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 Why is the woman able to give Harry so much information about the job? （ A） She is Professor Hampsons
2、daughter. （ B） She works part-time as Professor Jamisons secretary. （ C） She used to do the job herself. （ D） She just came out of an interview for the job. 2 What does the Professor Hampsons assistant do? （ A） Make up homework problems. （ B） Do research in the library. （ C） Teach an introductory ec
3、onomics course. （ D） Grade homework sets. 3 What is Harrys main concern about the job. （ A） He wonders if he has enough time. （ B） He is afraid he wont know enough to do the job well. （ C） He fears that the job may be too boring. （ D） He thinks Professor Jamison has someone else in hand. 4 What is t
4、he main topic of the conversation? （ A） The dances of a Native American dance troupe. （ B） The classification of Native American ceremonial dances. （ C） Variations of a basic dance among Native American tribes. （ D） The training of Native American artists. 5 What is the purpose of the interview? （ A
5、） To broadcast an award ceremony. （ B） To announce a meeting of the tribal elders. （ C） To celebrate the opening of a new theater. （ D） To inform people about a performance. 6 Why are the dances approved by the elders of the tribes? （ A） The elders must give approval to perform sacred dances. （ B） T
6、he elders would make sure that the dances are performed properly. （ C） The troupe is financed by the elders. （ D） The elders have substantial acting experience. 7 How big is the circulation of the paper the man work for? （ A） Only 2, 000. （ B） Less than 2, 000. （ C） About 28, 000. （ D） Eight million
7、. 8 Which of the following is NOT a quality newspaper? （ A） The Times. （ B） The Daily Mirror. （ C） The Guardian. （ D） The Daily Telegraph. 9 What is true of a quality newspaper? （ A） It must be a national newspaper. （ B） It must have a circulation over one million. （ C） It should print long new stor
8、ies. （ D） It should give a different angle to the news. 10 What is the conversation mainly about? （ A） How to care for precious metals. （ B） A standard unit for measuring weight. （ C） The value of precious metals. （ D） Using the metric system. 11 How was the weight used? （ A） To check the accuracy o
9、f scales. （ B） To calculate the density of other metals. （ C） To observe changes in the atmosphere. （ D） To measure amounts of rainfall. 12 Why was it necessary to replace the old standard weight? （ A） Someone spilled water on it. （ B） Someone lost it. （ C） It was made of low quality metal. （ D） The
10、 standard for measuring had changed. 13 Why does the woman take Theoretical Dynamics again? （ A） Theoretical Dynamics is a required course. （ B） She dropped the course when she entered the hospital. （ C） She likes this course very much. （ D） Its a compulsory course. 14 Which course is easy to the wo
11、man? （ A） Physics. （ B） The seminar of computer science. （ C） Mechanical Drawing. （ D） Methods of Mathematical Physics. 15 The man is very concerned because_. （ A） the courses are too difficult for the woman （ B） the womans computer knowledge is poor （ C） he is not sure about the woman s ability in
12、learning （ D） the woman takes too many courses 16 When does the conversation take place? （ A） Before the semester begins. （ B） In the middle of the semester. （ C） At the end of the semester. （ D） The first week of the semester. 17 How did the woman first learn about the student action coalition? （ A
13、） She saw their members protesting. （ B） She read about it in the newspaper. （ C） She attended one of their meetings. （ D） Her roommates is a member. 18 What is the student action coalition trying to do? （ A） To get more funding for their group. （ B） To schedule a meeting with college administrators
14、. （ C） To secure more parking spaces. （ D） To preserve the open spaces on campus. 19 What will coalition members do on Thursday afternoon? （ A） Attend a meeting. （ B） Listen to a lecture. （ C） Hold a rally. （ D） Go on a picnic. 20 What does the woman agree to do? （ A） Sign a petition. （ B） Help the
15、man plan a student parking lot. （ C） Protect the student parking lot. （ D） Make a donation to support the group. 专业英语四级（对话听力）模拟试卷 32答案与解析 SECTION A CONVERSATIONS Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that
16、follow. 1 【听力原文】 W: Hi, Harry, are you waiting to see Professor Jamison, too? M: Yes, since I got one of the five highest grades in her managerial economics class, she asked me if I would be interested in working as her assistant next semester, Im here now for my interview. W: Oh, yes. (1)I know all
17、 about that job. I did it two years ago. M: Really? Did you like it? W: I think its the best job Ive had in school. It paid 8 dollars an hour, which was 3 dollars more than I got working at the school office the year before. M: Wow! That is a good salary. What did you do? W: (2)I was in charge of gr
18、ading all problems sets that were assigned as homework. I never had trouble doing it and of course, Professor Jamison was always available to help me if I had any questions. M: I think Id enjoy doing that sort of work. It would be very good experience for anyone thinking about becoming a teacher. W:
19、 Absolutely. Youll also learn how to use the computer data base because the records are kept on it and build up your computer skills as a good preparation for lots of jobs. M: (3)The job sounds great. But Im a little worried about how much time it might take. W: Its pretty reasonable. It never took
20、me more than five hours a week to do the grading and then another 30 or 45 minutes to record the grades on the computer. M: That sounds manageable. I guess you can do the work when it fits in to your own schedule, too, cant you? W: Oh, yes. You can do the grading in your room or in the library. You
21、just need to get each set back for the next class. But that means youll always have at least 2 days and sometimes 4. M: It sounds great. W: Good luck with your interview. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。根据文中信息 “I know all about that job I did it two years ago ”，可以知道这位女同学以前做过同样的工作，所以比较了解这份工作，因此得出正确答案为 C。 【知识模块
22、】 对话 2 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。根据文中信息 “I was in charge of grading all problems sets that were assigned as homework ”，我们可以知道这份助教工作是负责 “Grading homework sets”，因此正确答案是 D。 【知识模块】 对话 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。根据文中信息 “The job sounds great But Im a little worried about how much time it might take ”，可以找出正确答案为 A。 【知
23、识模块】 对话 4 【听力原文】 W: Todays arts report is on Dan Parker of the American Indian Dance Theater, Mr. Parker, I understand your troupe performs traditional music and dance from many different Native American cultures. (4/5)Can yon give us some ideas of some of the dances youll be doing in the performanc
24、e tonight? M: Certainly. Well be doing won-us-award dance. Originally it was a story telling device to recount battles. Another is the grass dance, performed by the plains Indians, where they actually flatten tall field grass to prepare for a ceremony. W: Since your dancers are from many different t
25、ribes, how can you be sure the dances are done correctly? M: Everything we do has been approved by the elders of our tribes. (6) Thats partly because we dont necessarily know each others styles of dances. But its also because its hard to complete agreement even within the same tribe about exactly ho
26、w the dance should be done. W: Anyone who attends one of your performances will notice that your company goes to a lot of trouble to provide detailed explanations of the origin of the dances, the music, the costumes and so forth. Could you explain to our customers why you do these? M: Good question.
27、 Our explanations show that in our cultures, dance is ritual rather than entertainment. We also want to make it clear to our audience that we are not performing any dances used for sacred ceremonies. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨题。在采访中，主持人或记者的问题经常是谈话的核心。对话中主持人问道： “你能向我们介绍一下今晚表演的一些舞蹈吗 ?”可见舞蹈表演是采访的主题。正确答案是 A项。
28、 B、 C、 D项虽然都有 dance，但所说的都不是要表演的舞蹈，因此不正确。 【知识模块】 对话 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理题。问到采访的目的，我们同样应该主要关注的是主持人或记者的提问。单个问题或是多个问题的综合便可显露出密访的意图。本段对话中，主持人的问题都是要求对方介绍他们所表演的舞蹈的情况，所以其目的也就是要通过这样的方式告知相关表演的情况，所以在此我们应该选 D项。 【知识模块】 对话 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 归纳题。男士在回答主持人的问题时说到了他们所做的一切都经过部落长者的批准，接下来便给出了两方面的原因。一是由于他们相互之间不一定清楚各 自舞蹈的风
29、格；另外也是由于即使在同一个部落中，人们有时也不能对某种舞蹈确切的跳法达成一致的意见。综合以上原因，对照选项可以确定最佳答案是 B项。 【知识模块】 对话 7 【听力原文】 W: Whats the biggest difference between local and national papers? M: A local paper circulates only in a particular area. They always have small circulations, sometimes only 2, 000. W: Now, you work for a local pa
30、per, dont you? How big is its circulation? M: Its about 28, 000. W: Oh, not bad. What about the national papers? M: They can have huge circulations, four million, even eight million. W: (2)But The Times and The Guardian, they have much smaller circulations. M: (2)Yes, but they are what we call “qual
31、ity paper“. Theyre different. W: How are they different? M: Well, first of all, theres a big difference in the sort of readers the two papers get. Theyll give you a different angle to the news. W: How will they treat it differently? M: I remember an example. Last year an examiner refused to give a g
32、irl a drivingTEST, because he thought her skirt was too short. W: Yes? M: (2/3)In one of the popular papers, The Daily Mirror in fact, this was on the front page, eight paragraphs, with a picture of the girl. But in one quality paper, The Daily Telegraph , the same story was on a back page and only
33、two paragraphs and a photo about it. W: Thats really different. 7 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 数字题。本题可以从原文直接听到答案。不必进行运算。关键在于听录音的同时做好笔记。 【知识模块】 对话 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。题目问哪一项不是优质报纸。根据对话，可以排除选项A、 C和 D，它们都是优质报纸，只有 The Daily Mirror是大众报纸 “popular paper”，所以选择 B项。 【知识模块】 对话 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 推理 题。在对话中男士把大众报纸 The Daily
34、 Mirror和优质报纸The Daily Telegraph两份报纸对同一个事件的新闻报道做了比较，说明优质报纸应该给读者不同的视角，所以选择 D项。 【知识模块】 对话 10 【听力原文】 W: Dr. Thomas? This is Keet Bradley from the daily news. (4) Id like to ask you some questions about the new official standard weight that you purchased. M: Id be happy to help you. What would you like t
35、o know? W: First of all, how was the standard weight used? M: (5) Well, the people in our department use it to check the scales all over the country. The department of weights and measures, we are a government agency. Its our responsibility to see that all the scales measure a kilogram accurately so
36、 this is the way we use to adjust the scales. W: How did you check the scales before? M: We had an old standard weight that we used to use. (6)It had to be replaced because it was imprecise. You see it was made of poor quality metal that was too porous. It absorbed too much moisture. W: Oh. So when
37、the weather was humid it weighed more and when it was dry it weighed less. M: Exactly. And that variation can affect the standards of the whole country. So our department had the new weight made out of higher quality metal. W: How much did it cost? M: About 45 thousand dollars. W: 45, 000 dollars? F
38、or a one kilogram weight? Thats more expensive than gold. Is it really worth that much? M: Im sure it is. Industries depend on our government agency to monitor the accuracy of scales so that when they buy and sell their products there is one standard. Think of the drug industry, for example, those c
39、ompanies rely on high accuracy scales to manufacture and package medicine. 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主旨题。根据文中信息 “Id like to ask you some questions about the new official standard weight that you purchased ”，可以知道采访的内容是 “new official standard weight”，通过后面的 内容我们可以知道，这是一套用来测量重量的标准仪器，因此正确答案是 B。 【知识模块】 对话 11 【正确
40、答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。根据文中信息 “Well， the people in our department use it to check the scales all over the country ”，可以知道，这套仪器是用来核对秤的精密度的，因此正确答案是 A。 【知识模块】 对话 12 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。根据文中信息 “It had to be replaced because it was imprecise， You see it was made of poor quality metal that ”，可以得知正确答案是 C。 【知识模块】
41、对话 13 【听力原文】 W: Excuse me, Professor Taylor. M: Yes, Jerry. How can I help you? W: (10)I need to get your signature on my schedule card here, on the line above advisors approval. M: Sure, but lets look it over together first. How many courses do you have here? W: Six. M: (9)Thats quite a heavy load.
42、 Any particular reason? W: (7)I had to drop my Theoretical Dynamics last semester when I went into the hospital, so I need to take it again. M: So youve already learnt a lot of the material. W: Right. And a Methods of Mathematical Physics is a part of the third year requirement. M: Lets see, Physics
43、, Methods of Mathematical Physics. Oh, I see youll be in my seminar of computer science. W: Im looking forward to it and the fascinating seminar of optical computer, too. M: Two seminars? Can you handle the work? W: I think so. (8)The Introductory Economics is fairly easy and so is the course of Mec
44、hanical Drawing. M: Well, Ill be happy to sign the card. (9/10)However, I insist that you come to see me after the first week of classes so we can make sure this isnt too much for you. 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。女士上学期住院停了理论动力学的课，所以她要重修，因此选择 B。 【知识 模块】 对话 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。女士说经济学简介非常简单，机械绘画也很简单，所以选择
45、 C。注意 so+助动词 +名词，代词主语，表示 “也 ”。 【知识模块】 对话 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 观点题。教授说女士的担子很重，而且请女士务必在第 1周课结束后来找他；以确保课程不会给她太大的压力。由此可以看出教授担心她修的课太多，所以选择 D。 【知识模块】 对话 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。女士请教授在她的课程表上签名，教授觉 得她选课较多，请女士务必在第 1周课结束后来找他以确保课程不会给她太大的压力。由此我们可以推断出该学期还没有开始，即选项 A。 【知识模块】 对话 17 【听力原文】 W: Hmm, Hi. M: Hi. Im going d
46、oor to door tonight to (7) tell people about the student action coalition. Do you have a few minutes? W: Sure. (7) You know I think I read something in the newspaper last week. M: Yeah. There was an article about this in the last issue. See, (8) were trying to protect and conserve some of the open s
47、paces on campus. W: Thats right. You are the group thats opposing the extension of the parking lot next to Swing Hall, right? M: Thats us. We just feel that its important to save some of the natural beauty of the campus, like Overby Swing. Some of those trees are hundreds of years old. W: It is a pr
48、etty spot. My friends and I have had picnics over there by the creek. M: Then you understand how we feel. (9) Were organizing a rally on Thursday afternoon to get the administration to reconsider the parking lot plan. W: Well, I have a class on Thursday afternoon. M: (10) But maybe you could sign th
49、is petition? Were going to submit it to the administration to demonstrate how the students feel about this. W: (10)Sure, let me get a pen and Ill sign it. M: I have a pen right here, And let me leave you with this pamphlet about the student action coalition. Maybe you could come to some of our meetings. We get together once a month. W: Yeah. Id like to know more about your group. Let me know when the next meeting is and Ill try to be there. 17 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。男士说他要 tell people about the student coalition，女士说她上周在报纸上读
