1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 11及答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 According to the passage, a survey about butterflies is carried on by （ A） British Isles. （ B） British Butterfly Con
2、servation. （ C） Environment Conservation in the UK. （ D） Sir David Attenborough. 2 How many percent of butterfly species are suffering the population declination? （ A） More than 59% . （ B） More than 50% . （ C） More than 45% . （ D） More than 75% . 3 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the pass
3、age? （ A） Butterflies in profusion tell us that all is well with nature. （ B） Butterfly species declining indicates that other wild lives will face extinction. （ C） The butterflies situation tells us the relationship between nature and human being. （ D） The butterflies survey makes public aware of t
4、he importance of butterflies. 4 According to the speaker, “Love Thy Neighbor“ should originally be （ A） Visit Thy Neighbor. （ B） Help Thy Neighbor. （ C） Invite Thy Neighbor. （ D） Respect Thy Neighbor. 5 Theres no reason to love the people who live next door to you, because （ A） people are frequently
5、 moving. （ B） people are always too busy to do that. （ C） people are hostile. （ D） people always live far away from each other. 6 According to the speaker, people should do the following to keep a better neighborhood relationship EXCEPT （ A） discussing problems as they arise. （ B） greeting each othe
6、r when meeting in the yard. （ C） calling on your neighbors frequently. （ D） helping each other in an emergency. 7 Besides experts weather forecast, you can predict the weather by （ A） precise instrument. （ B） your own senses. （ C） computer. （ D） magic. 8 When a storm is blowing, what will happen? （
7、A） The air will be still. （ B） The air will be full of dust. （ C） Faraway objects may look vague. （ D） The pressure will drop. 9 Your sense of smell can also help you detect weather changes because （ A） before raining, odors become stronger. （ B） when raining, odors are repressed. （ C） odors are rel
8、eased on sunny days. （ D） odors become stronger on sunny days. 10 When humidity rises, which of the following statements is CORRECT? （ A） The pressure goes up. （ B） Good weather is on the way. （ C） Old people feel pains in their bones or joints. （ D） Young people feel pains in their bones or joints.
9、 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 11答案与解析 SECTION B PASSAGES Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 1 【听力原文】 The British summer is extremely beautiful. Trees, flowers, birds and butterflies make the whole country like
10、a big garden. However, many British people have noticed that butterflies have been gradually disappearing from this picturesque scenery during the past several years. What has happened to them? Butterfly Conservation in the UK is running a survey to help answer this question. The result is more seri
11、ous than people expected. (2) According to the survey, among 59 butterfly species found in the British Isles, more than three-quarters of them are suffering a declining population. Moreover, half of all butterfly species are on the verge of extinction. The numbers of butterflies have dropped to a re
12、cord low in the past three years largely because the summer in the UK is getting cooler and their habitat is also degrading. Fortunately, Britain is experiencing a long hot summer this year compared to the last few summers. Conservationists believe the warm weather will bring some benefit to the but
13、terflies. Sir David Attenborough, President of Butterfly Conservation, said, “ (3) Butterflies in profusion tell us that all is well with nature. When they decline its a warning that other wildlife will be soon heading the same way. “ The organizers hope the survey will help raise public awareness o
14、f the value of butterflies in the UK. Butterflies give an indication of the well-being of nature and the environment. 1 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 It seems that neighbors are going out of style in America. The friend next door from whom you borrowed four eg
15、gs or a ladder has moved and the people in there now are strangers. Some of the traditional stories of neighborliness are impractical or silly, and it may be just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing. (4) The saying in the Bible “ Love Thy Neighbor“ was probably a poor translat
16、ion of what must have originally been “ Respect Thy Neighbor. “ Love cant be called up on order. (5) Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago, so theres no reason to love the people who live next door to you just because they happened to wan
17、der into a real estate office that listed the place next door to yours. The only thing neighbors have in common, to begin with, is proximity, and unless something more develops, that isnt reason enough to be best friends. It sometimes happens naturally, but the chances are very small that your neigh
18、bors will be you choice as friends. (6) The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance You say hello, you have small talk if you see them in the yard, you discuss problems as they arise and you help each other in an emergency. 4 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 C 【知
19、识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 To find out what the weather is going to be, most people go straight to the radio, television, or newspaper, to get an expert weather forecast. But if you know what to look for, (7) you can use your own senses to make weather predictions. For example, (8) in fair weather, the air pr
20、essure is generally high, the air is still, and often full of dust. And faraway objects may look vague. But when a storm is blowing, the pressure drops, and you are often able to see things more clearly. Sailors took note of this long ago, and came up with a saying:“ The farther the sight, the neare
21、r the rain. “ (9) Your sense of smell can also help you detect weather changes. Just before it rains, odors become stronger. This is because odors are repressed in a fair high pressure center. When a bad weather low moves in, air pressure lessens, and odors are released. You can also hear an approac
22、hing storm. An old saying:“Sound traveling far and wide, a stormy day will be tied. “ And dont laugh at your grandmother if she says she can feel a storm coming. (10) It is commonly known that many people feel pains in their bones or joints when humidity rises. The pressure drops, and bad weather is on the way. 7 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 短文 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 短文
