1、专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷 18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 Where do most people think Twain was born? （ A） In Florida. （ B） In California. （ C） In Nevada. （ D） In Hannibal. 2
2、Why did Twain go west? （ A） He wanted to be a journalist. （ B） He liked the climate there. （ C） He wanted to get away from the army. （ D） He was sent there by his father. 3 What is the focus of this passage about Mark Twains life? （ A） His travels. （ B） His short stories. （ C） His finances. （ D） His
3、 family. 4 What is the purpose of this talk? （ A） To introduce a new kind of bicycling. （ B） To inform cyclist beginners about the safety. （ C） To warn students against bikes on the roads. （ D） To welcome people to join in a club activity. 5 What will some of the listeners probably do on Saturday? （
4、 A） Repair their bicycles. （ B） Go on a bicycle tour. （ C） Take a test about road safety. （ D） Participate in a bicycle race. 6 What is the purpose of buddy system? （ A） To save money on equipment. （ B） To keep everyone safe. （ C） To help keep participants from getting lost. （ D） To instruct student
5、s about bicycle maintenance. 7 What is the topic of the talk? （ A） Internship program. （ B） Career planning. （ C） Job hunting. （ D） Questionnaire. 8 What are the addressees of the talk? （ A） Medical interns. （ B） Undergraduate students. （ C） Local business executives. （ D） Company coordinators. 9 Wh
6、en is the deadline of the application? （ A） January. （ B） September. （ C） November. （ D） December. 10 The purpose of the talk is to （ A） explain the concept of justice. （ B） introduce some political thinkers. （ C） outline how the course is organized. （ D） explain the grading system for the course. 1
7、1 What must a student do with the paper returned on Thursday? （ A） Rewrite it. （ B） Present it to the class. （ C） Use it to study for the final exam. （ D） Incorporate it into a longer paper. 12 When papers will be discussed? （ A） Over the weekend. （ B） After class on Thursdays. （ C） Before class on
8、Tuesdays. （ D） On Tuesday and Friday afternoons. 13 What is the topic of the talk? （ A） Theories of continental drift. （ B） The formation of continents. （ C） The continent of Pangea. （ D） Atlantic Ocean. 14 What did the speaker probably NOT mention in the previous lecture? （ A） The Earth. （ B） The M
9、oon. （ C） The Atlantic Ocean. （ D） The continent of Pangea. 15 According to the speaker, when did Pangea start to break apart? （ A） 200,000 years ago. （ B） 2,000,000 years ago. （ C） 20,000,000 years ago. （ D） 200,000,000 years ago. 16 After showing a video, what will the speaker probably discuss? （
10、A） The origin of Pangea. （ B） The development of the Sun. （ C） The creation of the Earth and Moon. （ D） The formation of the Atlantic Ocean. 17 What is the main purpose of ancient Olympic Games? （ A） To prove the physical prowess and fighting skills of young men. （ B） To bring the people with differ
11、ent religions and cultures together. （ C） To honour gods. （ D） To entertain citizens. 18 Which statement about ancient sporting activities is NOT true? （ A） Men competed naked. （ B） Women were not allowed to watch them. （ C） Modern people dislike the activities. （ D） Modern people adapt many of them
12、. 19 What happened to the Games in 146 BC? （ A） Women competed naked in the Games. （ B） The Games changed a lot. （ C） The spirit of the Games changed. （ D） The Games declined since then. 20 When did modern Olympic Games start? （ A） In 1894. （ B） In 1985. （ C） In 1896. （ D） In 1897. 专业英语四级（短文听力）模拟试卷
13、18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】 Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835, and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about four years
14、old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal, but that isnt true. After his father died when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left so he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on various newspapers, and then got a job as a river pilot on the
15、Mississippi. Twain loved this job, and many of his books show it. The river job didnt last however, because of the outbreak of the civil war. Twain was in the federate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company went west, to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada, in Californi
16、a, Twain prospected for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. Once that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe. Twain didnt travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didnt publish much either. 1 【正确答案】 D
17、 【试题解析】 细节题。 【知识模块】 短文 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。此题非常简单，短文中和选项 C的大部分文字吻合。 【知识模块】 短文 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推理题。这篇短文主要介绍马克 吐温一生的旅行踪迹。短文中出现最多的单词也是 “travel”。在做类似题目时，考生需关注出现频率最高的词汇。 【知识模块】 短文 4 【听力原文】 Good evening, welcome to the first meeting of our spring cycling season. Its a pleasure to see so many new faces
18、 here. I certainly hope that most of you will soon feel right at home with our group and bicycling will become a regular hobby for you and a part of your physical fitness routine. We organized tours to a variety of places nearly every weekend. Next Saturday tour will be a relatively easy one, from R
19、ecters University to the gate of National Park. Interested cyclists should meet at eight a.m. in the parking lot at the corner of Hamilton Street and College Avenue in New Branderswick. The minimum time of this tour is about six hours. Well use a buddy system throughout the ride. Each new rider shou
20、ld team up with a more experienced rider. If the buddies look after each other, we can be sure that no one will be left behind on the back roads. You can pick up a map of Saturdays tour at the information table before you leave this evening. 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。英文都有明显的主题句，通常位于文章句首。 【知识模块】 短文 5 【
21、正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。下周六部分听众将 参加自行车旅游。 【知识模块】 短文 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。结对子 (buddy system)的目的是不让大家迷路。考点信息位于录音结尾处。 【知识模块】 短文 7 【听力原文】 Thank you for your interest in our internship program. While it may seem odd to start planning now in September your four-week program next January, experience has shown
22、such advanced planning is essential. The purpose of the program is to give you undergraduates a chance to investigate career opportunities through working experience. Such short term experience will be helpful in finding permanent employment after graduation. The program basically provides you with
23、a full-time job without pay or academic credit for the month of January when the college is close. Opportunities are available in a wide range of fields including publishing, public administration, health care and finance. When you take one of these jobs, the coordinator will define your tasks and s
24、upervise your work. Based on your responses to a questionnaire that Ill hand out to you in a minute, we will match you with one or more coordinators. Now your most important responsibility is to write to the coordinators and apply for the internship. The career advisory service here can help you pre
25、pare your letters. This task must be done before November. You are also responsible for making your own housing arrangement and paying your expenses for the time your are involved in the program. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。这篇短文的重点是介绍见习项目。考点信息位于录音开头。 【知识模块】 短文 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。谈话的受众是在校大学生。听力中出现 “un
26、dergraduates”和 “graduation”等关键词。 【知识模块】 短文 9 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。见习项目受理的截至日期是 11月。考点信息位于录音结尾处。 【知识模块】 短文 10 【听力原文】 Good afternoon! As you know, this is a course in beginning political theory. Well be meeting each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 oclock for the next twelve weeks. Each Monday, Ill
27、give a lecture on the different concept of political thought and I will talk about justice for example. On Wednesday, youll have to hand in one-page paper on the topic, and as a group. Well discuss the issues involved. On Thu-rsday, Ill return your paper with suggestions for a revision. Also on Thur
28、sday, well explore through lecture and discussion what prominent political thinkers had to say about the topic. Over the weekend, youll revise your paper and hand it in on the following Monday. Ill grade only the revised. Keep your papers brief, because Ill accept no papers that exceed a single page
29、. Ill be available on Tuesday and Friday afternoons to discuss your papers with you. Are there any questions? 10 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。谈话的重点是课程的基本情况。 【知识模块】 短文 11 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。解答此题时，需要捕捉题干中的时间词 “Thursday”在录音中出现的位置。 【知识模块】 短文 12 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。考点信息位于录音结尾处。 【知识模块】 短文 13 【听力原文】 Welcome. It
30、looks as if everyone whos coming is already here, so lets start, shall we? In yesterdays class, I talked about how the Earth and the Moon are thought to have formed. As I told you, the best theory concerning their origins seems to be the “Single Source“ theory. This states that the Earth and the Moo
31、n were made out of the same ball of molten mass. I also talked about how the Earth eventually cooled down and how its surface features formed. And just before the end of the class, we looked at how all the continents were fused into one gigantic continent called Pangea. Now, to continue from where w
32、e left off, we know for certain that this massive continent did not last forever - just look at a present-day globe. According to current theories regarding continental drift, this huge landmass probably began to fracture into the continents we see today about 200 million years ago. This date is sup
33、ported by the ages of basalt flows that have been found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It is likely, by the way, that the Atlantic did not form immediately after Pangeas breakup, but Im getting way ahead of myself. Right now I want to show you a short video about Pangea. After that, Ill talk a
34、bout the oceans. 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 主旨大意题。讲座的主题是 :大陆的形成，涉及大陆漂移学说等理论。 【知识模块】 短文 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 判断题。题干问的是上次讲座未涉及的内容是什么。此题的关键是短文中的话题转换语 “Now， to continue from where we left off,” ，表明之前的都是回顾上次的讲座，而上次讲座中并未 提及大西洋。 【知识模块】 短文 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。题干问的是盘古大陆何时分裂。短文中 “this huge landmass probably began to
35、 fracture into the continents we see today about 200 million years ago”表明在大约 2亿年前盘古大陆开始分裂。 【知识模块】 短文 16 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。接下来的话题是 :大西洋的形成。从最后一句 “After that，Ill talk about the oceans”可知。一般来讲，讲座的开头和结尾都会出现考点，考生需注意。 【知识模块】 短文 17 【听力原文】 To trace the origins of the modern Olympic Games we must travel ba
36、ck nearly 3,000 years in time to Ancient Greece, when young men proved their physical prowess and fighting skills by competing in sporting activities. But the ancient Olympic Games were not solely about sporting endeavour; they were also used as an opportunity for the Greeks to honour their gods, pa
37、rticularly Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, whose massive statue stood in the Valley of Olympia. Many of the sports practised by the Ancient Greeks still exist in an adapted form today, including wrestling, boxing, running, jumping and throwing contests. But there are important differences. Modern
38、day spectators would be astonished if the athletes competed naked like the Ancient Greeks did. Although the Olympic Games fell into decline after Greece was conquered by the Roman Empire in 146 B.C., the spirit of the games did not die away altogether. International interest grew, and in 1894 a Fren
39、ch aristocrat called Pierre de Coubertin hosted a congress at the Sor-bonne University in Paris in order to suggest a new modern Olympic Games. De Coubertins ideas were met with international approval and the first Olympic Games of the modern age took place in Athens in 1896. Since then the Olympics
40、 have gone from strength to strength, with competitors from all over the world taking part, and billions more watching on television. 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。 古代奥林匹克运动会的主要目的是敬神。此题的信息点位于转折连词 but后 “But the ancient Olympic Games were not solely about sporting endeavour； they were also used as an opportu
41、nity for the Greeks to honour their gods， particularly Zeus， the king of the Greek gods， whose massive statue stood in the Valley of Olympia ”古代的奥林匹克运动会不仅是运动，同时也是敬神的一种形式，尤其是敬宙斯 古希腊众神之首，其伟大的雕像屹立于奥林匹亚山谷之中。句子的重点是转折连词后的信息。 【知识模块】 短文 18 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 判断推理题。关于古希腊体育项目中哪个陈述不正确。选项 A是明确信息， “古希腊年轻男子裸着身子参赛。 ”
42、选项 B是推理信息， “女性不允许参赛 ”，短文中也未提及。选项 D听力中并未提及，只是说 “Modern day spectators would be astonished if the athletes competed naked like the Ancient Greeks did ”现代的观众要是看到运动员像古希腊人一样赤裸着身子参赛的话会感到震惊的。 【知识模块】 短文 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题。公元前 146年发生了什么事件。公元前 146年罗马帝国占领了古希腊，运动会就衰落并停止了，但是奥林匹克精神还在。 【知识模块】 短文 20 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。现代奥林匹克 运动会始于 1896年。 【知识模块】 短文
